Being wrong can feel so right
The two men approached the bar and sat down. One rubbed his hands together vigorously as if warming them. “Do you have any Pappy Van Winkle?”…
How women got the right to bear booze, barely
The Classic Cat on Sunset Strip was a favorite haunt of celebrities.
Rude is what rude does
“Hey!” said the man waving his hand in my face as I leaned over to garnish two drinks. “Just a second,” I said, trying to look…
It’s not always about dinner
I won’t say that they didn’t fit in because in a bar everybody fits in somewhere. Isn’t that the very nature of the hospitality industry? Having…
Not all dramas play out on stage
INT. COFFEE SHOP — LATE AFTERNOON A Woman stands in line, purse out seemingly ready to pay. The door opens and one customer comes in. He…
The Barfly on Booze!
Come meet Jeff Burkhart, The Barfly! The Marin IJ’s award winning columnist (CNPA) and Marin’s “best bartender” (Bohemian magazine) Get his takes on liquor, cocktails and…
For the Rolling Stones, it’s not just another tequila sunrise
Perhaps you’ve seen the TV commercial: A shapely flight attendant delivers tequila sunrises to the hangers-on aboard the Rolling Stones’ 1972 tour plane while the Stones’…
All piscos are not created equal
It’s not every day that you get an invitation to hang out with the so-called “best nose in Peru.” It was partly for that nose that…
One man’s Rickey is another man’s Gimlet
“She’ll have a sidecar with light lime, triple sec, Splenda instead of sugar and no sugared rim,” he told me after switching seats three times in…
Figuring out who’s a VIP, and why
Clearly he wasn’t a regular customer. By regular I mean both the oft-returning clientele and the normal everyday Joe. For starters every member of the staff…