bartenders
'Best bartender in the world': I was fired for being too old
A mixologist who says her boss once described her to John Travolta as "the best bartender in the world," says she got the boot from two big Manhattan music venues...
This bartender has a method to his pours
Dear John: In the last century I worked as a bartender at a country club and at the occasional private party. Good tippers tended to get a heavier pour, but...
Why bartenders make stronger drinks for customers at the bar
Dear John: Thanks for your column on pizza sizes. Slow day at the office? Along those same lines, however, I found an interesting cocktail practice. If you have to wait...
Bartender claims his face was slashed by angry patrons
Two unruly customers were caught on surveillance video throwing food and drinks, which injured a bartender at a Charlotte, NC, establishment last week. According to FOX46, the pair went to...
Bartenders arrested for serving driver before fatal accident
Two bartenders in Texas are facing up to a year in jail after allegedly serving a woman arrested for mowing down two bicyclists, killing one. Shafay Look, 34, and Jon...
Restaurant workers tell A-listers to shove it after call for higher wages
Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Natalie Portman and more than a dozen other A-listers were told to shove it by 500 restaurant workers in New York who signed an open...
Bartenders know a lot about your Tinder date
The date was already going badly when the guy, who I’d met on Tinder, returned from the bar with a bombshell: “The bartender thinks you are in love with yourself?”...
Marcus Samuelsson accused of discriminating against black bartenders
A former black employee is suing Ethiopia-born celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson and one of his restaurants, claiming Samuelsson doesn’t like black bartenders, according to a new Manhattan federal lawsuit. In...
Harlem ramen joint suspends bartender accused of drugging ex-worker's drink
A popular Harlem ramen joint says it has suspended one of its bartenders — after a former employee accused him of drugging her drink. “We understand the severity of the...
Bartender won $411K and the hearts of millions on 'Jeopardy!'
A. This New Yorker left a dozen “Jeopardy!” opponents crying in their beer. Q. Who is Manhattan bartender Austin Rogers? The 39-year-old quiz king, who won $411,000 and the admiration...
Sexual misconduct often part of the job for women in this field
CHICAGO — One woman recalls how a general manager at a Chicago-area restaurant where she worked told her that if security cameras recorded him reaching between her legs and grabbing...
Bartender busted serving cocaine in drink menus
A bar manager at a top London boozer has been jailed for supplying drinkers with drugs using a drinks menu. Justyna Gorska, 34, was jailed for 28 months after being...
NYC bartender's hot streak on 'Jeopardy!' ends
LOS ANGELES — The winning streak of standout "Jeopardy!" contestant Austin Rogers is at an end. Rogers, a New York City bartender, lost narrowly on Thursday's show after a 12-game...
Bar owner spies possible theft on webcam as bartender slept
This shot didn’t go down so smooth. A Manhattan bar owner called the cops after she logged on to the watering hole’s Web cam to spy the bartender snoozing and...
Celeb workout routine CEO kept profits from bartender: suit
The CEO behind the celebrity workout routine, The Tracy Anderson Method, has starved a Bronx bartender out of profits from her newest venture—healthy cocktail mixers, according to an ongoing lawsuit....
Strip club sued for refusing to hire male bartenders
PENSACOLA, Fla. — A Florida strip club accused of hiring only women bartenders and refusing to hire a man is facing a federal lawsuit. A lawsuit filed Thursday by the...
Man caught on camera dragging a female bartender by her hair
Shocking video shows the moment a brawling patron drags a female bartender from out behind the bar by her hair. The woman, who works at The Field Bar in Neasden...
Florida bar gets robbed and customers just keep drinking
You know you're at a hopping bar when a couple of armed gunmen rob the place and nobody really notices. Two alleged robbers stormed into the Memories Lounge in Sarasota,...
Bar explains why female bartenders are being nice to you
They’re raising the bar for drinking etiquette.
Bartender bought $7M lottery ticket on a whim
He'll drink to that! A Bronx bartender won $7 million from a scratch-off ticket he bought while killing time at a laundromat — and now plans to spend big bucks...