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Condominium planned on site of Earl Abel's restaurant
Tricia Lynn Silva
Local commercial real estate firm Koontz McCombs plans to develop a new high-rise condominium at the corner of Broadway and Hildebrand -- at the site of Earl Abel, a landmark San Antonio restaurant.
Earl Abel's has been located at that site for some 65 years.
"Our goal is to build something that will help ensure that this historic area of the city continues to thrive for many generations to come," Koontz McCombs President Bart Koontz says. "We believe this development will be something the neighborhood and all of San Antonio can be very proud of."
Koontz adds that he believes this project will serve as a catalyst for the redevelopment of Broadway -- and thus will help breathe new life and vitality "into the heart of this great city."
The project has yet to be christened with a name. Construction is slated to begin in late 2006, and is set to come online in 2008.
Meanwhile, restaurant owner Jerry Abel is still considering the future of his restaurant business.
"It's hard to walk away from it, but at the same time the building is old and needs an awful lot of maintenance, which is quite expensive," he says of the current Earl Abel's site. "It was really getting to a point that it stops making good business sense to keep going in this facility."
Abel says he is still considering options for the future of the business. He says he is open to the possibility of moving the restaurant to a new location. However, he has made no final decision.
http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/sa...ml?jst=b_ln_hl
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hmmm. they should do ground floor retail in the condo bldg. Earl Abel's could possibly take some of the space.
All the 80 year olds that eat there would get lost going to a new location.
Never been there.
It's sounds like it's moving to a new location, which isn't a big deal. Actually, I've been there once, so it isn't a big deal either way.
heard the chicken fried steak was good....is it still open?
Goodbye.
wow, thats kinda sad. My dad worked there since I was a kid and all those years I never ate there.
I went there when I was about eight years old with my grandma. She found a spider roasted on the skin of a baked potato and I've never been back.
P.S.
That is a rather odd place to put condos though.
are they trying to get some people from incarnate word to live there?
I've eaten there. it was yummy. (the steak & desert) ...also thier take out fried chicken was quite delicious. :p
<<< gets kleenex for Buddy Holly
I was eating there and table next to me had Henry B. Gonzales eating a chicken fried steak with some of his friends.
absolutely disgusting.She found a spider roasted on the skin of a baked potato and I've never been back.
Goodbye never missed you.
When I was a little girl, I went to this well known Mexican restaurant in Phoenix and there was a ton of ants in my rice. :vomit For my trauma, they gave me a pack of gum for the inconvenience.
I never ate rice again until I was 20 years old.
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Well known?
Wich one Kori, I might remember!
I think Carlos and Charlies or one of those other big Mexican restaurant chains.
WOAI's news story on this highrise:
http://www.woai.com/mediacenter/defa...video.woai.com
All the old folks will just have to go to Jim's now.
The only memory I have about this place Is about 2 years ago, my family and I wanted to try something new so I said let's go to Earl Abels'.
We all walked In to the place and they sat us down. They all took a good whif at the way the restaurant smelled and they all walked out while I was washing my hands In the restroom. I came out and I felt so embarrased to see that all my family was by the door waving at me to get out.
Did it smell kind of like a poorly-run nursing home?We all walked In to the place and they sat us down. They all took a good whif at the way the restaurant smelled and they all walked out while I was washing my hands In the restroom. I came out and I felt so embarrased to see that all my family was by the door waving at me to get out.
Funny thing is last night the granddaughter was on KENS last night insisting it wasn't closing.
It just smelled like Jim's restaurants' smoking section.
I went to eat at Chipotle's during lunch today the one on Broadway and passed by Earl Abel's and they literally have a sign outside that says "This restaurant has not been sold"
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