Stone Oak Gastropub Shuts After 2 Years, Latest Casualty Of Cursed Parkway Suite

Stone Terrace Gastropub, the Stone Oak spot known for its garlic truffle burgers and build-your-own food flights, has closed after a two-year run at 20626 Stone Oak Parkway. Co-owner Stacey Robinson announced the closure, thanking the community for its support but declining to give a reason for shutting down.

“It has been an amazing two years serving this incredible community, and we are forever grateful for the support and great memories,” Robinson and her team said, according to CultureMap San Antonio. A representative for the gastropub added that it had been amazing to be part of the Stone Oak community, but the announcement, posted via Facebook, offered no explanation for why the restaurant was closing its doors.

Stone Terrace opened in August 2024 built around a food-flight concept that let diners sample small portions of chicken, pasta, seafood, and beef dishes paired with hearty sides, an idea inspired by brewery and distillery beverage samplers, according to the San Antonio Report. Beyond the flights, the menu leaned into elevated pub fare, including mini-beef Wellingtons and spaghetti pomodoro alongside the garlic truffle burgers that became a signature order.

A Location With a Troubled Past

The Stone Oak Parkway suite Stone Terrace occupied has a reputation that precedes it. At least six other restaurant concepts came and went there since 2008 before Stone Terrace even opened, including French-inspired Ciel/Caio2, Cabo Seafood + Bar, Knife & Fork Gastropub, 1718 Steakhouse, Ace of Steaks, and The White Rabbit, per the same San Antonio Report account. Counting Stone Terrace itself, that puts the total at seven distinct concepts cycling through the address in roughly two decades.

The White Rabbit, an Alice in Wonderland-themed restaurant and poker parlor, occupied the space directly before Stone Terrace. When Stone Terrace took over in August 2024, only the restaurant side of that operation closed, while The White Rabbit's attached poker room kept running alongside the new gastropub, according to MySA. Ace of Steaks, a Vegas-style steakhouse, had also called the address home before folding.

That steakhouse lineage stretches back further still. Upscale downtown restaurant 1718 Steak House expanded into the Stone Oak location in July 2019, operating there before closing and giving way to Ace of Steaks in early 2023, MySA's reporting shows. Knife & Fork Gastropub, an even earlier tenant at the suite, was notable enough in its struggles to land a December 2014 episode of Food Network's Restaurant: Impossible, according to the San Antonio Express-News.

Owners Knew the Odds Going In

Robinson said the location's history of failed businesses required extra homework before she and her co-owners committed to the space. She described Stone Terrace as combining a casual watering-hole environment with craft cocktails and excellent food, an approach meant to distinguish it from its predecessors.

Co-owner Skip Robinson, a Navy veteran, brought nine years of alcoholic beverage industry experience to the venture, having owned four liquor stores in Colorado and six in South Texas before Stone Terrace opened. Stacey Robinson had previously operated The Reserve on 1863, an event venue and watering hole in New Braunfels, aiming to bring upscale craft cocktails and casual dining to Far North San Antonio when the gastropub launched alongside co-owner Shannon Robinson.

Part of a Bigger Pattern in Stone Oak

Stone Terrace's closure follows a similar timeline to other recent Stone Oak shutdowns. Neighboring brunch spot Mimosa Gossip closed for good in January after also running for about two years, citing economic strain and soft sales.

The struggles extend beyond one intersection. A national report from commercial real estate firm EATS Broker ranked San Antonio fourth among U.S. cities for restaurant location shutdowns in 2026, trailing only Houston. Separately, San Antonio led all U.S. cities in fast-food cutbacks between July 2025 and July 2026, losing seven KFC locations in that span, according to data from Local Falcon.

Whether Stone Terrace's closure ultimately traces back to the cursed footprint itself or to the broader cost pressures squeezing restaurants across San Antonio remains unclear, since the ownership team has not said what drove the decision. For now, the space at 20626 Stone Oak Parkway sits empty again, waiting to see whether an eighth concept can break a pattern that has outlasted nearly every tenant who has tried.