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Muff Rider. My recipe is a little different from the standard. In a cocktail shaker...mix in two ounces of premium nigori sake with a half ounce of Malibu Rum and a healthy splash of fresh pineapple juice. Shake breifly and empty the contents into a highball. Cap with sprite and garnish with a lemon spiral.Bar Banter
Jesus could walk on water, but I bet he staggered on alcohol.Quote
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Cavelife
I apologize for the recent stagnancy in bar stories. My old computer died at the beginning of this month and I had unfortunately been left without the luxuries of the internet. It was rough. No checking e-mails, stocks, news, weather, … Continue reading →
Posted in Inspiration
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Tagged bar stories, bartenders blog, blogosphere, facebook, google searches, imac, netflix, pandora radio, tales from a bar, you tube
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Intellectually Lazy
People who ask the bartender stupid questions aren’t necessarily stupid…or even ignorant…they are intellectually lazy. Some customers would rather proudly ask imbecilic questions than put forth the slightest effort of a thought process. Here are just five I hear on … Continue reading →
Bigger Fish To Fry
I find it slightly annoying when someone pulls up a seat at my bar…orders a water on the rocks…and asks for a food menu. That’s why we employ waiters and busboys. This is the equivalent of sitting at a table … Continue reading →
Posted in Social Catastrophes
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Tagged africa, bar stories, bartender, bartending, beer, bigger fish to fry, bobby mcferrin, brainwashing through religions, busboys, Cocktail, cocktail and dreams, don't sweat the little things, dont worry be happy, frankenstorms, french fries, fuckwit, jamaica, left ball, true bar stories, waiters, water on the rocks
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Crutches
Our day bartender called in sick last night, and with nobody available to cover the shift at such a late hour, I volunteered to help out and pick it up. I am a glutton for punishment because working in the day … Continue reading →
The Riddler
Tonight was another agonizingly slow and torturous shift. I am looking forward to the holiday season when we will be busy enough so I don’t have to actually have conversations with my customers and can just hammer out cocktail orders. … Continue reading →
Posted in Social Catastrophes
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Tagged bar pranks, bar riddles, bar stories, bar tales, bar tricks, Barnum and Bailey, bartenders blog, Grey Goose, stupid people
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Fuck Karma
If you read my story, Can You Hear Me Now?, you are well aware that we are not allowed to use our cell phones at work, and that I have some bad karma coming my way for fucking with my … Continue reading →
Posted in Punked
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Tagged bar pranks, bar stories, bar tales, bartending blogs, cell phones at work, karma, restaurant stories, Slayer
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Gratuity Maximization
It has been a very slow week and tonight was no exception. Its has taken everything I have just to walk out of the bar with seventy-five dollars or so in an eight-hour shift. I have had to get creative. … Continue reading →
