Author Archives: MikeQ

DIRTY TRICKS behind the bar

                This blog generally has a positive outlook.  I try to stay focused on what I find interesting, and funny . . . let someone else write about the negative stuff in our … Continue reading

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IN THE MEANTIME . . .

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

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THE GREATEST BARTENDER LINE (And Kenny’s Easter Bread)

(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

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A WEEK OFF (and a request for help)

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

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REVEALING ENCOUNTERS with famous athletes

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

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