Pullman Market is located at 221 Newell Ave., on the south end of the redeveloped Pearl complex. Credit: Nina Rangel
Following Michelin recognition, an Esquire accolade and its one-year anniversary, San Antonio’s Pullman Market now has a Best New Restaurant in America nod to add to its growing list of awards.

Luxury-lifestyle magazine the Robb Report bestowed the honor on the Pearl dining and shopping destination, which was dubbed the “largest culinary market in the Southwest” upon its April 2024 debut. A passion project years in the making, Pullman Market is Emmer & Rye Hospitality’s 40,000-square-foot love letter to Texas food.

The Pullman Market is home to five sit-down restaurants, five more grab-and-go concepts and a recently launched build-your-own salad or grain-bowl bar. Restaurant options at the Pullman range from pasta and pizza staple Fife & Farro to Nicosi, an exclusive 12-seat, dessert-only experience. The concept’s namesake market focuses in locally sourced ingredients.

Robb Report writer Jeremy Repanich credited the Pullman Market as Kevin Fink’s and Tavel Bristol-Joseph’s “most ambitious project to date,” following their work creating “a mini-empire in Austin.” Both men are founding chef-partners in Emmer and Rye Hospitality, and have received Michelin stars for several of their Austin restaurants, including Hestia and Emmer & Rye on Rainey Street.

Fink and Bristol-Joseph previously told the Current that they plan to enhance the overall guest experience at the Pullman Market in the ambitious project’s second year.  

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This article appears in May 29 – Jun 11, 2025.