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A Cleaner Cocktail ormer assistant GM at Cured Melanie Barrows and Coquetel Spirits Co. owner Chiyo Takemoto shared mutual friends and worked in similar industries while living in the same Chicago neighborhood, but it wasn’t until they moved to San Antonio that their paths first crossed. Now the two—who describe themselves as “bad-ass bi**hes”—have combined their expertise to shake up the health and cocktail industry with Health Nut SATX, which they opened over the summer. Using whole food ingredients, including fruits, vegetables, botanicals, herbs and spices, the women offer a menu of fresh juices, tonics and plant-based milks that are delicious on their own or as the base for their “healthy-ish” cocktail kits. “Our
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kits combine our healthy beverages with natural spirits from small, independently owned craft distilleries,” Takemoto says. The women partnered with Alamo City Liquor to source the spirits featured in their DIY kits, which contain everything you need to create a snapshot-ready drink at home, from the juice or plant-based milk to the spirit and the coconut sugar, salt or fruit that rims the glass. Spirit-free drink kits also are available. Look for them on social media and on weekends at Broadway News. For Barrows and Takemoto, offering healthier happy hour options is just the start. “For us, it is important to show that health and wellness doesn’t look just one way,” Takemoto says. “People of all shapes, sizes and ethnicities are in this space.”—BONNY OSTERHAGE
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