Some customers are more right than others
‘MOWEEY,” SHE SAID, flipping the back of her hand at me as if she were shooing away a fly. “I’m sorry,” I said, not because I…
Whether food or otherwise, porn is still porn
THE COUPLE SAT at the end of the bar, making a point of being distanced from any of the other patrons. We see all types —…
Barfly on Radio!
Mitch Field interviews the Barfly on 1610 AM Radio Sausalito! http://radiosausalito.org/the-field-trip-episode-081-jeff-burkhart-the-barfly/ http://radiosausalito.org/the-field-trip-episode-080-part-2-barfly-jeff-burkhart/
Barfly appearance at Author Spotlight Series!
The Marin History Museum Author Spotlight Series Presents: Jeff Burkhart Author of Twenty Years Behind Bars: the spirited adventures of a real bartender Author Chat,…
Barfly quoted in American Way magazine!
CLASSIC COCKTAILS are a national craze, and the 80th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition (Dec. 5) is garnishing history like a candied cherry. Read more…
Barfly Book Signing at Phil Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads
Etiquette for the civilized drinker, and some other thoughts… Tuesday November 19 7 PM Free Terrapin Crossroads San Rafael 100 Yacht Club Drive The Marin IJ’s…
Getting hip to barrel aged cocktails
“Have you checked out [insert hipster bar name here]?” asked an old friend stopping by for a late night drink. “I have not,” I said, noting…
Freedom to decide, quickly
German psychologist Erich Fromm argued that there were essentially two types of freedom; the freedom from making decisions; and the freedom to make decisions. A thought…
The cycle of change makes the old new again
SHE CAME AT me directly out of the late afternoon sun. With the sun higher in the heavens our little below world gets illuminated in very…
A quiet night among frenemies
IT WAS AS ordinary as any ordinary night in the bar business could be. Shakespeare might have made much ado about nothing in his famous “A…