Pay-what-you-can charity restaurant Comfort Cafe serves up classic breakfast, including pancakes. Credit: Facebook / Comfort Cafe San Antonio
Popular pay-what-you-can brunch spot Comfort Cafe will soon close its Los Patios location at 2015 NE Loop 410.

The business broke the news to fans in a Monday afternoon Facebook post, revealing that its final days of service will be the Independence Day weekend. Owned by Teri and Rosalina Lopez, Comfort Cafe has operated in the location for almost four years.

Comfort Cafe serves up its breakfast, brunch and lunch items with a $15 minimum suggested donation per meal. Customers’ payments support the venture’s associated nonprofit, Serenity Star, a 12-step support group that assists people struggling with addiction. “This space has meant so much to us — not just as a fundraising arm of our nonprofit, but as a home to the Serenity Star recovery community and a backdrop for so many memories, meals, and meaningful moments with our incredible customers over the last 5 years,” the cafe said in its Facebook announcement. Comfort Cafe still has two other locations, at 6812 Bandera Road in Leon Valley and 111 NW 1st Street in Smithville. Further, the Facebook post about the Los Patios closure added “while this chapter is closing, a beautiful new one is already being written.” The Facebook announcement also teased an upcoming coffee, crepe and gift shop called Sweet Serenity, located “just steps away from its Bandera Road location.”

Comfort Cafe routinely garners accolades for its brunch, including being named Best Brunch Spot in the Current’s 2023 Best of San Antonio. The cafe also landed at No. 5 on Yelp’s national Top 100 Brunch Spots of 2024 list, the highest ranking of any Texas eatery in the roundup.

Comfort Cafe’s San Antonio locations are open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Its Smithville restaurant is open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

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

Stephanie Koithan is the Digital Content Editor of the San Antonio Current. In her role, she writes about politics, music, art, culture and food. Send her a tip at skoithan@sacurrent.com.