SA Picks 2025 — The businesses San Antonio voted #1 From Six Flags Fiesta Texas to Burger Boy, find out who took top honors this year
SA Picks 2025. (KSAT)
SAN ANTONIO – Hello, San Antonio!
The votes are in — thank you to everyone who took part in SA Picks 2025 .
This summer, you nominated and voted for thousands of local businesses across nearly 100 categories, and now we’re excited to highlight the winners.
Take a look at some of our SA Picks spotlights by KSAT reporters Devan Karp and Pachatta Pope:
Featured highlights from this year’s SA Picks:
Best Burger: Burger Boy
Favorite Museum: Witte Museum
Best Family Entertainment & Amusement Park: Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Best BBQ: B&B Smokehouse
Nightlife hotspot (Bar, Brewery, Live Music, Margaritas): River North Icehouse
Trusted Home Services: Cowboys Air Conditioning & Heating (HVAC) and The Bearded Plumber (Plumbing)
Thank you!
Thanks again to everyone who nominated, voted, and supported local businesses. If you own a winning business, congratulations! If a favorite of yours didn’t win this year, keep supporting local!
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Rebecca Salinas is the Digital Executive Producer at KSAT 12 News. A San Antonio native, Rebecca is an award-winning journalist who joined KSAT in 2019.
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Spencer Heath is a Digital Journalist at KSAT. Spencer graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, where he studied Radio-Television-Film. He’s worked as a journalist in San Antonio since June of 2022.
Outside the newsroom, he enjoys watching movies and spending time with family.
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