People who think it’s okay to tip badly also generally behave like assholes, and not tipping at an open bar, where you are drinking whatever you want for free, says loud and clear that you, my friend, are just that.
TERMS OF SERVICE: THE ART OF THE CUT-OFF
A sobering PSA from behind the bar
FIRST LOOK: THE ELLIS ROOM IN BROOKLINE
To find it, you have to walk into the Magnolia Smokehouse and look for a staircase in the middle of the place …
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? INTERVENTION
Free food and drinks, plus career & financial advice from experts? We’re listening…
Have you ever daydreamed about your money?
BAR HAVOC: GAME TIME
There are people who want to get as drunk as I had the night before and it’s my job to get them there.
BAR HAVOC: JUST ANOTHER NIGHT
For bartenders the appeal and general concept of New Year’s Eve is completely lost. It’s certainly more than just another night, but we don’t get to enjoy it the way the rest of the world does. I can’t remember any champagne toasts, no glitzy dresses, and I certainly don’t remember any midnight kisses worth noting, […]
BEING SNOTTY
The DJ hadn’t even started, so I thought I had some time before amateur hour began. I was wrong.
BOOZING ABROAD: SOUTHIE NATIVE DRINKS GLOBALLY IN NEW TRAVEL CHANNEL SHOW
An actor by trade who lives in LA, Jack Maxwell has been preparing for a gig that involves bouncing around the globe to share exotic (and sometimes ceremonial or religious) hooch amid colorful stories with locals since boyhood. Maxwell, a Boston native who grew up in the Southie projects as an alter boy at […]
BAR HAVOC: OF BOOZE AND BARF
There are a handful of sounds that exist in the universe that only bartenders understand. Our ears are trained to pick these things up from just a few feet off to entire rooms away. Say, the tap-slap of a credit card being placed down after a meal, or the clunk-splash of a 16oz glass being knocked over and spilling. And, of course, the unmistakable sploosh-splat of vomit.
