Terry Black's Barbecue Opens Nov. 17 Near Pearl, Its First San Antonio Location

SAN ANTONIO, TX — Terry Black's Barbecue opens its first San Antonio restaurant on Tuesday, November 17, on Broadway near Pearl. The family-owned Austin smokehouse opens the doors at 10:30 a.m. and plans to run seven days a week, lunch through dinner. A barbecue house with those hours needs a big crew, so the Broadway corridor just got a new place for restaurant workers to aim.

Doors open in under two weeks. If you cook, cut, cashier or run food, now is the time to get your application in.

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📍 Business at a Glance

Business	Terry Black's Barbecue
Opens	Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.
Location	Lower Broadway near Pearl, San Antonio
Hours	Sunday – Thursday 10:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Friday – Saturday 10:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Concept	Central Texas meat-market barbecue, ordered by the pound
Owners	The Black family (founded 2014 by Christina, Michael and Mark Black)
Industry	Restaurant / hospitality

🏆 Who's Behind It

Terry Black's started on Barton Springs Road in Austin in 2014 and has grown into a Texas chain with locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Waco, Lockhart and New Braunfels. San Antonio is its eighth restaurant, and it has been a long time coming. The city's historic design commission signed off on the Broadway plans back in 2024, and construction started in 2025.

The family has bigger plans for the site, too. Co-owner Mark Black told the San Antonio Report the full project includes a boutique hotel, a second restaurant and underground parking, and that the rest could take until 2027. The barbecue restaurant is the part opening now. Plans filed earlier put it at nearly 9,800 square feet.

For job seekers, that matters: a chain with seven other restaurants already has its training and scheduling worked out.

💼 The Jobs a Barbecue House Runs On

Terry Black's has not announced how many people it is hiring for San Antonio, and we are not going to guess at a number. Hiring runs through the company's own careers portal, linked from the Terry Black's website.

What we can tell you is how this kind of restaurant works. Meat-market barbecue means a line where guests pick their brisket, ribs and sausage from a cutter at the block. That calls for pitmasters and pit crew tending smokers overnight and at dawn, cutters on the line, prep cooks working sides like mac and cheese and potato salad, cashiers, dish crew, and managers on every shift.

New restaurants also tend to adjust staffing in the first couple of months once they see real traffic. If you miss the opening crew, check back in December.

🗺️ Why Broadway Near Pearl Matters

The stretch of Broadway between downtown and Pearl is one of the busiest dining corridors in the city. It pulls workers from Tobin Hill, Government Hill, Alamo Heights and the near East Side, and it sits a short hop off US 281. Pearl draws visitors seven days a week, and a barbecue name that people drive across Texas for will be part of that traffic.

A mid-November opening also lands right in the holiday catering rush, so weekend and holiday availability will count.

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📋 How to Show Up Ready

Get your Texas food handler certificate first. The course is short and online. Having it in hand puts you ahead of applicants who promise to get one later.
Get TABC seller-server certified if you want any role that involves serving alcohol.
Say yes to early mornings and weekends. Smokers start long before the doors open, and Friday and Saturday run late.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does Terry Black's open in San Antonio?

Tuesday, November 17, 2026, at 10:30 a.m.

Where is the San Antonio Terry Black's?

On lower Broadway near Pearl, between downtown and Alamo Heights.

Is Terry Black's hiring in San Antonio?

The company takes applications through its careers portal, but it has not announced a San Antonio headcount. Get your resume ready and watch for postings.

Is this the same as the New Braunfels location?

No. New Braunfels has its own Terry Black's on East Common Street. The Broadway restaurant is the chain's first inside San Antonio.

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