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Even Cool Nightclubs Fail — Here’s How the Strongest Survive

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Romero cut his teeth working at Peter Gatien ’s legendary clubs, learning the intricate details that make a nightclub run at Limelight, Tunnel, Club USA, and Palladium (now NYU’s Palladium Hall dormitory), before taking that experience to countless other successful ventures. How can you save a nightclub?

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It’s Everywhere, It’s So Julia — Midori Is Brat

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Picture this: The year is 1978 and “Stayin’ Alive” is blasting from the speakers at New York City’s hottest nightclub, Studio 54. The bartender thrusts a Hulk green cocktail into your hands and you take a sip, allowing the melon-flavored concoction to wash over your taste buds. you ask the bartender. “A

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Remember When Bacardí Thought a Tequila-Rum Hybrid Would Be the Next Big Thing?

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Bacardi via Ebay “So maybe that’s where this wacky ‘let’s put tequila into rum’ idea came from,” says Coxen, who first turned me onto Ciclón via tasting it on her online spirits show “ My Tiny Bottles.” sic)” wrote bartender Jo Volstead on the Webtender forums in 2005. To be sure, it had plenty of fans early on. “I For true O.G.

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Building a Purpose-Driven Backbar with Nightmoves’ Orlando Franklin McCray

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The day I graduated from college I was fortunate enough to already be working my dream job, bartending at New York’s Booker and Dax. We received one bottle of everything that year: Lot B 12-year, 14-year Rye, plus the big dogs, Pappy 15, 20, and 23. We were a tight team, and it was a place I felt completely accepted and at home.

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The Cocktail College Podcast: The 20th Century Cocktail

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It’s no mistake the iconic green bottle is shaped like a cocktail shaker because Tanqueray elevates cocktails to create a unique and memorable experience. On board, there was a restaurant, a café, and even a nightclub. It was invented in London by a British bartender named C.A.

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We talk agave, SUAVE Tequila, and sustainability at Europe’s biggest stockist of tequilas – Mezcalito Chelsea

Bar Magazine

They went on to acquire a second premises, Mezcalito Brompton in Old Brompton Road, a bar and nightclub. They bought in bottles and labels and quickly switched to bottling fresh cocktails for home delivery, sent to grateful customers alongside delicious Mexican food. The clientele mix is interesting. “We

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11 things bartenders do that most people don’t realize

Today's Bartender

The author, Emma Witman, is a bartender from Asheville, North Carolina. Emma Witman Being a bartender involves a whole lot more than just making drinks and taking people’s money. Like ballerinas, bartenders have a way of making the job look effortless. We spin the tin in our hands with ease.