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The team found the Flatiron location two years ago and decided to put the newest extension of their wine bar brand, La Compagnie, on the ground floor, and tuck ECC in the snug basement space, which seats 35 to 40 people. For the headbartender, they tapped Nathalie Durrieu. The bar began operations in late summer.
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The New York-based food scientist, bartender, and technologist pioneered techniques like centrifuge clarification, force carbonation, rapid infusion, liquid nitrogen chilling, and nitro-muddling, just to name a few. I’m biased, of course, because I was headbartender at both bars. It just takes a bit more time.
At the heart of the venue is a show-stopping pine bar top carved from 300-year-old reclaimed shrine wood that snakes through the main room with no barriers, inviting guests to pull up right next to bartenders. “I CORRECTION: In the print edition of Australian Bartender magazine, it was stated that Holly is from Australia.
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The judging is broken down like this: Q (Quality Score) + Value Score (V) + Package Score (P) = London Wine Competition Score. The Ambassadors selected are different personalities ranging from Masters of Wine, Master Sommeliers, HeadBartenders, Mixologisits, Instagramers, YouTubers and Writers.
” The band metaphor is apt, since Cannon’s pre-bartender career was as a musician. ” “Equal Measure has morphed into its own thing,” says Eliza Hoar, the bar’s headbartender. . “I think of some of the easy off-ramps, elegant ways to age in this business,” Harker continues.
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From classic boilermakers to themed shooters and even bartender handshakes , shots are the bread and butter of the bar world. And if theres one group of people that knows exactly what the people want, its bartenders. Here, we asked 18 bartenders and industry pros which shots are currently trending in their bars.
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