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Meet our Bartender of the Week. Find out their favorite places, what’s on their playlist + the cocktails they’re shaking up this week.
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Meet our Bartender of the Week. Find out their favorite places, what’s on their playlist + the cocktails they’re shaking up this week.
Andrew Patterson, mixologist + bar director at Milas in Schenectady talks travel, dive bars, his favorite 90-year pub + finding culinary inspiration in the kitchen.
Brent Hunter, bartender + owner of 353 in Troy, talks hospitality, ice as an ingredient + custom building his bar from scratch.
Rachael Petach, founder of C. Cassis blackcurrant liqueur and the C. Cassis Tasting Room in Rhinebeck, talks hospitality, dreaming up her logo, preserving blackcurrants + crafting green tomato cocktails.
Keshonn Hatcher, bar director at {pretty to think so} in Rhinebeck talks about living in Tokyo, farm-to-table cocktails, tattoos, the Marines + prioritizing his mental health.
DJ and events promoter, Shane Stiel of All Of Us, talks Jess King, Chubby’s burritos, the healing frequency of sound, and why clubs are not dead.
Bartender, beekeeper and balloon business owner Nina Young talks hospitality, Cali-sober living, and the art of balancing 4 jobs.
Zach Wolfgramm, bar manager of Kindred in Saratoga, talks mountains, tattoos, graffiti art + running a (nearly) waste-free bar.
Tisean Daniels, GM + Managing Partner of Ama Cocina in downtown Albany, talks tacos, tattoos + the tea on cold-brewed tequila.
Christy Counts, the founder of Neverstill Wines, talks about the Finger Lakes, wine cocktails, opening in Hudson + her passion for animal welfare.
Adam Minegar, owner of Hemlock in Catskill, talks theater, making the 2025 Esquire best bar list, and opening a craft cocktail bar in a small town upstate.
Tom Blassman, bartender at Allen Street Pub, talks flair, fencing and crafting cocktails — with a focus on bacon built in.
Tom Blassman of the Allen Street Pub doubles down on bacon in his ‘Little Pig in the Big City’ cocktail with bacon-fat-washed bourbon and a garnish of a bacon-wrapped shrimp.
Kat Dunn, owner of Padrona in Hudson talks hospitality, Cape Cod summers, tiki cocktails and the time-honored tradition of tending bar. Padrona is a cocktail bar in Hudson, N.Y.
Nate Gebhard, official Dean of Cocktails at Night School in Athens, N.Y., talks to The Dishing about theater, growing up in Minnesota + crafting cocktails for a small-town pizza parlor.
Aaron Wilson, co-owner of The Larkin Hi-Fi and Herbie’s Burgers, talks Japanese denim, Martha Stewart, and the scoop on where Herbie’s will open next. The Albany bar owner uses Asian flavors as inspiration at his Tokyo-style record bar.
Aaron Wilson puts phở on the cocktail list at The Larkin Hi-Fi Record Bar in Albany’s Center Square.
First set alight and then cooled off with aloe and ice, “Sunburn” is an off-menu cocktail at The Hill, in Troy, a rebrand of The Hill at Muza by new owner Jonathan Blanchard.
Spotlight on a Pour: “Midnight Mirage” by bar manager, Nate Gebhard, at Night School in Athens.