No sour cherries around here
HOSPITABLE IS the word that defines the bar business. Hospitality industry, we have all heard it. The word hospitable itself is easy enough to define: Friendly…
Taste is simply a matter of taste
I GLANCED UP from my conversation, subtly, and then made my excuses before heading down the bar. It wasn’t that I had one thing in particular…
King Ludwig’s final Oktoberfest reported by Friedrich Engels
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All I asked for was an old fashioned. The tattooed hipster bartender then took several minutes to make a bizarre concoction utilizing a handful of fruit,…
Complex guests versus complex requests
‘A BELVEDERE, dry, twist of lime, super cold; a Ketel One, wet, three olives; two Bombays, one on the rocks, one with a twist and one…
Getting down and dirty about garnishes
‘HEY JEFF,” SAID the man upon approaching the bar. It took a long second before I recognized him. Bartenders get good at the details. I remembered,…
To agave or not to agave
‘YOU KNOW WHAT you should do?” a man I had never seen before asked me, unsolicited I might add. “What’s that?” I said, looking around at…
The lowdown on the highball
THE MAN IN the business suit with a skull and crossbones scarf started to look around anxiously. The gentrified tough guy leaned toward his guest, whispered…