We’ll always have the French 75. Or 76. Or 77.

“I’ll have a French 77,” said the short blonde woman slightly unsteadily in both speech and in gait. I assembled the ingredients as I knew them:…

An eye for an eye? Or turn the other cheek?

We already had the two men headed for the front door. “Did you hear what he said?” asked the man closest to me. “I did not,”…

Barfly Season Four Episode 17, Donna Seymour of Cucina SA

https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11620983-season-four-donna-seymour-of-cucina-sa

Marin entrepreneurs serve up canned ready-to-drink products

The RTD (ready to drink) market segment is booming. According to the Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) sales for RTD products nationwide increased by 42.3 percent in…

When what you’re getting doesn’t align with what you’re paying

I received a letter in regard to last week’s column (customer-service-actually-means-serving-customers) that read in part: “Your column reminded me of a story I wish to share:…

Customer service actually means serving customers

Sometimes the problem isn’t without, sometimes it’s within The loss leading flyer was in my mailbox. It was for a store one town over, a store…

In the case of the sbagliato, sometimes being “wrong” can be oh so right

“Darling, you simply must have a Negroni Sbagliato,” someone is sure to say to you sometime soon (if they haven’t already). Italian cocktails are all the…

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Sixteen

guest: Clay Walker, President Gott’s Roadside Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11567229

The universe might not be watching you, but the bartender always is

The leaves had begun to pile, ever so slightly, by the front door. The man in a brightly colored short sleeved Hawaiian shirt had just put…

Have the cream sauce, but have it with the people that you care about

Two pillars of brick stand guard on a quiet suburban street corner in San Rafael. Like trunkless legs of stone, their red mortared features are slowly…