The Alamo Heights neighborhood has one much less spot to seize a chilly pint and a platter of fish and chips.
The Winchester has closed after an eight-year run occupying the previous Lion & Rose location at 5148 Broadway. A discover was posted on the door final week stating that the British pub had been locked out.
Although such lockouts are sometimes over unpaid hire, the rationale for The Winchester’s sudden closure is murky.
Patti Stewart, president and proprietor of the Stewart Middle, the place the pub was positioned, instructed MySA the enterprise ceased operation just a few weeks in the past.
The Winchester has gone by means of a slew of possession modifications since its 2017 launch.
Authentic co-owner James English — sure, his final title is English and he’s truly from England — instructed MySA he was excited to carry the British pub expertise to San Antonio by providing 18 beers on faucet, craft cocktails, a menu of pub meals and, naturally, soccer on the telly.
Although English took credit score for importing a style of Britain, a lot of the decor within the 4,600-square-foot watering gap was left over from the Lion & Rose, a earlier tenant trying to emulate the UK pub expertise.
Longtime Winchester proprietor Greg Ploch, who purchased the pub in 2017, offered the enterprise to a brand new proprietor earlier this 12 months. Ploch unloaded the consuming spot to “transfer on to a special enterprise” — specifically, “elevating grandkids and cows” — in keeping with a July 31 Fb put up from the enterprise.
New proprietor Andrea Castaneda bought The Winchester in Could, in keeping with a now-deleted Fb put up by 78209 Journal.
Keep tuned. This can be a growing story.
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