Category: bartenders

  • I am BarSmart

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    You know that BarSmarts certification I was all stressed about, where we had to learn 25 drinks and a lot of information to pass the written and live bartending test? I passed, and am officially BarSmarts Advanced certified. Congratulations to me. Now I can put my new degree to use, backstool bartending by critiquing the…

  • Here’s that story I wrote about bartenders

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    Bay Area's best mixologists leaving bars for brands Camper English, Special to The Chronicle Friday, September 19, 2008 While you're still likely to run into many of San Francisco's best mixologists in the usual cocktail hot spots, increasingly they'll be standing on the other side of the bar. That's because many local bartenders have accepted…

  • Who’s rocking at the clock?

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    Not only is Bacar’s Joe Parrilli now working at the Clock Bar (note: hat-less!), Bourbon & Branch’s Kevin Diedrich will be pulling shifts there too starting today. He told me he’ll still be spending some time at Bourbon & Branch- after all, he’s the one creating a lot of the homemade syrups, tonic water, and…