-
Recent Posts
Categories
Liquid Fusion
Death In The Afternoon. A classic cocktail created by Ernest Hemingway in 1935. "Pour one jigger absinthe into a Champagne glass. Add iced Champagne until it attains the proper opalescent milkiness. Drink three to five of these slowly."Bar Banter
You know you have had too much absinthe....when you don't blush...you green!Quote
"After the first glass you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world." -- Oscar Wilde...regarding The Green FairyIts A Little Known Fact…
Absinthe derives its name from wormwood....a primary ingredient...Artemisia Absinthium.Blogroll
- Diatribes And Ovations
- Dinners From Hell
- Fuck My Table
- Life On A Cocktail Napkin
- Mediocrity Reigns
- Red Lobster Blog
- Scofflaw's Den
- Server Nightmares
- Team Bitter
- The Bitchy Waiter
- The Bitter Bistro
- The Old Town Alchemy Co.
- The Pegu Blog
- The Real Barman
- The Rogue Wino
- The Truth About Bartending
- Working Stiff Review
Support TFAB: Tip Jar
Tag Archives: bar tales
Monkeyball
I am thankful I don’t work in a sports bar because I find most mainstream sports…boring…at best. I will never understand societies infatuation with the equivalent of watching a bunch of monkeys fight over a banana. Excessively zealous fans who … Continue reading →
Posted in Inspiration
|
Tagged banana, banana tossing, bar tales, bartenders philosophy on mainstream sports, bartending, Bud Light, chicken wings, double backflip, fans, football, football fans, fuck, fucktard, monkeyball, monkeys, Red Bull, single-minded back seat drivers, sport fans, sports, sports bar, travis pastrana, x-games
|
Leave a comment
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
|
Tagged bar pranks, bar riddles, bar stories, bar tales, bar tricks, Barnum and Bailey, bartenders blog, Grey Goose, stupid people
|
4 Comments
Stories From Bartenders
I recently found this pretty cool website called Stories From Bartenders. It is a collection of tales from bartenders all over the United States. Anyway, I wrote a short story for them last night entitled…What Would You Say? I am … Continue reading →
Posted in Social Catastrophes
|
Tagged bar tales, bartenders in the United States, stories from bartenders, what would you say
|
2 Comments
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
|
Tagged bar pranks, bar stories, bar tales, bartending blogs, cell phones at work, karma, restaurant stories, Slayer
|
Leave a comment
Bloody Mary Anyone?
Work has been really slow these last few weeks and unfortunately nothing much has happened worth sharing. Until tonight. We had a company buy out the bar and restaurant for a private corporate party. The theme was along the lines … Continue reading →
Posted in Co Workers
|
Tagged bar tales, bartending blogs, bloody mary, extreme garnishes, how to garnish a cocktail, tampon, true bar stories, zip line
|
Leave a comment
Customers.Com
After working behind the bar long enough to have evolved webs between my toes, I must admit, I have gotten pretty impatient with rude, stupid, and ignorant guests. I have grown into the type of bartender who will do anything … Continue reading →
Posted in Inspiration
|
Tagged bar stories, bar tales, bartenders blog, cigars, Expedia, how to treat good customers, Macallan 18, Macallan Scotch, Macanudos, true bar stories
|
2 Comments
