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Bartenders & Mixologists

Bartender New York City

Interview: bartender Ivy Mix (Clover Club + Speed Rack)

Vermont native Ivy Mix fell for tequila and mezcal while working through college at Café No Se in Antigua, Guatemala. She parlayed that knowledge into a bartending career in New York City, beginning at...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender Erik Lund (Rivera + MessHall)

Vermont native and longtime percussionist Erik Lund ended up in Los Angeles after his Echoes de Luxe bandmates kidnapped him. He eventually left the band and started working in restaurants, which is how he...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Vincenzo Marianella discusses Cocktail Consulting, SHOREbar, Trattoria Neapolis, One Night Stands, Motorcycles + More

I first interviewed Vincenzo Marianella in 2009, and the Copa d’Oro conductor better explained his background and approach at that point. However, we still had plenty to discuss. On May 18, I met with...
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Bartender San Francisco

Interview: bartender Jacques Bezuidenhout (Partida + Kimpton Hotels)

Jacques Bezuidenhout is a Johannesburg native who became enraptured with cocktails and spirits in London and relocated to San Francisco in 1997 after going on a Greyhound adventure and deciding it was his favorite...
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Bartender Portland

Interview: bar manager Douglas Derrick (Nostrana)

Douglas Derrick is an Arizona native who earned a degree in hotel and restaurant management from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and moved to Portland to find further challenges. It also helped his decision...
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Bartender Portland

Interview: Director of Drink Dave Shenaut (Riffle)

Dave Shenaut previously split time behind the bars at two of Portland’s better cocktail establishments, Rum Club and Kask, and founded Portland Cocktail Week, which has doubled in size each year. Now he’s taken...
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