First Look: San Antonio's much-anticipated Elsewhere Too will debut this Saturday

Elsewhere Too, the Loop Land expansion of popular downtown hangout Elsewhere, opens this Saturday. — Elsewhere Too, the Loop Land enlargement of standard downtown hangout Elsewhere, opens this Saturday. Credit score: Courtesy Photograph / Elsewhere Too

San Antonio’s Instagram set quickly may have a brand new vacation spot.

The homeowners of downtown’s Elsewhere Backyard Bar will debut their newest idea this Saturday — Elsewhere Too, a sprawling six-acre enlargement of the unique idea at 4513 N. Loop 1604 West. The bar-slash-restaurant-slash-meetup spot will function a 53-foot Ferris wheel, a greenhouse and a 15-foot flower tunnel.

The mission has been three years within the making, in keeping with co-owner Terrin Fuhrmann, and it builds on the whimsical ambiance of the unique Elsewhere, a equally eclectic San Antonio River outpost that launched in the course of the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Because the world opened again up, we have been in a position so as to add new particulars to the unique,” Fuhrmann informed the Present. “Now we’re bringing that spirit right here, on a a lot bigger scale.”

A 15-foot flower tunnel is another of Elsewhere Too's whimsical features. — A 15-foot flower tunnel is one other of Elsewhere Too’s whimsical options. Credit score: Courtesy Photograph / Elsewhere Too

Along with the Ferris wheel and floral additions, the positioning incorporates two prepare vehicles donated by the San Antonio Zoo from Brackenridge Park, together with an expanded kitchen that permits for a broader foods and drinks menu.

Fuhrmann mentioned his workforce is already cooking up plans to develop the menu following this weekend’s grand opening.

Visitors can count on the identical boozy lemonades, frozen margaritas and cocktails they get downtown, plus new choices. Fuhrmann additionally teased future concepts he’s excited to implement at Elsewhere Too, equivalent to a large-scale brunch activation fittingly titled “Brunch of Bother.”

In addition to a 53-foot Ferris wheel, Elsewhere too features a greenhouse. — Along with a 53-foot Ferris wheel, Elsewhere too incorporates a greenhouse. Credit score: Courtesy Photograph / Elsewhere Too

Conserving it cohesive with the unique Elsewhere, Fuhrmann describes the brand new area as“whimsical, mischievous and magical.” It’s finest skilled after darkish, he added, when illuminated installations carry the grounds to life.

“You must see it at night time — it’s really magical,” he mentioned.

Fuhrmann and his workforce used location knowledge analytics from Placer AI to pick out the expansivespace.

“We noticed plenty of our prospects have been already coming from right here,” he mentioned, including that the intersection of I-10 and 1604 West is also rising as an leisure hub in its personal proper due to the presence of High Golf, the Kung Fu Saloon and Andretti’s.

Wanting ahead, the Elsewhere workforce plans to maintain constructing out the venue, finally including markets and large-scale occasions, together with a “Down the Rabbit Gap”-style pageant.

“We’re simply getting began,” Fuhrmann mentioned. “This can be a area that can continue to grow and evolving — and we would like it to shock folks each time they arrive again.”

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