The Story Behind The Trident’s World Famous Tequila Sunrise
June 20, 2023 It was June 7, 1972, and Mick Jagger wanted a margarita. Trident bartender Bobby Lozoff talked him into a Tequila Sunrise instead, a drink that Lozoff and…
Happy Hour isn’t fun for everyone
I wasn’t happy about going into work. It wasn’t the work so much, but it was the shift. Ironically, it was “happy hour.” It didn’t help…
Marin Living feature:
Toast the Holidays with the Barfly’s Jeff Burkhart’s At-Home Cocktail Recipes Dry Mezcal Negroni Ingredients Directions Combine the first three ingredients in a mixing beaker with…
Being between a rock and a hard place
She arrived at happy hour the way she does almost every week. She is one of a set of business professionals that come in various mixed…
Sausalito resident launches Marin inspired liquor company
In May 1963, American Distilling Co. in Sausalito (located where the Whiskey Springs condo development now stands) caught fire and two-thirds of the largest distilling operation…
Getting lucky at the bar can have more than one meaning.
“Just a bartender.” I have heard it my entire bartending career. As if you are “just” anything. Does anyone say “just” a firefighter, or “just” a…
Kurt Vonnegut was right, be careful who you pretend to be
They seemed awkward from the start. It was as if they didn’t know how to act, where to stand or even what to say. They seemed…
People may change, but the human situations doesn’t
It was another new face. They come and go all the time. Bars are peculiar animals. The names and the faces change, but the behaviors don’t.…
Barfly Podcast S05 E08
guest: Scott Jampol, founder Sausalito Liquor Company Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/13790168
There is no better metaphor for Italian cocktails, than the fate of the Negroni origin bar
Right before I left for Italy, a reader sent me a note: “Please teach them how to make a Negroni.” I thought it was a joke,…