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• The Dublin Mudslide

  

  I’m not one of these dudes who’s a afraid to veer a little left. A good contigent of my bros routinely give me shit for lifting a pinky and sipping on... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Bar Rot on Steroids

  

  Word to the wise: Don’t let your bar rot (Paronychia) go untreated. Heed my words or you’ll wind up in a doctor’s office or E.R. facility like this guy above. Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About Why We Go to Bars

  

  Bottle of Grey Goose at Ye Old Liquor Store: $30. Same bottle at a prime NYC club: $350. Bottle imported beer at Felipe’s Corner Bodega: $1.75. Lounge price?... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Is It Legal To Drink Behind the Bar?

  

  See my disclaimer. But I’ll mention it briefly here again: I am not a lawyer. I make no claims in regards to the legitimacy of anything I publish in this... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• A RealBarman Christmas Poem

  Fellow scribe and Master Dispenser of “Licka that Gets Your Girlie in the Mood Quicka,” The Realbarman, has an epic win of a treat your holiday Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Idiot Server of the Day Award: Jeff from Chilly D’s in Stockton, CA

  

  Oh Jeff the Server. How we envy loath thee for getting all loose at the Micros terminal and speaking/typing your mind. How we all [secretly] wish we could tell... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Why Cheap Booze Makes Your Hangover So Horrible

  

  Gotta give a shout out to Gawker media – Jizz…. uh… Gizmodo in particular. My fellow tech brothers (while normally waxing on all things steampunkerrific and... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2012 RANTS N' RAVES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Chicago Pays Bartender Record Settlement

  

  This blonde chick’s name is Karolina Obrycka – a bartender at Jesse’s Shortstop Inn, in Chicago. The overly concerned looking dude on the right – who was... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2012 LEGAL, SELF EXPRESSION

• One Minute Drill – The Health Department Shuffle

  

  Ah.. New York City! The land where seemingly every other storefront is a bar or restaurant. So may choices – so little time. There are thousands or maybe even... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 BUSINESS, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Cappuccino Martini

  

  Those of us who opt for the delicious combination that is coffee and booze, know exactly what we’re doing. Although it most often shows up in the form of an... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• SHTF Cometh This Sunday

  

  As many of my brethren on the Eastern seaboard know, it’s hurricane season up in the heezy. Those of you in the panhandle of the Sunshine State, know it a just ... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Dublin Mudslide

  

  I’m not one of these dudes who’s a afraid to veer a little left. A good contigent of my bros routinely give me shit for lifting a pinky and sipping on... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lifers

  

  There comes a point in one’s Hospitality career where one must make a decision – veer left or veer right. Get the hell out of the Service Industry or concede... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• How to Get a Bartending Job in NYC

  

  Having been behind the stick for nearly two decades now, along with owning a tenth of .001% of el Blogosphere-O real estate for a short while, I get my fair... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About the Slop Called the Staff Meal

  

  I often work in gourmet eateries frequented by the likes of the Firecrotch, KimYe and every Tom, Dick and Harry in between. Oh, they’re no Alain Ducasse type... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Myths of Mixology Debunked

  

  Fancy Fingers Pouring Technique – For Mo’ Better FlavorFolks calling themselves “Mixologists” are truly strange characters. The truth is that they almost all... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• How To Pour Multiple Shots

  

  So you want to be a bartender, eh? Oh, it’s not that hard – or is it? Like many other of life’s pursuits, the job is what you make of it. Meaning: you make it... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Public Service Announcement – September 2012 Edition

  

  Things that make guests customers look, sound, and be treated as… wait for it – stupid.1. “Give me a Ketel and Vodka – on the rocks” Translation: I’m 27. I... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Gypsy Bartender

  

  I’m an ass (my own ass shot for posterity). After a few multi-year bartending stints in a couple of key NYC venues, I flew the coop. I had been in one particula... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Relationships and Bartending Don’t Mix: M.I.L.F. Edition

  I’m a bad, bad man… or at least I fancy myself as such in my mucho misaligned cranium. I’m married. From time to time, I’m told by some woman that lives in my... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION