Category: Old Times
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From Tavolo to The Ashmont Grill or, Out of the Frying Pan and Into the Fire: Part One
There had been complications during my tenure as GM at an Italian joint in Dorchester. A two fold disaster, mine and theirs, called Tavolo. Chris the owner and the executive chef, now wanted me fired after about a year of being their personal axe man. I heard it from the lips of my friend who…
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May All Your Ups and Downs Be Between the Sheets
Everyone must have a go to toast in their back pocket…And if you’re a halfway decent bartender with any gumption at all then you’ll have at least two good ones in your repertoire ready to blast out at a moment’s notice. The above toast is my go to and there’s only one half assed other…
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Peach Syrup
This one’s pretty easy. Equal parts depitted peaches and sugar, blend ’em, then pass ’em through a chinois and you’re good to go. Nope, no heat, ding dong. I try to use heat less and less with any syrups for the bar. It gives fruit that strange stewed flavor. Hey, if you like it, you…
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My Strawberry Romance
Yesterday I missed a post…Again. The resistance got me. Writing at home is a constant battle against the powers that rail against art. If you’re the type of person that wants to complete some sort of project, whatever it is, and you’ve never had the gumption, motivation, discipline, whatever to get it off the ground,…
The Aging Bartender 