After greater than a decade as a cornerstone of San Antonio’s Pearl district, Cured — the modern American restaurant from James Beard Award–nominated chef Steve McHugh — will completely shut early subsequent month.
The restaurant will shut down Sunday, Jan. 4, in line with particulars McHugh’s crew shared Monday afternoon. The chef-owner didn’t cite a particular motive for the closure, as an alternative thanking San Antonio for 13 years of assist and reflecting on Cured’s time within the historic jewel field constructing that turned an emblem of the Pearl’s transformation — and his personal private journey.
“Once I opened Cured, the title represented two issues near my coronary heart: my very own profitable battle towards most cancers and the artisanal craft of curing meats that turned the cornerstone of our menu,” McHugh stated in a press release. “What I didn’t absolutely perceive then was how a lot this restaurant would turn into a day by day celebration of life itself — a spot the place appreciation and gratitude weren’t simply phrases, however the driving philosophy behind the whole lot we did.”
McHugh was recognized with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010, shortly after he moved to San Antonio to assist open the restaurant Lüke. He was formally declared in remission in 2011, and the debut of Cured adopted two years later. The brand new enterprise turned a tribute to well being and therapeutic and new beginnings for the chef and his crew.
Throughout its run, Cured earned six James Beard Award finalist nominations, serving to cement McHugh’s fame on the nationwide culinary stage. The restaurant was additionally named one in all Bon Appétit’s Greatest New Eating places in 2014 and acknowledged by Texas Month-to-month as one of many state’s greatest eating spots. Collectively, the accolades positioned Cured as an early driver of San Antonio’s rising nationwide meals profile.
Philanthropy remained a central a part of Cured’s mission. Every September, throughout Blood Most cancers Consciousness Month, McHugh hosted the annual Cured for a Remedy dinner benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, a trigger tied on to his personal most cancers analysis and restoration.
Although the restaurant is closing, McHugh’s culinary method continues by his cookbook, CURED: Cooking with Ferments, Pickles, Preserves, & Extra, revealed in spring 2024. Co-authored with Texas Month-to-month Senior Meals Author and Restaurant Critic Paula Forbes, the guide consists of greater than 150 recipes targeted on seasonal cooking and preservation methods comparable to fermentation, pickling and charcuterie — issues Cured was well-known for.
The historic constructing, whose partitions date again to 1904, will stay a part of the Pearl’s evolving panorama. Officers with the event haven’t revealed what restaurant is scheduled to take its place.
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