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ABOUT PEARL

EAT

FARMERS MARKET

SHOP

HOTEL EMMA

LIVE Cellars, The Can Plant, Southline

GATHER Programs and Venue

LEARN Culinary Institute of America

AUDIENCE

9.2019

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Pearl: a culinary and cultural destination in San Antonio, Texas

Pearl is a neighborhood and like all great neighborhoods it has a rich history upheld by the many people who have ties to the place—the buildings, the River, the brewery since it was founded in the 1880s.

Pearl is also a place where we like to get together—to share meals, to learn, to work, to live, to gather. With hundreds of apartments, 20+ restaurants and cafes, a dozen retailers, and a two-acre park housing our twice weekly Farmers Market and year-round free programming, this neighborhood is always full of life and activity.

LOCAL FLAVORSINCE 1883

We invite friends, neighbors, and visitors to join us in our plaza, open spaces, and at our year-round series of music, food, and cultural events.

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Cured – Chef Steve McHugh’s Cured makes use of the purest regional ingredients and is built on a foundation of lovingly handcrafted cured foods—from charcuterie to pickles. The restaurant’s renovated historical building—built in 1904 as Pearl’s Administration Building, which included the president’s office—embodies the perfect blend of a contemporary and historical atmosphere. Cured has received numerous accolades and Chef McHugh is a four-time James Beard nominee.

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Eat at Pearl

Bakery Lorraine – Bakery Lorraine specializes in classic French pastry and brings a playful inventiveness to all its baked goods. Every item is handmade with the utmost care and attention to detail using only the finest ingredients—from the miller’s flour to the farmer’s eggs and butter.

Blue Box Bar – From Stephen Mahoney comes Pearl’s first bar, Blue Box, which opened in May 2012. The cocktail menu features drinks handcrafted by in-house mixologists and offers a modern approach to drinks and design.

Boiler House – Chef Jarrad Gwaltney’s menu focuses on Texas ranch-style grilling with wild game, seafood, and the freshest local ingredients available. Housed in the brewery’s original boiler house, the restaurant’s design showcases architectural features from the 1896 building.

Botika – Executive Chef Geronimo Lopez’s Peruvian-Asian restaurant features “Chifa” (Chinese-Peruvian) and “Nikkei” (Japanese-Peruvian) cuisines, as well as inventive takes on traditional dishes from across Asia and Latin America.

Pearl is home to a diverse food community that invites culinary explorers of all ages to partake in extraordinary food experiences—from street tacos to high-concept cuisine.

Food brings us together; food helps us tell stories about who we are and where we come from. We like to think of Pearl as an experimental space, a collaboration between farmers, ranchers, chefs, home cooks, and people who just love food. Our Farmers Market is the first year-round market in the region. We’re home to the third U.S. campus—along with New York and California—of The Culinary Institute of America. In 2017 we opened the Bottling Department Food Hall.

Come eat with us, take classes, get to know our farmers, celebrate regional traditions, and most importantly—join our community and our table.

Bottling Department – Opened in summer 2017, Bottling Department's food hall vendors reflect the spirit of Pearl: emerging local chefs alongside established culinary professionals. Together they are the heart and soul of San Antonio’s rich and growing reputation as a culinary destination. Their mix of ingredients, tastes, and styles combine to create a community united by culture and rooted in well-crafted, high-quality food. More information: bottlingdept.com

“Epicureans retreat north, past the Museum Reach’s cultural institutions, to historic Pearl Brewery. A local benefactor gave this defunct brewhouse a fresh lease in recent years, building a ‘culinary village’ around an outpost of the Culinary Institute of America.”NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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Larder – Tucked away in the brewery’s old fermenting cellars, Larder at Hotel Emma carries local groceries, fine provisions, wine, beer, baked goods, house-butchered meats, and freshly prepared foods—to eat in or take out. It’s a South Texas food store with a touch of European sophistication where hotel guests and locals stock up on life’s culinary luxuries or simply enjoy a glass of wine in the Brewmeister’s Alley.

Jazz, TX – Jazz, TX is a music venue located in the cellar of the Bottling Department focusing on jazz, blues, big band, Texas swing, salsa, conjunto, and Americana. Envisioned by renowned local musician Brent “Doc” Watkins, Jazz, TX has all the class of an upscale jazz club with the grit of a traditional Texas dancehall.

La Gloria – Chef Johnny Hernandez spent five years traveling throughout Mexico to develop La Gloria’s menu, which is filled with the heavenly flavors found among the street vendors, taquerias, and kitchens of interior Mexico.

High Street Wine Co. –

A wine bar and shop in San Antonio’s historic Pearl neighborhood, High Street Wine Co. focuses on comfort and hospitality, where guests enjoy the carefully curated wines from sommelier Scott Ota.

Green – San Antonio’s only 100% Kosher Vegetarian restaurant, Green’s mission is to serve delicious and affordable vegetarian comfort food to its diverse and growing community of customers. Green provides a wide range of options for vegetarians, vegans, and omnivores alike in order to promote healthier choices in a fast- food world.

The Granary – Chef Tim Rattray delivers critically acclaimed and globally inspired barbeque in the restored home of German immigrant Ernst Mueller, Pearl Brewery’s Chief Cooper. Weekday lunch offers traditional market style barbecue, while dinner and weekend brunch service presents a modern and seasonally driven menu.

“The Pearl District is a culinary epicenter of homegrown talent.” FORBES

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Sternewirth –

Hospitality is the watchword at Sternewirth, Hotel Emma’s bar and clubroom. The dramatic 25–foot vaulted ceiling soars over intimate groupings of sofas, easy chairs, and banquettes arranged to encourage conversation, celebration, and business deals. Enjoy a restorative cocktail, a notable wine, or sturdy craft beer. Come for the city bar authenticity, classic cocktails made without gimmicks, and hearty small plates that satisfy your appetite for flavor and substance.

Southerleigh –

Named for the prevailing Gulf breeze and the Texas coast’s proud sense of place, Southerleigh serves Chef Jeff Balfour’s modern take on Texas’ cross-cultural cuisine from seafood, to beef, to small plates. The on-premise brewery offers a rotating array of original recipe, craft batch beers from Master Brewer, Les Locke.

Savor –

The Culinary Institute of America's newest restaurant serves globally inspired cuisine created and presented by advanced CIA students under the guidance of professional faculty. Build your own three- or four-course meal with optional wine pairings or take advantage of the bar menu, which features shareable plates and classic cocktails.

Local Coffee –

A San Antonio original, fiercely focused on making the best cup of coffee in town. Local Coffee’s obsession extends to perfecting the art and science of brewing and using the finest beans available.

Lick Honest Ice Cream – Lick has been crafting ice creams since 2011 with peak-season ingredients sourced responsibly from local farmers and artisan partners. Committed to sustainability and supporting the community, they continuously deliver unique and inspired flavors.

“The Pearl is now a hip, pedestrian–friendly neighborhood filled with the city's best restaurants and shopping areas.”TRAVEL + LEISURE

Supper –

Chef John Brand is guided by flavor, what’s in season, and what feels good at a table shared by friends. On the bank of the San Antonio River, Supper feels part farm table, part bistro table. Brand’s elemental Midwestern approach is peppered with South Texas’ multicultural foodways and enriched with the bounty of our year-round producers.

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A true representation of our South Texas growing, ranching, and artisanal food community, the producer-only Farmers Market takes place every Saturday and Sunday. 45+ vendors sell produce, meat, eggs, baked goods, cheese, olive oils, and a diverse selection of prepared foods and treats. Come meet your local food producers!

6,000+ATTENDEES WEEKLY

SATURDAYS9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

SUNDAYS10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Farmers Marketat Pearl

“Tip: Pearl’s weekend farmers market, a beloved local pilgrimage site where all offerings come from within a 150–mile radius of San Antonio, is located right outside the campus’s main entrance.”NATIONAL GEO TRAVELER

Adelante Boutique – Adelante offers a combination of classic San Antonio and fashion–forward apparel designed for customers of all ages.

Shopat Pearl

Bike World – Bike World is the one stop shop for all your cycling needs— mountain, casual, and fixie.

LeeLee – A hand-picked array of stylish footwear, jewelry, and clothing found nowhere else in San Antonio.

Pearl is an eclectic shopping destination that reflects South Texas culture through its retail, pop-up, and marketplace events—supporting local and independent merchants.

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Dos Carolinas – Founded in 1987, Dos Carolinas designs and makes ready-to-wear bespoke guayaberas from carefully selected fabrics.

Leighelena – From handmade jewelry to vintage boots and San Antonio keepsakes, there is something for everyone at this modern-day trading post.

Curio – Curio at Hotel Emma offers guests and locals a curated selection of treasures. From handmade stone molcajetes to custom-tailored guayaberas and hand-carved cedar bowls, Curio reveals a uniquely South Texas point of view.

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Ten Thousand Villages – Discover beautiful treasures handcrafted by fairly-paid artisans from around the world.

The Sporting District – The Sporting District offers a purposeful selection of clothing, accessories, and lifestyle merchandise befitting the rough, rogue, and refined sides of the modern gentleman.

The Tiny Finch – An assortment of unique gifts, home décor and accents, apothecary, jewelry, and must-haves from all over the globe.

The Twig Book Shop – Known for its collection of titles ranging from biographies to Texana, The Twig’s curated selection is bound to please.

Niche at Pearl – Niche at Pearl is the flagship store of the Niche brand, a collection of modern apparel designed and made in San Antonio since 1996. Niche at Pearl carries clothing, accessories, and gifts. The lifestyle-focused store features revolving pop-up concepts from maker-driven, independent brands and hosts unique fashion events.

In a wonderful stroke of civic ingenuity, many of the city’s best locally owned boutiques are now clustered together at the overhauled Brewery”GARDEN & GUN

Feliz Modern POP – Feliz Modern POP is filled with gifts, candy, art, and more for kids, adults, and their furry friends. This shop is popping with color, with one foot planted in San Antonio and the other in markets around the world. With its mix of local artists and pop-up events hosted in-store, Feliz Modern POP is a one-stop-fun-shop for treats for all ages.

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Pearl is an urban oasis that delivers a thoughtful community experience composed of South Texas food, architecture, culture, and exceptionally designed living spaces.

Liveat Pearl

Cellars – In keeping with Pearl’s philosophy of respectful and innovative repurposing of historical places and structures, Cellars integrates old with new—incorporating subtle reminders of the brewery’s origins with contemporary South Texas aesthetics. Cellars’ ten stories and 122 beautifully appointed units stand at the heart of Pearl. More information: cellarsatpearl.com

1,000+RESIDENTS ON SITE

5,000+WITHIN 5 BLOCK

RADIUS

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Can Plant Residences at Pearl – The Can Plant was designed for urban lifestyles within a friendly, vibrant community and offers 293 units and 72 floor plans. More information: thecanplant.com

Southline – Southline resides along Pearl’s southernmost edge. Inspired by mercantile design, Southline offers residents thoughtfully crafted and tastefully appointed living quarters steps from Pearl and the beautiful northern reach of the San Antonio River. Available in fall 2019, the property will offer 223 units and 9 floorplans. More information: livesouthline.com

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“Some are calling San Antonio Texas’s next

capital of cool — and Hotel Emma is at the center of it

all. A brewery turned hotel sounds like a hipster cliché, but the Roman & Williams-

designed showstopper advances the industrial-

chic aesthetic.” TRAVEL+LEISURE

Hotel Emma’s historical ambiance is the new standard of South Texas luxury and geniality—with 146 hotel rooms (including seven top-floor suites), a handsome bar and club room, an excellent restaurant, a fine foods grocer, and public spaces reminiscent of fine old hotels in far-flung locales. Recognized by both Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler as one the top new hotels in the world, it received five diamond status from AAA in 2018. The hotel’s design firm, Roman and Williams is known for work that is distinguished by its unique blending of historical elements with modern references and a fine balance between past and future.

Hotel Emmaat Pearl

“Stay at the Hotel Emma, a former brewery transformed into a supremely stylish hotel that you won't want to leave.”HARPER'S BAZAAR

More information: thehotelemma.com

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overview / issue 8“Pearl is more

than a food hall, it’s a neighborhood

spanning 16 blocks that houses the city’s revered Hotel Emma

and the best shops and restaurants in this

trendy Texas town.”VOGUE

“A stay manages to impress guests on all fronts by offering fantastic food, luxurious local amenities, and an ambience that properly showcases the renaissance that has gripped the city.” CONDÉ NAST TRAVELER

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Pearl is the plaza of San Antonio—rooted in deep history, rich architecture, and an ever-evolving array of offerings—it welcomes a spirit of diversity, generosity, and openness for all ages. Whether we meet here for one of our signature events or a special private gathering in Pearl Stable, we welcome all to our neighborhood.

Gatherat Pearl

Private Gatherings – Our Venue Team is ready to book your next event. Committed to flexibility, creativity, and sustainability, Pearl is dedicated to the success of your event for both public and private audiences.

Pearl Stable – Once a grand home to the brewery’s draft horses in the late 1800s, today Pearl Stable provides a unique site for corporate and social events. Our Venue Team is fully engaged in helping you create an extraordinary experience—from galas to weddings to corporate functions.

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First Thursday Night Markets – On the first Thursday of each month, head to Pearl for live music and shopping from our Farmers Market and artisan vendors.

Sound Cream Sunset Sessions – In the summer, Pearl hosts a weekly dance party and DJ showcase—featuring every genre from Cuban salsa to House, mixed by locals and guest DJs from NYC, LA, Mexico, and Texas.

Canciones: Sounds of Texas – Celebrate the diverse traditions and dynamic contemporary community of South Texas musicians.

Mariachi Lab – In mid–September, Pearl hosts a full day of San Antonio’s best mariachi ensembles showcasing their talents.

Día de los Muertos – On November 1 and 2, Pearl embraces the traditional Mexican holiday that remembers family and friends that have passed with altars, music, and a procession.

Holiday – In December, weekly Holiday Night Markets feature Farmers Market and artisan vendors alongside musical performances that embrace the festive season. Pearl also hosts annual Posada and Chanukah celebrations.

Pearl is a place for learning and transformation in moments big, like earning a degree at the Culinary Institute of America, to small—trying your first raw oyster.

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150STUDENTS ENROLLED

3RD CAMPUS OF

CIA

“The Culinary Institute of America may be the ultimate training ground for the chefs of the future, and San Antonio is home to one of its only three culinary schools (the other two are in St. Helena, California and Hyde Park, New York). And the CIA campus, located in the restored 19th century building of the booming Pearl Brewery complex, also houses two restaurants (run by students).”

ABC NEWS

The Culinary Institute of America – The CIA San Antonio campus is a welcoming community of students, instructors, and alumni committed to the culinary arts and the dynamic world of Latin cuisines. The college offers its gold-standard associate degree programs in both Culinary Arts and Baking & Pastry Arts. It also provides professional development for those already in the industry or career changers, as well as a wide selection of programs for food enthusiasts—from one-day courses to week-long boot camps.

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“Today, the sprawling industrial space known

simply as Pearl is home to a thriving conglomeration of restaurants, shops, and

apartments. When I was in town, it felt as if every local

I talked to wanted to live there or, at the very least, loved hanging out there.”

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

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