Over the weekend, a tale of two steaks led to a bit of an identity crisis for a pair of San Antonio restaurants.
Venerable institution The Barn Door has been on the tip of many tongues around town since the restaurant announced plans to shutter two weeks ago. The steakhouse’s last day of service was Sunday, on Mother’s Day.
Crowds of longtime loyalists flocked to the Alamo Heights-area restaurant at 8400 N. New Braunfels Ave. for one last rib-eye. The attention also sent a steady stream of traffic in the wrong direction.
The equally well-seasoned Little Red Barn Steakhouse at 1836 S. Hackberry St. has seen a surge in customers mistakenly believing the South Side staple was the one closing. The Barn Door opened in 1953; Little Red Barn followed a decade later, in 1963…