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• Why Sysco Sucks

  

  Ask 100 folks in Corporate Hospitality “who is the #1 supplier of restaurant supplies?” and 99 of ‘em will name drop “SysCo.” By most accounts, half of them hol... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Casey Young Waxes on Bad Bar Behavior

  

  Here at TTAB, I’m just about never opposed to showcasing a fellow bartender who (a) consistently displays mad mixology skillz or evident bartending experience... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Birthdays Are the Worst Days – Unless You’re a PYT

  

  This is Nicole (actual lovely visage concealed to protect the not innocent). She’s from that place across the Hudson whose very existence as inhabited, I... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Ejected for Excessive Creepin’

  

  So look it: as I’ve mentioned before, cruising for Strange isn’t exactly a forbidden topic at bars nor will it ever be in danger of extinction I suspect. Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lobster Does Not a Bloody Mary Make

  

  There are Bloody Mary’s. Then there are other bevies concocted with a lil’ tomato juice, vodka, Tabasco, spices and a cacophony of fresh meat stuffs, sauteed... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Feeling Stout, Hefe?

  

  What’s black and not blue, stout and wheaty, and plain old tasty as all hell? Why it’s the venerable Black and Blue! What’s that you say? Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• This Bartender Knows Monogamists

  

  Well, more like I knew The Monogamists. Sex and The City – Season 1, Episode 7. I know, I know… it’s not Throwback Thursday just yet. But what the hell. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Humility 101 – Don’t Hate on Comps

  

  This is my Tip Bucket. There are many like it, but this one is mine (Vince D’Onofrio reference for those not versed on Stanley Kubrick flicks). Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About Gin & Tonics

  

  If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it eleventy billion times – Gawker rocks! Gizmodo’s my favorite asset of theirs. Why? Cuz they love technology but love booze... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Roofie Lovers Take Notice – DrinkSavvy Your New Buzzkill

  

  Flunitrazepam – better known as Rohipnol. Oh, can’t recall what that is you say? It’s not a cold remedy folks nor is a pharmacy ingredient for your Meth... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Mixologist Smackdown – Eric Alperin Waxes on Douchery

  I’ve written much on the why, how and when previously kind and hospitable bartenders mysteriously transform into utter assholes or douchebag mixologists. But,... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cocktail Basics: The Sidecar

  

  The venerable Sidecar. I get an order for one – I dunno – maybe 3 or 4 times a year. Often, it’s at my behest. Most young’uns don’t know a damned thing about... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Coravin Surgical Wine Extractor Vodoo Magic Shizz

  Take a gander at this miraculous device… you know you want it.. Look, this thing serves absolutely no purpose behind an operational bar – I don’t think. At... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Lifestyles of the Not Rich, Not Famous, and Not Too Bright

  

  Last night’s grand interaction:[Me] Hey fellas. How are you? What can I get for you?[Whiz Kid] Yo! Wassup? What do you got that’s cheap?[Whiz Kid] What’s less... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• You Mad Bro? The Truth About Bitter Bartenders

  

  If you’re an adult past the legal drinking age in your ‘hood, and have had the good fortune to make it back alive from an evening of even moderate imbibing... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Food Republic Lulz – 17 Signs You’re A Cocktail Snob

  

  Food Republic’s mixologist-snob article induces chuckles a plenty. Here’s a snippet:2. You are serious about ice. So much so that you have a guy for it. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• It Must Be the Shoes – Men’s Shoewear

  

  Shoemoney – I need me some. Above, are my recently deceased bartending kicks. They’re in desperate need of burial-at-sea, and replacement. Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• 36 Cheap American Beers Ranked

  

  It’s 4th of July people… yeah, you know what that means: you’ll be guzzling whatever cheap pisswater your second best BFF has so generously [not] spent a ton... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 DRINK

• Drinking on the Job Part 2 – 4 Degrees of Separation

  

  I’ve previously devoted significant digital ink to the topic of Drinking on the Job. However, in light of my seismic “demographic” shift late last year, from a... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION

• Service Bar: Cocktail Waitress Hell

  

  Hell hath no fury like that of a service bar printer gone wild. Dupes down to the floor and another stack of “chads” hanging by one’s lips. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 SELF EXPRESSION