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A well worn cover may cover a masterpiece

May 12, 2015May 12, 2015 mrbarmaster

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Too often judgement calls must be made when a customer walks into the bar.  Before pouring a pint, building a cocktail, or pulling the tab on can of cheap beer the bartender must try and know his cus...
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A Classy Dame and Cocktail Lesson

February 18, 2014February 18, 2014 mrbarmaster

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Many years ago, in a bar, far, far away an elderly lady taught me everything I needed to know about being a mixologist. It was a slow, Sunday afternoon in the middle of a hot July. I had barely opened...
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All in a days work…

February 16, 2014February 16, 2014 mrbarmaster

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Pool player on phone: Is there a tournament today? Petrinas: What makes you think there is a tournament? Pool player on phone: Well I read your flyer and it says there is a tournament at 11:00 Petrina...
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Relax – It’s Just a Raw Steak

February 13, 2014February 12, 2014 mrbarmaster

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On  a recent dinner date with my lovely wife we were confronted by and incorrectly cooked steak. A half-bloodied slab of meat was placed before my wife whose choice of steak is normally medium to wel...
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Giving the customer their due!

February 7, 2014February 7, 2014 mrbarmaster

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Photo: Courtesy of Liz Manikas @Big Boys Scarborough, Ontario LET THE GAMES BEGIN! Go Team Canada Go! The Gold Medal Burger. Our 1/2 lb. burger topped with HOME-MADE slow-roasted Pulled Pork, crispy o...
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The Machete Marauder that found his inner Prince Valiant.

January 28, 2014January 28, 2014 mrbarmaster

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For a quarter century, I have served the lads and lasses the finest libations and offered up an ear to those who needed to be heard.Where did time fly? Mixology has been and continues to be a most int...
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Out of the darkness….

January 26, 2014 mrbarmaster

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We are all guided by an inner light, the hearth of the heart.  This light allows us to keep marching forward when the darkness envelops us.  The hearth is fueled by our notion of self survival and s...
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Clothes and the man….

January 22, 2014January 21, 2014 mrbarmaster

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      Am I missing something? I used to think that pants were to be worn to cover one’s cheeks not to prop them up. Recently we instituted a “If it’s on the Jersey Shore we don&...
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The amusing paradox of running a bar.

March 25, 2013March 25, 2013 mrbarmaster

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The government sells us liquor. We sell the liquor to our clientele and remit to the government their grand share of the revenue through taxes.   The government sets limits on the degree of intoxica...
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No Problem..

October 30, 2012January 21, 2014 mrbarmaster

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I try not to use the expression “no problem” when dealing with a patron. No problem may confuse the patron into thinking there was a problem to begin with. Patrons deserve courtesy the maj...
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