The first seven months of 2026 are in the rearview, but San Antonio still has plenty of restaurant openings on deck.

Why it matters: Food is central to San Antonio's identity, and each new restaurant adds another layer to the city's evolving culinary culture.

Here are some of the restaurants we're keeping an eye on:

🐟 Amar, a seafood-forward Mexican restaurant and cantina from Carlos and Clarece Clavijo in the Oxbow Building near Pearl, is expected to open by the end of August.

• "We want to be the cantina for Pearl. You can come here, stay for an hour, stay for four hours. We just want you to feel comfortable at our space," spokesperson Hugo Hernandez tells Axios.

🇮🇹 Rosso, an Italian steakhouse, is expected to open later this year in the former Cured space. The restaurant marks the debut concept from La Unión Hospitality, a new venture led by chefs Rico Torres, Gabe Erales and André Natera.

• "It's not often that three chefs this decorated choose to build something together instead of separately," Ryan Howard, managing director of Potluck, the hospitality and restaurant development group at Pearl, said of Rosso in a statement.
• "That fact alone speaks as much about who they are as people as it does about the food."

🍷 Sixty Vines, a wine-country-inspired chain restaurant known for its 60 wines on tap, opens Aug. 10 at The Shops at La Cantera.

🇫🇷 Seaspice Rooftop Club is expected to open this summer, bringing French Riviera-inspired dining to the Jefferson Building. The concept comes from the Gusto Group, the team behind Toro Kitchen & Bar, Amelia Social Lounge and more.

🤠 Moonshine Off Grayson, a honky-tonk-themed bar, opened its doors last month near Stout House Grayson.

🍽️ Vecino, a new concept from the team behind the beloved Bilia Eatery, is taking over the former Candlelight PourHouse space on the St. Mary's Strip. An opening date has not been announced.

The bottom line: Your running list of places to try is about to get a little longer.

You have extra time to explore they city's existing restaurants as San Antonio's summer Restaurant Weeks just got a little longer.

The latest: Culinaria, the nonprofit behind the annual dining event, announced this year's summer Restaurant Weeks will expand from two weeks to three.

What they're saying: "Expanding to three weeks gives our community even more opportunities to discover new favorites, reconnect with beloved establishments, and experience the incredible creativity of our local hospitality industry," Culinaria president and CEO Suzanne Taranto-Etheredge said in a statement.

How it works: Participating restaurants will offer prix-fixe lunch, brunch and/or dinner menus Saturday through Aug. 29.

• Most lunches cost $30 and dinners range from $30 to $55.
• Restaurants participate for free, but $1 from each qualifying meal sold goes back to Culinaria to help fund future Restaurant Weeks.
• Some menus, like the one at Box St. All Day, are only available on weekdays.

Zoom in: This year's lineup includes longtime favorites like Outlaw Kitchens and Piatti alongside newer additions such as King William Wine Co. and Katerina Restaurant.

What's next: Browse the participating restaurants and menus now so you're ready to book reservations when Restaurant Weeks begin.

Pornhub is hoping to return to Texans' web browsers by challenging the state's age verification rules.

Why it matters: It's been more than two years since residents could directly access one of the biggest names in online pornography.

State of play: Pornhub sent a letter to more than 300 state leaders across the country last week — including Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton — asking for them to rethink laws that require adult website visitors to verify their age, Politico reports.

• The laws in roughly half of all states "demonstrably do not work" and fail to shield the minors they were written to protect, Pornhub wrote.

Flashback: Texas' 2023 age-verification law ultimately prompted Pornhub to leave the state in March 2024 after a federal appeals court allowed the requirement to be enforced.

Reality check: Texans are still finding ways around the restrictions, which is central to Pornhub's argument. Many adult websites remain accessible without age verification.

• And since 2024, Texas has been one of the nation's top states for Google searches for VPN services.

A San Antonio climber was among at least four people killed after an avalanche struck a climbing expedition on Pakistan's Broad Peak. (Express-News 🔑)

🏀 Spurs star Victor Wembanyama signed a long-term extension with Nike that will include his first signature sneaker. (ESPN)

🛍️ Japanese retailer Uniqlo plans to open its first San Antonio store at North Star Mall in 2027, a state filing shows. (CultureMap SA)

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Chiflada's, a beloved West Side bar, has San Antonians buzzing with a new happy hour.

Zoom in: It runs longer than most, 4-8pm Tuesday through Friday.

• The deals include $4 tiny 'tinis, $5 cocktails, $3-$4 beers, $7 micheladas and $4 well drinks.
• The announcement has become one of the bar's most popular social media posts in recent weeks.

💭 Madalyn's thought bubble: For journalism purposes, I think I need to investigate just how tiny a tiny 'tini really is.

• At $4, it seems like a fair trade-off.