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• Real Customers of Genius: Miss I Don’t Know What to Drink So I’ll Ask You Girl

  

  I went out after work for that “one drink” with the crew a couple of nights ago. We happened to be at The Crooked Knife on 14th St. That’s borderline Meatpackin... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• I’m a Seriously O.C.D. Money Freak – Cash Handling Edition

  

  I’m a seriously obsessive, compulsive freak. It’s not my fault… It’s my Mom’s. She’s an over-the-top, O.C.D. nightmare times ten and I, for better or worse,... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Pourers

  

  Pourers – the truth. The only bar that doesn’t need them is Uncle Wilson’s 70′s-ish, fake-wood paneled basement boudoir. What’s a pourer? Well, for... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Gratuitous Bartender Porn: Tanqueray Edition

  

  I try damned hard not whore out commercial shit that’s sooooo… mainstream. But hey, once in a while, Madison Ave gets it really right – in this case, Tanqueray’... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About Corporate Culture – Spill Check Edition

  

  Big Corporate Hospitality culture is a funny beast. It’s a microcosm; an extreme, shining example of what I believe even “mainstream” corporate environments... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Michael Neff Waxes on Mixology v. Bartending

  

  Fellow booze slinger Michael Neff (NYC bartender of Ward III fame) waxes poetic on the distinction between Bartenders and Mixologists and nails it. Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About Handling Douchebag Water Requests

  

  Here’s a handy chart detailing how bartenders handle [tap] water-only bar requests based on the establishment type. As I’ve previously mentioned, fighting your... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Too Young To Hold On, Too Old To Just Break Free And Run

  

  So I’ve been at “bar X” in MPD for a while now. I’ve endured numerous, required, eerily long epically repetitive “training” sessions. I’ve eaten crow... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Fat Cats – Bar Manager Breakdown – Part Deux

  

  In our first segment, we took a look at some of my bar managers’ “character flaws.” There isn’t nearly enough digital ink to characterize everyone of them in on... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Idiot’s Guide to Mainstream Media and Mojitos

  

  If you fancy mainstream publications, and jocking them to get a grip on L.E.S. nightlife, drinking, fucking in The Standard Hotel windows, smack, blow, or... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Truth About Liquid Courage

  

  Here’s a dude outside my bar - in the daytime. Alcohol does some weird shit to already weird people. Take the Freddie Mercury inspired, Borat wannabe above… He’... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Meet Captain Obvious

  

  (Dubya is his idol). Captain Obvious’ nightly stint at the bar is the culmination of all his life’s endeavors – his place to be seen and unwind. Read more

  Posted on 03 August 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Clowns Scare the Piss Out People

  

  Halloween’s not as far off as you might think. “OCD Me” is already brainstorming on ideas for costumes that are both over-the-top unique as well as being... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Squeezing Blood From a Stone

  

  Tip Talk. Many, many non-industry folks are severely misguided in their assumption that bartenders/waiters earn a decent salary. That notion is flatly false.... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Credit-Card-Itis: Chicks With Plastic

  

  Chicks and credit cards. When did they become joined at the hip and so socially unaware of anyone and everything around them? Young chicks, old chicks, models,... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• ‘Cause Barbacks Need Some 12-Step Love Too

  

  Houston, we’ve got a problem. Man down… uhh… make that several men down. My barbacks of the last few months have seemingly developed a new fangled love affair... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Tale of Two Bullets: The Epoch of Incredulity

  

  I digress from my “normal” bar banter for the first time to get on my soap box about an issue I am vehemently passionate about. The topic is one that like (1)... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Rhum Barbancourt – Haiti’s Best Known Export

  

  Haiti. Most of you had never heard of it before the earthquake a couple of years ago. Following that disaster, the ravaged island was been plastered all over CN... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• Cum Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc

  

  I’m the bartender. She’s the drunk. No, seriously – my wife is a raging, binging, drink ’til you pass out (or get arrested), violent, lunatic of an alcoholic. Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2012 SELF EXPRESSION

• What The Bartender Won’t Tell You – Profit Margins Edition

  

  Ever wonder why a bottle-o-suds at your favorite watering hole costs 3 or 4 times what you’d fork over at Manuel’s bodega? Well dear readers, I’m going to... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2012 BUSINESS