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Bartender Miami

Interview: bartender John Lermayer (The Florida Room)

Queens native John Lermayer got his start behind the bar during his Long Island University days, at a dive bar called the Green Derby, and eventually migrated south to Miami, where he now heads...
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Bartender New York City

Interview: bartender Julie Reiner (Flatiron Lounge, Clover Club + Lani Kai)

The Hawaii Food and Wine Festival offered bartending titan Julie Reiner an opportunity to come full circle. She grew up on Oahu before getting in a bartending groove, first in San Francisco and later...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender Mia Sarazen (Harvard and Stone + Black Market)

Pittsburgh native Mia Sarazen never intended to become a career bartender. She was working as a make-up artist in New York City and supplemented her between-gig income by working at bars. Soho House gave...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender Kate Grutman (Sotto)

Venice Beach native Kate Grutman gained an appreciation for cocktails and bartending during her days managing The Doheny, when an all-star crew of Vincenzo Marianella, Marcos Tello and Eric Alperin anchored 213’s bygone private...
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Bartender London

Interview: bartender Tony Conigliaro (69 Colebrooke Row)

Los Angeles has some of America’s best bartenders, but when Pernod Ricard USA brought the Pioneers in Mixology to town in March, it still motivated a number of pros to make a pilgrimage to...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender Devon Tarby (The Varnish)

When Devon Tarby graduated from high school, she knew two things, that she wanted to live in L.A., and that an office job wasn’t for her. Since she’d been playing the piano and singing...
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