June 10, 2011 at 2:45pm
Going "Behind Bars" with Nikki Talotta is always entertaining
REAL STORIES FROM REAL BARTENDERS >>>
I've been a bartender for a long time. I have met countless freaks, jerks, pervs, sweethearts, rockstars and crazies. Even though it's a physically and mentally exhausting job, these are the colorful people that make it all worthwhile. Well, that and the tips.
I'd like to share with you some of my personal experiences behind the bar, along with the stories from some of my fellow bartenders. Each week - under the clever heading of "Behind Bars" - I will dig into my memory bank - and the incident log books that all bars keep - to bring you some of my favorite stories.
Names of bars, bartenders and patrons have been changed or withheld to protect the innocent.
And the not so innocent.
Cheers!
This week...
Guest Bartender David Rosales: Freshy Packed
So, a grasshopper walks into a bar and the bartender says, "Hey, we have a drink named after you!"
The grasshopper replies, "You have a drink named Steve?!"
No, but seriously folks, this week, for the first time in many, I'm at loss for a good story. I realize I must employ the help of fellow bartenders, so I pass the mic to guest Behind Bars blogger David Rosales, who works in an upscale bar/restaurant and has a few juicy stories of his own.
We'll start with this gem:
I was working the bar and it was a Saturday around 2-2:30 p.m. A guy comes in, sits down, orders a beer, proceeds to drink it and make small talk. I had to go from behind the bar to get something. He was sitting at the end of the bar, so as I pass him, I hear a small crash. In my mind I thought I knocked over a shot glass or something, so I go back to pick it up, and to my surprise it was a small pipe. I look at the guy and he looks at me and acts like he has no idea where it came from ... nobody else was at the bar top. A few seconds pass and he gives in and says, "Man, that sucks. Iit was freshly packed too."
Hee-hee. That is a good one, David.
Check back next week for more tales from lushes (and their patrons!). In the meantime, you order a double and I'll find another good story.
Cheers!
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