JPOT has closed at the Shops at Dove Creek in San Antonio, Texas, ending a roughly two-year run for its all-you-can-eat hot pot and tabletop barbecue. Mr. Crabby’s Cajun Seafood & Bar is taking over the space at 415 West Loop 1604 South, Suite 103.
MySA reported October 16 that the incoming restaurant is targeting January 1, 2027. Regional manager Charise Gravelle told the publication the new location will have additional menu items and a Caribbean-inspired setting with a Cajun character. A temporary sign for the replacement is already on the building.
JPOT’s exact final day has not been reported, and no explanation for the closure has been confirmed. CultureMap San Antonio also reported the shutdown, noting that the restaurant’s Google profile had changed to permanently closed and that customer reviews had continued through September.
The Greater San Antonio Chamber’s opening invitation places JPOT’s grand-opening ceremony on October 17, 2024. It described a family-owned restaurant combining hot pot with flame grills at the table.
Its still-accessible menu records the proposition diners knew: weekday lunch at $21.99, dinner and all-day weekends at $32.99, and an extra $5 per person to have both barbecue and hot pot. The website continues to display dining information, but those pages now describe the former operation.
The hot-pot menu offered broths including tom yum, miso, tomato and mushroom, with pork belly, beef brisket, lamb and seafood among the choices. Ribeye and beef tongue were marked as dinner selections. Oysters, clams, shrimp, mussels and baby octopus gave seafood-minded diners plenty of decisions before they even reached the vegetables and noodles.
Having both a pot and a grill on offer was a substantial part of the appeal: dinner could move between a simmering broth and another round of meat on the flame. That particular combination is what disappears from this Dove Creek address.
Mr. Crabby’s will be the business’s third San Antonio-area location, following restaurants in Live Oak and on North Loop 1604. The replacement is known for seafood boils and a menu that includes fried seafood and po’boys. No AYCE program has been established for the incoming restaurant.
The next opening target is therefore clear, even if JPOT’s closing timeline is not. January 1 remains the plan reported by MySA, with a different seafood operation set to fill the former hot-pot dining room.
