SAN ANTONIO – In the heart of Southtown, south of downtown San Antonio, you’ll find Hot Joy and once you do, you may add this to your go-to local restaurant list.
The playful menu includes: Spam fried rice, cheeseburger spring rolls, crab fat caramel twice-fried chicken wings and an array of ramen bowls.
If you’re thirsty, you’ll also get the perk of enjoying tiki-inspired cocktails from a bar with one of the largest rum selections in Texas.
Bartender Adrian Cardenas is the man behind the cocktail experience. His favorite cocktail is the “Pain Killer.”
“It’s a classic tiki concept. There’s no other place in the city you can get this (Pain Killer),” Cardenas said.
Cardenas put Jen Tobias-Struski to the test with the “Joe’s Volcano” punch bowl cocktail. It includes several doses of rum and other liquors - meant for sharing - and it’s topped off with a flaming spark.
“It’s very classic tiki as well - heavy on the booze,” Cardenas said.
Happy hour is from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, and reverse happy hour from 10 p.m. to midnight.
The restaurant also offers fish fry family meals every Friday leading up to Easter.
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