Mar 2nd, 2010 · Yes, we're skeptical too. But filmmaker David Chang has a promising idea. His father was a bartender at a New York jazz club from 1959-1963; his dad's anecdotes will form the basis of Chaography: Variations On The Theme Of Freedom.
Sep 4th, 2009 · Angelo Cammarata has been a bartender in the Pittsburgh suburb of West View for more than seven decades. He's about to pour his last drink. He's selling Cammarata's Cafe — the bar he owns with his sons.
Aug 21st, 2009 · Angelo Cammarata, who holds the record as the longest-serving bartender, is retiring. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the 95-year-old bartender has been serving drinks for 77 years. His career started the moment Prohibition ended in 1933.
Jul 25th, 2009 · Those who can't, teach. Those who really can't become critics. David Pinner is both — and more. He's balding and cynical. He expresses his cynicism online, with the aptly-named Damp Review. His attempt to wedge himself into the romance developing between his young, bartending roommate and his older, attractive former college instructor is at the center of Nick Laird's new novel set in the high-ticket London art world. Host Scott Simon talks with novelist Nick Laird about Glover's Mistake.
May 14th, 2009 · Until recently, Utah bartenders could not serve alcoholic drinks to patrons over the bar counter. Instead, bartenders and patrons were separated by a partition called the "Zion Curtain," a reference to the Mormon Church. But under a new law that took effect this week, restaurants can rip out that barrier. Catherine Lauderback, assistant manager at Salt Lake City's Faustina restaurant, offers her insight.
Mar 10th, 2009 · Mainstay Eddie Doyle is out of a job at the Boston tavern that began as the Bull & Finch and inspired the TV show Cheers. The bar's owner has said a tough economy and sagging business forced the move, which was one of several layoffs.
Feb 15th, 2009 · Bartenders discuss their role in the bleak economy and the stories — good and bad — they're hearing from their customers. Lemmel Fields Sr. owns The Living Room in Tulsa, Okla.; Mary Monnot runs The Porch in Stockton, Calif.; Mark Shultz operates Oblio's Lounge, in Oshkosh, Wis.; and Shawn Ott bartends at Stats Sports Restaurant in Atlanta.
Dec 29th, 2008 · Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue is the last shul in Detroit. The shrinking congregation has been without a rabbi since 2003. Members often have to recruit bartenders and waiters from a next-door night club to achieve the number of worshippers required for prayer service.