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Bartenders & Mixologists

Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender Dave Kupchinsky (The Eveleigh)

Pennsylvania native Dave Kupchinsky has been working in bars since the late ’90s, but it wasn’t until the past couple years that he started to consider working with cocktails and spirits a career. He...
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Bartender Portland

Interview: bartender Jacob Grier (MetroVino)

Since my reason for visiting Portland was ostensibly to cover the SCAA event, it seemed natural to interview a bartender who previously worked as a barista. Jacob Grier currently tends bar at MetroVino in...
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Bartender New York City

Interview: bartender Sam Ross (Milk & Honey + Attaboy)

In modern Manhattan, no cocktail establishment has been more influential than Milk & Honey, which Sasha Petraske opened to start 2000 on the Lower East Side. Australia native Sam Ross has been one of...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender Giovanni Martinez (Sadie)

A lot of bartenders begin in bars, lounges or restaurants before graduating to coveted travel-filled roles as brand ambassadors. Giovanni Martinez started in reverse. The South Central native grew up in suburban Downey and...
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Bartender San Francisco

Interview: bartender Matt Conway (Absinthe)

Boston native Matt Conway has worked with some of the best bar minds in San Francisco, including Neyah White at Nopa, Jeff Hollinger and Jonny Raglin at Comstock Saloon, and Jason “Buffalo” LoGrasso at...
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Bartender California

Interview: bartender Michael Lay (Restaurant 1833)

Monterey, a sleepy seaside town with fishing and canning roots, hasn’t exactly been known as a cocktail Mecca, However, that may be changing with help from people like Michael Lay, the head bartender at...
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