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Southtown restaurant rebrands with new lounge, cocktail menu

Frutería-Botanero is now The Botanero Lounge, located at 1401 S. Flores St.

Frutería-Botanero in Southtown. (Copyright 2024 by KSAT - All rights reserved.)

SAN ANTONIO – The Frutería-Botanero has rebranded as a lounge, offering a sneak peek at its new cocktail menu, according to the restaurant’s Instagram posts.

Chef Johnny Hernandez announced the restaurant, located at 1401 S. Flores St., would close on Jan. 4.

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Since then, the restaurant has changed its name to The Botanero Lounge on Instagram, where it announced a sneak peek at its new cocktail menu and lounge scheduled from 4 p.m. to midnight on Friday, Jan. 17 and Saturday, Jan. 18.

Complimentary house botana samples will be offered, “because every great drink deserves a perfect bite,” the restaurant said.

The restaurant closure was among the first of 2025 in the city.

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Gabby Jimenez is a digital journalist at KSAT. Gabby is a San Antonio native and joined the KSAT team in January 2025. A proud LSU alumna, she has reported for newspapers in Louisiana and Virginia, earning a Virginia Press Association award for Combination Photo and Story in 2024.

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