The Best Cocktail Bars in San Antonio | Eater Austin

"Arguably San Antonio’s grandest cocktail destination, the Hotel Emma’s resident cocktail bar is outfitted with stately leather furniture, Persian rugs, and the glint of brass. There’s a little bit of grit, too. Industrial details from the space’s former use, a taproom at the Pearl brewery, ground the cavernous space — as do the communal furniture groupings. Fittingly for the grandeur, the cocktails use swanky ingredients like damiana liqueur, averna, and blended scotch. Nonetheless, the signature sip is the La Babia Margarita, a three-ingredient blend of blanco tequila, orange liqueur, and lime that packs a chispa-like wallop." - Brandon Watson