
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.
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Written by HALEY HAMILTON Filed Under: COLUMNS, Drinks, LIFESTYLE, Terms of Service
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.
Written by HALEY HAMILTON Filed Under: COLUMNS, Drinks, LIFESTYLE
A sobering PSA from behind the bar
Written by MARC HURWITZ Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, LIFESTYLE
To find it, you have to walk into the Magnolia Smokehouse and look for a staircase in the middle of the place ...
Written by PATT KELLEY Filed Under: Comics
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Have you ever daydreamed about your money?
There are people who want to get as drunk as I had the night before and it’s my job to get them there.
Written by ddevelop Filed Under: Bar Havoc, COLUMNS, LIFESTYLE
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 ... read more
The DJ hadn’t even started, so I thought I had some time before amateur hour began. I was wrong.
Written by DAN MCCARTHY Filed Under: Drinks, Eats
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 ... read more
Written by ddevelop Filed Under: Drinks, Eats, Uncategorized
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.