Since opening in 1909, a coterie of presidents, Hollywood stars, and royalty have dined at downtown’s storied St. Anthony Lodge. Latest years have been far much less glamorous. After a protracted authorized battle and the abrupt sacking of its marquee chef, the property’s bar and restaurant — Hang-out Lounge and Rebelle — have shuttered.
Stefen Bowers, the previous chef of Rebelle, broke the information in a prolonged social media swan tune on January 29, confirming that he was fired shortly earlier than Christmas 2024. Though he admitted he was relieved to have the ability to give attention to the brick-and-mortar model of his in style pop-up Pumpers, he mentioned that St. Anthony Lodge Meals and Beverage and new managing firm Crescent Lodges and Resorts bungled the transition.
“They left what was a ravishing, hard-working, articulate, caring workers and idea, gutted, slowly bleeding out in Peacock Alley, undignified and alone,” wrote Bowers.
Crescent Lodges assumed administration on December 18, 2024, notably omitting Rebelle and Hang-out from the preliminary announcement. Each the bar and restaurant seem to have closed in late January. The web sites and social media accounts have been taken down, and lodge workers confirmed that neither was nonetheless working.
CultureMap contacted Crescent Lodges by way of e-mail, telephone, and social media however didn’t obtain a solution earlier than publication. A press release emailed to different native shops claimed that Hang-out and Rebelle would stay quickly closed whereas the group labored on new ideas.
Rebelle has churned out a gradual stream of acrimonious information lately. In October 2024, the St. Anthony lodge settled a virtually three-year quarrel with restaurateur Andrew Goodman, the spot’s former normal supervisor. Goodman alleged that the lodge reneged on a $1 million employment contract. The defendants countered that the restaurant misplaced cash earlier than Goodman’s departure in the summertime of 2021.
Bowers swiped on the authorized struggles in his put up, referring to himself as “one half of the founding idea (that did not litigate the restaurant’s account all the way down to zero due to a bruised ego).”
Regardless of the unhealthy blood, Bowers celebrated the restaurant’s accomplishments, shouting out the management and workers. He mentioned the crew “by no means had something however the most effective of intentions for his or her clientele and workers.”
“Rebelle was a category act,” Bowers summed up. “It was merely a restaurant that did what was anticipated of it and did it with tact. What you skilled beneath its roof is now all however gone, and with its departure, so is a bit of San Antonio.”
