Bay Area's best mixologists leaving bars for brands
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 full- or part-time
positions as spirits brand ambassadors, bar consultants and sales
representatives. David Nepove, Jon Santer, Jacques Bezuidenhout and
Todd Smith are some of the top talent who are working behind the stick
one night per week, if that. Even more are bartending three nights or
fewer. 
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