We shoot the stuff with the guys from Moxi On The Rocks. On its way to be Connecticut's first all-inclusive Libation Library featuring locally-made Liquors, Wines, Beers, Meads, Ciders & Soda Pop. The on-site Rookery Spirit Works will provide direct-to-consumer bottle sales.

Ok, can it get any harder? Yes it can and it definitely has. Sam and Meg share some very personal stories while we explore what has happened, what is happening and what can happen when it comes to health in our industry.

We talk the new pandemic...⁣
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭.⁣
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𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗺 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗱𝘆 joins us as we get fired up about the lack of staff and lack of supplies! ⁣
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How do we get the guests to understand? How do we find adequate staffing? How do we keep our current, overworked staff from self-imploding as restrictions ease? 86 chicken wings, they’re too f$cking expensive!⁣
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Looks like COVID-19 has more in store for the hospitality industry...

We're celebrating AZP's AND Tio's birthdays! Rewind to beginning of quarantine 2020, we decided to give this whole podcast thing a go on Tio's birthday. Fast forward to 2021 and we're still here spewing out nonsense and drinking good booze. Join us once more as we surprise Tio with a birthday podcast, as well as special (returning) guests and very good friends, Jeff Nelson and Ruvin Bogati!

CHEERS!

They say being in hospitality is like putting on a show...you’re always on “stage”. Always “performing” and entertaining your guests so they have the most memorable experience. Wearing wigs and wild antics, you haven’t had a true memorable experience until you’re been served by Damian McLaughlin (yes, ‘laugh’ is part of his last name - irony at its finest).

An old, childhood friend of Tio’s and a former server, Damian drops by the studio to talk about his unorthodox table-side routines, the link to his mental illness and the road to recovery from a near fatal drinking and driving accident.

The ultimate human version of a cartoon character.

Rhode Island born in 1948, he's become one of the world's foremost cocktail experts by reinventing the bartending profession with craft cocktails. Mr. Dale DeGroff is an American bartender who has earned the title of "The King of Cocktails" or "The Cocktail King". Insightful and inspiring...we have the pleasure of conversing and listening to past time stories of the Rainbow Room, the craft cocktail through the generations and life now as we know it.

Laugh with us, learn with us, be inspired with us.
Make sure to pick up your copy of Dale DeGroff's book "The Craft of the Cocktail" - a beautifully written and designed reference to essential bartending!

Justin (Tio), Sam, Chef Ben, and Jerome each have individual therapy sessions, compliments of our very own "Dr. Doolittle." We speak to licensed therapist Erin Doolittle, talk mental health in the hospitality industry and test out the theory that seeking professional help does actually work! She also tells us how f*$%ed up we are...kinda,

An all bartender episode
Khalid is IN HOUSE for once.
Sam is cranky dealing with us (typical).
And we talk about the pioneer of the American cocktail, Prof. Jerry Thomas.
He documented the culture of what being a professional bartender is today.
Tio's a little butthurt that he in fact is NOT the OG Barfather.