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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender-mixologist Zahra Bates (Providence)

Zahra Bates is a seasoned bartender, but still sees every day as a learning opportunity. She draws inspiration from fellow bartenders and mixologists, Providence customers, and by wandering the farmers markets…and when she can’t...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: mixologist Justin Pike (The Tasting Kitchen)

Several L.A. bartenders are inspired by farmers markets. Others incorporate molecular elements. Justin Pike charted a different path, drawing on pre-Prohibition traditions to produce his own bitters, liqueurs and other “medicinal” ingredients. Pike grew...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: bartender-mixologist Joel Black (Caña)

Native Texan Joel Black has experienced a meteoric but hard-fought rise on the L.A. cocktail scene. He moved here from in 2002, armed with an acting degree from KD Studio in Dallas. Black started...
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Bartender New York City

Interview: Death & Co. bartender-mixologist Alex Day

Alex Day hasn’t worked in the bar industry for long, but he quickly vaulted to the forefront of the Manhattan cocktail movement based on determination and collaboration. He fell for Death & Co. as...
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Bartender Los Angeles

Interview: Copa d’Oro bartender-mixologist Vincenzo Marianella

When Vincenzo Marianella isn’t behind the bar at Copa d’Oro – which isn’t very often – you’ll find him exploring Los Angeles on his motorcycle. The native Italian built the bar program at Providence...
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Chef Orange County

Interview: chef-mixologist Azmin Ghahreman (Sapphire Laguna)

Globetrotting chef Azmin Ghahreman was born in Iran, raised in Switzerland and went to school in Russia. He’s also worked at branches of Four Seasons the world over and tasted “exotic cocktails from Thailand...
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