I wish this H-E-B were in San Antonio, but, alas, it's in Austin.

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I think there will be an HEB like this one at Bandera and 1604 very soon. HEB announced a major influx of money into that location. I cannot remember the amount , but it was a lot of money.

Great Post Nomad,
 

THis is a great opinion Nomad. The topography and the "Confluence of Cultures" does make the The Alamo City unique. In fact this was the theme of the 1968 Hemisfair , the Confluence of Cultures. THIS WAS A WORLD'S FAIR.
The City lives at the edge of the coastal plains and the arid southwestern climate of the U.S. , right at the dividing line== the 98the Meridian I think it is. Sort of in between with aspects of both climates in San Antonio. It is nearly always hot and humid and bone dry, simultaneously. The climate is a contradiction.
Besides 27 million visitors annually can't be wrong. -- Pre-Pandemic figures anyway.
Some famous visitors have said the same thing as you over the last 150 years.Mark Twain stated after visiting San Antonio that the City was one of four unique American Cities along with Boston, New Orleans and San Francisco. Twain said that from one spot in the Main Plaza one could see Cowboys, farmers, Senoritas, business people, day laborers, shop owners and young women vendors serving Mexican dishes at picnic tables, cooking right there, downtown in the open air.
J. Frank Dobie was very colorful in his description of the Village of San Antonio- arriving well before Mark Twain's time. Dobie described the San Antonio River as a mile wide and luxuriant with tropical vegetation and naked nymphs were darting about in the River, swimming. A virtual paradise.

Where oh, where,
 

Except for the HEB ,which is in Austin actually, where are all of the San Antonio pictures?

wow someone gutted this thread. Would have loved to see the pictures.