Best Deli in San Antonio · San Antonio, TX
Schilo's Delicatessen is the oldest restaurant in San Antonio, serving German-Texan food downtown since 1917, when the Alsatian-immigrant Schilo family set up near the River Walk. Its split-pea soup, house-made root beer and Reuben are why regulars have come back for a century, past long communal tables and the occasional accordion.
A downtown landmark for over 100 years, Schilo's is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Deli in San Antonio.
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German deli founded in 1917, San Antonio's oldest operating restaurant, famous for split pea soup and house-made root beer.
Yes — Schilo's Delicatessen is the 2025 Centurion Award winner for Best Deli in San Antonio, a verified, criteria-based award. Named best deli in San Antonio for 2025 as the city's oldest restaurant, still serving split pea soup and homemade root beer a block off the River Walk.
Schilo's Delicatessen is in San Antonio, TX.
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