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Behind The Bar ~ Kings County Imperial
You may recognize Kings County Imperial bartender Richard Murphy from a few different New York-centric contexts. There’s his extra work on Sex and the City and hours clocked at improv comedy...
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Behind The Bar ~ Oceana
Oceana bar manager Dan McLaughlin has cut his teeth in this industry doing it all. “I was a glass polisher, back waiter, food runner, waiter, bar back, and, eventually, a bartender,” he explains. He’s...
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Behind The Bar ~ Dempsey's Pub
It didn’t take too long for Dempsey’s bartender Jimmy Dunn to flee his small hometown in the middle of Ireland and make the voyage across the pond to New York, where he’s been since 2009. In the six...
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Behind The Bar ~ Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights owner and bartender Claud Fatu considers himself a citizen of the world. Born in Romania, he lived in the Middle East and on military bases in Oklahoma and North Carolina before moving to...
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Behind The Bar ~ Kimoto Rooftop Beer Garden
The hospitality industry has weaved its way into Dave Danger’s life for years — during his two overseas tours in the Army, his time earning a degree in anthropology from the University of Minnesota,...
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Behind The Bar ~ Chan's Cocktail Lounge
Louie & Chan beverage director Nesha Korak is no stranger to big cities. He was raised and educated in Belgrade, the largest city in Eastern Europe, where he attended business college before...
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Behind The Bar ~ Sushi Roxx
SUSHI ROXX bar director Gary Wallach spent ages 14 to 23 pursuing his first passion: music. He bypassed college to play festivals and venues across the country, and it was then that he first...
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Behind The Bar ~ Cantina Rooftop
Cantina Rooftop head bartender Nelson Lemus has earned his business credentials — both at school and at home. With a degree in business administration from the University Albert Einstein in San...
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Behind The Bar ~ The Randolph
Iowa native Obadiah Lack worked his way through restaurants in Minneapolis and Chicago before pursuing his culinary dreams at the Institute of Culinary Education in NYC. Upon his first post-school job...
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Behind The Bar ~ Tender Bar & Grill
Tender Bar & Grill head bartender Isaac Grillo’s passion for food and drink took hold when he moved to Hawaii for college. “I was exposed to many different cuisines, and I began to learn about...
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Behind The Bar ~ Hecho En Dumbo
Hecho en Dumbo beverage director Ethan Smith and bar manager Carlos Cruz Velazquez cut their teeth chasing different creative pursuits. Smith grew up in Cincinnati, received a BS in Film Production...
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Behind The Bar ~ King Tai Bar
For King Tai Bar bartender Dane Risch, hands-on experience is everything. When a bartender failed to show one day at the West Broadway bar he worked at 15 years ago, he was summoned to abandon his...
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Behind The Bar ~ GENUINE Liquorette
With the exception of a year in Felton, California and a year in Guadalapita, New Mexico, Eben Freeman has spent his whole life in NYC. In college, he began working at a wine and spirits shop called...
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Behind The Bar ~ The Bar at Baccarat Hotel
Before Emily Collins found her way behind the bar, she was at a different barre entirely. While in medical massage therapy school, the Connecticut native needed to find work to help finance her long...
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Behind The Bar ~ Holiday Cocktail Lounge
According to bartender Michael Neff, it’s no wonder he found his footing behind the bar — it bestowed a sense of community, not unlike the one he experienced in his big family, Southern California...
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Behind The Bar ~ Masa y Agave
When Masa y Agave cocktail director John McCarthy moved to NYC, his only restaurant experience was as a line cook. No one would hire him. “I was asked by one chef, ‘Did you just graduate from culinary...
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Behind The Bar (And Beer) ~ Treadwell Park
Certified Cicerone Mikey Fishbone had already been a big beer fan for a couple of years when he got his first restaurant job as a runner in Bristol, Rhode Island. “I compared beer to everything else...
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Behind The Bar ~ Saxon + Parole
Saxon + Parole bartender Masa Urushido was just 19 years old when he landed his first industry job at Tableaux, one of Tokyo’s most lauded restaurants. “I was really lucky to get that job since I...
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Bar Meets Bakery ~ Butter & Scotch
When you put together equal parts pie dicer and cupcake enthusiast and double up on a love for all things boozy, you wind up with something along the lines of Butter & Scotch, a bar-meets-bakery in...
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Behind The Bar ~ PUBLIC
Before PUBLIC head bartender Brett Hughes stepped foot behind a traditional bar, he was behind a sushi bar. He had spent two days as a dishwasher at a Japanese restaurant when he was asked by the owner...
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