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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Sixteen

guest: Clay Walker, President Gott’s Roadside Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11567229

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The universe might not be watching you, but the bartender always is

The leaves had begun to pile, ever so slightly, by the front door. The man in a brightly colored short sleeved Hawaiian shirt had just put…

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Have the cream sauce, but have it with the people that you care about

Two pillars of brick stand guard on a quiet suburban street corner in San Rafael. Like trunkless legs of stone, their red mortared features are slowly…

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Fifteen

guest: Chef Munther Massarweh of Rickey’s, Speakeasy, and the Boardroom Hear more here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11445274

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All the world’s a stage, left or right

I had entered “Stage left.” Or was it “Stage right?” I have never really understood theater direction. Maybe that is because stage direction is always from…

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Cocktails for the Jewish New Year

If you are reading this online on Tuesday (before sundown) then it is still Rosh Hashanah: the Jewish New Year. If you are reading it after…

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Fourteen

guest: Nish Ndaraja, former employee #6 at Yelp! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-four-nish-nadaraja-former-employee-6-at-yelp/id1376751260?i=1000580112296

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Thirteen

guests: Mimi Towle and Nikki Wood of Local Getaways Magazine https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11265600

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From Fairfax mayor to award-winning winemaker

“We are a licensed and bonded winery,” says Frank Egger, pointing at the license for Cazadero Winery, hanging on his wall at his home in Fairfax.…

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Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Twelve

guests: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Local Getaways magazine

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The Press Loves “Twenty Years Behind Bars”

Top 25 iBooks Bestseller

Top 100 Amazon Bestseller

“more about mixing people than drinks”
Christopher Kimball America’s Test Kitchen

“racy and innocent”
Marin Independent Journal

“insightful writing about bar culture and human nature”
SF Examiner

“the best stories are of the clueless at their worst behavior — often before they’ve ordered their first drink” “juicier reads than you would find in the pages of a family newspaper”
Patch

“a book of riotous stories”
The Bold Italic

“great book, quite funny, and includes recipes!”
Joel Riddell, Dining Around, NewsTalk 910

“I love this book. It's insightful, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, and includes expert cocktail recipes, too!”
Erika Lenkert, author of Last-Minute Party Girl and Raw: the Uncook Book

“Served straight up, with humor, irreverence and a one-of-a-kind perspective, Twenty Years Behind Bars takes us up close into the life of bars, bartenders, and those who frequent both. To get any closer, you'd need be an olive in one of Burkhart's martini glasses.”
Kimberley Lovato, author of the award winning cookbook, Walnut Wine & Truffle Groves

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