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Say Hello to New York Bartender Week

Imbibe Magazine

The Portrait Bar in New York City is featuring an Empire State take on its Mapo District cocktail with soju, sesame oil-washed scotch, cucumber, lemon, and pineapple-vanilla cordial. The event also invites sports bars, dive bars, hotel bars, and restaurant bars—not just craft cocktail bars—outside of New York City to participate.

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Q&A: Leandro DiMonriva aka The Educated Barfly

Imbibe Magazine

I was lucky enough to find a barback job at a place called King King on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. But it was a nightclub mostly, so we weren’t making craft cocktails really. We were churning out vodka Red Bulls to folks lined up 10 deep at the bar. It seemed like anybody could be a commercial actor.

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