HEB Nacogdoches Rd San Antonio Texas Weekly Ad for 1955 Nacogdoches Rd, San Antonio, TX 78209, United States.
Back in the good ol’ 1950s-1980s (not sure the exact dates), the good ol’ Oak Park H-E-B (in good ol’ Oak Park-Northwood) was just a lil’ ol’ Handy Andy with a lil’ ol’ shopping mall attached to it (the good ol’ Oak Park Village). It had a little bank, San Antonio Savings, a little book shop (where I bought all my “Encyclopedia Brown” paperbacks - of which there are 28), a little flower shop, a little bridal shop, a little Fox Photo, a (not so little) pharmacy (with a hilariously grouchy pharmacist named Bart who reminded me of Ed Asner), and a funny lil’ barber shop (that reminded me of the one on the Andy Griffith Show) stuffed way back in the corner. Boy, I sure do miss that funny little mall, but as much as I do, I’m also pretty grateful they didn’t end up demolishing it for a brand new (and much bigger) H-E-B - apparently, from what I’ve heard, the folks’ in the neighborhood made such a stink about the proposed demolition of their beloved Handy Andy/Oak Park Village that H-E-B eventually relented and ended up re-purposing the super cool twin A-frame structure (which was designed by architect Reginald Roberts, who also designed the Berta Almaguer Dance Studio (1955) over by Woodlawn Lark, the Petroleum Center (1958) off 410 and Broadway, and the ol’ Main Bank and Trust building (1959), which you might know better as the cool lookin’ modernist “Mad Men” Luby’s on North Main) into the unique “boutique” H-E-B it is today (it’s small) - and thank goodness they did, it’s the crown jewel of good ol’ Oak Park-Northwood, and in my humble opinion, of all the H-E-B’s in good ol’ San Antone, the good ol’ Oak Park H-E-B is the best of the bunch - so good in fact that it’s also officially known as H-E-B #1!
This is the most beautiful HEB I've ever seen. On the exterior of the store, it's brick with metal roof. Interior is wooden. Even the HEB SIGN outside on the parking lot is wood. So beautiful. It matches the area. Since this area has a lot of trees. This part of San Antonio doesn't feel densely populated so the look and design make sense. If they was no HEB sign inside or outside you would never know this was an HEB because it has a small grocery store type of feel to it but I love that. I love this heb. Some HEB have a glassy more modern look and that's ok too. But I'm a small town type of guy so I think this HEB is the most beautiful in the entire state
