Author Archives: MikeQ

It’ll be a short post this week.  I had planned to write today about “DIRTY TRICKS behind the bar,” but I’m now weighing how much I should say,  . . . and about whom.  Back next week with that post. … Continue reading →

(This post is about two things that happened at Johnny D’s over Easter weekend.) MY FAVORITE LINE . . . If you read last week’s post, you know about my decade-long search for an elusive bartender’s comment. I’m pleased to … Continue reading →

Sorry, but there’ll be no regular post this week.  It’s late Thursday night, and I’ve got nothing ready.  I blame it on working on taxes, training a new bartender,  . . . and falling behind on just about everything else … Continue reading →

First, let me tell you what this post will not be about. This won’t be a “bartender for the stars” kind of thing — how I made their drinks and became their best friend.  I’ve met lots of celebrities and … Continue reading →

It was late Saturday night when bartender Jeremy Newcomer used his IPhone to show a short comic video to our barback Craig “Chombo” McKoene.  I’d seen the video before on one of the sites listed on my blogroll, and that … Continue reading →