{"id":8426,"date":"2025-04-21T07:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/?p=8426"},"modified":"2025-04-27T07:15:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T07:15:56","slug":"blotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/blotto\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners, Dreamweavers: Zelia &#038; Austin\u2019s Reinvention of the Neighborhood Bar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WechatIMG5773.png&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; background_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;Partners, Dreamweavers: &#8221; subhead=&#8221;Zelia &#038; Austin\u2019s Reinvention of the Neighborhood Bar&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; header_fullscreen=&#8221;on&#8221; header_scroll_down=&#8221;on&#8221; background_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(10,10,10,0)&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;\u5c01\u9762&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;62px&#8221; subhead_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; subhead_font_size=&#8221;42px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WechatIMG5773.png&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0267.jpg&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"juxtapose\" width=\"100%\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/juxtapose\/latest\/embed\/index.html?uid=3ef65c00-2331-11f0-bb23-0936e1cb08fb\"><\/iframe>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Deep in the streets of Kennedy Town, Hong Kong, the neon sign of Blotto Bar always lights up at 4pm. The warm orange light hides Zelia&#8217;s fingerprints as she smoothes the corners of the menu, mixed with the scent of cucumber as Austin shakes his cocktail &#8211; not so much a bar, but a warm station built by two people who understand the weight of loneliness in the cracks of an epidemic. When Zelia holds her cell phone to record the laughter of customers bursting out from table games, and when Austin shouts out \u201cMerry on the rocks\u201d across the bar, which was ordered by an acquaintance last week, together they weave a story about \u201cseeing\u201d: here, every drink is not the protagonist, and the people at the bar are not the protagonists. It&#8217;s the chatter at the bar, the tear stains on the couch, and even the strangers&#8217; arguments over card rules that give the space its heartbeat. 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Loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/735a5ff76718044d1d62f16f64e00c5f-1.jpg&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;\u201cBlotto isn\u2019t a bar \u2014 it\u2019s my living room\u201d&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; title_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;45px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset4&#8243; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color=&#8221;RGBA(255,255,255,0)&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_0267.jpg&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;color-dodge&#8221; da_disable_devices=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; da_is_popup=&#8221;off&#8221; da_exit_intent=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_close=&#8221;on&#8221; da_alt_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_dark_close=&#8221;off&#8221; da_not_modal=&#8221;on&#8221; da_is_singular=&#8221;off&#8221; da_with_loader=&#8221;off&#8221; da_has_shadow=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;\u5f00\u5934-Zelia\u81ea\u6211\u4ecb\u7ecd&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WechatIMG628.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;WechatIMG628&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_heading title=&#8221;Hello, I am Zelia, one of the co-founder of Blotto. 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The cold light on the screen reflected her furrowed brows. Outside the window is an empty street, and the sporadic quarantine hotels have their lights on. At that moment, she suddenly recalled what Austin had said when proposing to open a bar: &#8220;Alcohol can&#8217;t solve the problem, but space can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hong Kong seemed silent during the epidemic. She witnessed her neighbor&#8217;s college student mechanically taking online courses in front of the screen every day for a full three months without going downstairs. 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She shifted from corporate life to the bar industry not for cocktails or profits, but because she witnessed and experienced the silent mental health collapse in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. People are not merely isolated; &#8220;They were ashamed of their loneliness,&#8221; \u00a0she recalled. When Austin proposed opening Blotto in 2021, she saw a lifeline: \u00a0a space where masks could be laid off, both literally and metaphorically.<\/p>\n<p>These data are not numbers but specific individuals. Therefore, when Austin proposed opening a new store in Kennedy, Zelia did not hesitate. She shifted from corporate life to the bar industry not for cocktails or profits, but because she witnessed and experienced the silent mental health collapse in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic. People are not merely isolated; &#8220;They were ashamed of their loneliness,&#8221; she recalled. 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The Merry with extra ice?&#8221; he\u2019ll call out to a first-time guest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Welcome back, Judith, where have you been?&#8221; he&#8217;ll remember everyone who came before. For Blotto\u2019s founder, a 14-year Hong Kong F&amp;B veteran, bartending was never about the spotlight. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hated those bars where the mixologist performs like it\u2019s Cirque du Soleil,&#8221;\u00a0 he says, stirring a house-infused Elevated (cucumber flavour cocktail). &#8220;Here, the magic happens in the &#8216;conversations&#8217;.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;From Molecular Cocktails to Mismatched Chairs&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin\u2019s resume reads like a Hong Kong nightlife timeline: internships at The Upper House, working way up through bars like Foxglove and Honey Honey (one of the best bars in town) but his pre-COVID venture\u2014a high-concept molecular bar\u2014left him disillusioned. Blotto was his reset button. &#8220;I wanted a place where everyone would feel at ease.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opened in 2021 when Hong Kong\u2019s bars were either shuttered or sterile, Blotto became Austin\u2019s rebellion: a neon-lit &#8220;living room&#8221; where regulars debate game rules over craft beer and a section of 90s cartoon wallpaper (&#8220;my actual childhood bedroom&#8221;) peeks out behind the whisky shelf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WechatIMG666-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;WechatIMG666&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WechatIMG669-scaled.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;WechatIMG669&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;%22We\u2019re Not a Bar\u2014We\u2019re Your Best Friend\u2019s Couch%22&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/jmsc6110a.com\/2025b\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/WechatIMG5822.png&#8221; title_text=&#8221;WechatIMG5822&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-COVID Hong Kong wasn\u2019t kind to dreamers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Post-COVID was rough. People questioned everything, including us. But listening to each other&#8230;\u00a0 made Austin a better partner, son, friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin\u2019s proudest creation isn\u2019t a drink\u2014it\u2019s Blotto\u2019s culture. Take Halloween 2022, when artist John Crowe marched through Kennedy Town in a handmade alien costume to support them. &#8220;The cops thought he\u2019d escaped from a mental ward,&#8221; Austin grins. &#8220;But that\u2019s the loyalty we\u2019ve earned.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or Linda, the unemployed flight attendant who became their first regular. &#8220;She\u2019d sit here applying for jobs. Now she brings her mom for \u2018therapy sessions\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask Austin about challenges, and he\u2019ll shrug. &#8220;Sure, I haven\u2019t taken a holiday in five years. But watch this.&#8221; He gestures to a programmer sketching app designs on a coaster, two grannies giggling over espresso martinis (&#8220;they\u2019re 85 and terrifying&#8221;), and a student napping in the corner. &#8220;This is my PTO.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;The Stubborn Heart of Kennedy Town&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;justified&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His mantra?\u00a0 <\/span><b>&#8220;Bars don\u2019t fail from lack of money\u2014they fail from lack of soul.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You\u2019ll see people doing homework, crying over breakups, or celebrating promotions. That\u2019s the point \u2014 <\/span><b>life happens here<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin\u2019s raw honesty:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Some days, we couldn\u2019t pay suppliers. But Hong Kong taught me: if you care enough, the community carries you.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Austin\u2019s hands move with the muscle memory of 14 years behind Hong Kong\u2019s most elite bars\u2014but his origin story starts with a stolen sip. &#8220;I was maybe 12? My uncle let me taste his Negroni,&#8221; he recalls, polishing a glass. &#8220;Bitter as hell, but it \u2018changed\u2019 something. Like flavours could tell stories.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By 18, he was sneaking into hotel bars to study bartenders\u2019 techniques. &#8220;I didn\u2019t care about getting drunk. 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