Customers were shocked when The Barn Door Restaurant & Meat Market announced it would close after one final Mother’s Day service on May 10, 2026. The 73-year-old steakhouse is set to make way for another local legend, Soluna, which will build its new location there, and demolition of the red barn-like building is expected to begin this week.
An application to demolish the property was submitted by Shane Ryan Hans of Hansco in August, and the City of San Antonio marked the demolition permit as active on October 19. On Tuesday, October 27, MySA visited the property at 8400 N. New Braunfels Ave., and no demolition was in progress. The Barn Door was fenced off, and someone on site told us construction equipment had not arrived, and the process wouldn’t begin until possibly Wednesday.
Days after The Barn Door closed, reports began to circulate that Soluna would take over the former steakhouse. At the time, MySA confirmed with a Soluna employee that the Mexican restaurant was planning to move from its Broadway home to take over the North New Braunfels Avenue property. However, the employee said that move may not happen until at least 2028.
Iconic in its own right, Soluna has long been celebrated as the progenitor of the “Chispa” margarita, a recipe many in San Antonio have long speculated about. In 2024, we got to the bottom of that beloved boozy beverage after speaking with a general manager who said the ingredients were simply tequila, lime and triple sec…