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Diners want a more easygoing relationship with high-quality food and drink, and these folks are doing their best to provide it.

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We asked San Antonio bar pros to share recipes for gin cocktails they enjoy at home.

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The popularity of classic cocktails ebbs and flows, but recent additions to the Alamo City's bar and nightlife scene are dedicating entire sections of their menus to those venerable tipples — and often adding a puro SA twist.

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Gone are the previous spot’s dark walls and gilded accents, and in their place are warm wood tones as well as rich blue and teal hues.

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Cocktailer Derik Cortez of Box Street Social and Mixtli is behind the new concept.

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