The Creamery will be home to a list of new drinking spots and a seafood spot. Jimmy McCloskey, an Embrey Partners leader, told the San Antonio Express-News at the time that it wasn't 'welcoming.' Many felt like the building, which sits on the edge of the airport to downtown artery, didn't provide the kind of excitement or lure for visitors who were entering the center of the city for the first time. At the time, the building was home to SmartShop Self Storage. Plans for the building first started in spring 2019 by local developers Embrey Partners and Area Real Estate, headed by David Adelman. There are also spots to start the day and wind down meet Créme, a coffee shop, and Amelia, a 2,100-square-foot wine bar. Easy Baby is planned as a 1980s speakeasy with 1,200 square feet of space for a VIP section, bar, and a DJ booth. Lunatique will be a 900-square-foot rooftop bar with a specialty drink menu.
Once open, guests will find Hook Grill and Sea Restaurant, a 2,800-square-foot sister concept of Costa Pacifica. By the late 1980s, politicians and elected officials, who had originally sought political advantage from raiding gay bars and carting their patrons off to.
