San Antonio’s smoked-meat faithful can fire up their appetites again. Acclaimed pitmaster Andrew Samia has revived South Barbecue in a former service station at 2100 N. Main Ave. in Monte Vista.

Samia branched out with the then South BBQ & Kitchen in 2018 after opening Crazy Carl’s food truck and Dignowity Meats . The Southtown barbecue joint soon earned him career-highlight raves from The Infatuation and Texas Monthly .

In January, he closed the restaurant’s longtime restaurant at 2011 Mission Rd, estimating that the new barbecue joint would be open later in the summer.

“Our time on Mission Road has truly been amazing, and we will always cherish the memories this location helped create, Samia posted at the time . “But when one door closes, another one always opens.”

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