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Be Kind & Rewind owner Alex Amaro stands in front of a display of VHS covers inside the bar.Mostly because his two older siblings would pop cassettes such asinto the family's VCR. Some of those memories have crept into the aesthetic of Amaro's new downtown bar Be Kind & Rewind, which opened Friday, Oct. 28. The nightspot's name refers to the request the now-defunct rental chain Blockbuster Video made to its customers when returning VHS movies.
Be Kind & Rewind, 115 Alamo Plaza, is designed with 1980s through 2000s pop culture as its theme, and there's a video wall featuring clips of movies from that era, includingA section of the bar also displays vintage toys from Amaro's collection, including action figures from the movies. Is that the Xenomorph fromAt one of the entrances of Be Kind & Rewind, Amaro also displays dozens of original VHS covers from the films of his childhood.
. You know, doing research to put all this together, I was surprised at how many films that could be from either the '80s or '90s — movies from 1989 or 1991. For example,is an '80s movie. It was interesting to see how '80s and '90s movies all had their own style.I really wanted to make sure the bar's aesthetic was right when I started tying in the '80s and '90s video culture. We watched a lot of movies.
I know you have a background in building escape rooms. Were there any adventure movies that you loved as a kid?. The whole adventure aspect of it was fun and watching all the friends helping each other out. We would watch that one over and over. Believe it or not, I really didn't get intoWe're around the same age, and neither did I. I guess we lose some of our street cred since we're notYeah, I missed it, and then it just never happened for me.
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