{"id":245384,"date":"2026-04-11T19:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245384\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T19:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T19:17:18","slug":"paradise-unknown-tiki-bar-to-open-in-downtown-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/245384\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Unknown tiki bar to open in downtown San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind the downtown San Antonio bar <a href=\"https:\/\/bekindandrewindsa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Be Kind and Rewind<\/a> is turning back the clock even further. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/paradiseunknownsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paradise Unknown<\/a>, a new tiki bar at 238 Losoya, will transport guests to the \u201cgolden age of piracy\u201d when it opens on April 16.<\/p>\n<p>By piracy, we don\u2019t mean illegally downloading music on LimeWire. Instead, the bar plunders shipping floats, a giant skull, and crates to create an atmosphere that\u2019s somewhere between Blackbeard\u2019s Ghost and the Scooby Doo movie\u2019s Spooky Island.<\/p>\n<p>The bar will serve \u201ctropical, craft-forward cocktails,\u201d but a release didn\u2019t mention whether they would be tiki classics like Mai Tais or rum-heavy originals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6469e\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"4d212d30a0214f08b38fcdbb0cbbeb55\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202016%201512'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/paradise-unknown-san-antonio.jpg\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" alt=\"Paradise Unknown San Antonio\"\/> Mood lighting sets the spooky mood.Photo courtesy of Paradise Unknown<\/p>\n<p>Patrons can also nosh on small Mexican-Chinese bites from <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/rising-star-chefs-tastemaker-awards\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tastemaker Award-nominated<\/a> chef Jaime Gonzalez of Wok Wey.Paradise Unknown is the second downtown venture for the crew. <\/p>\n<p>Arcade bar Be Kind &amp; Rewind officially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkBVa6euZMO\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pressed play<\/a> at 115 Alamo Plaza on October 28, 2022, and has been a popular destination ever since. Both have a knack for setting the vibe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"017df\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"fad710f9e81d9c2e043c35d4ed3eb30c\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202016%201512'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775935038_591_paradise-unknown-san-antonio.jpg\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" alt=\"Paradise Unknown San Antonio\"\/> Vibrant murals depict a perilous scene.Photo courtesy of Paradise Unknown<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its core, Paradise Unknown is about escapism,\u201d said concept creator and part-owner Alex Amaro, in a release. \u201cSomewhere between the music, the cocktails, and the glow of a hidden world, guests might find themselves wondering how they got there and why they don\u2019t want to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following its Fiesta debut, Paradise Unknown will be open Monday through Thursday, 4 pm-2 am, and Friday through Sunday, 2 pm-2 am. All days run happy hour specials until 7 pm.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The team behind the downtown San Antonio bar Be Kind and Rewind is turning back the clock even&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[4262,993,423,82,84,83,45035],"class_list":["post-245384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-bars","tag-downtown","tag-openings","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-tiki"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}