# Bars & Bartenders **URL:** https://spiritsandcocktails.community/c/bars/9.md [Latest](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/latest.md) · [Categories](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/categories.md) · [Tags](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/tags.md) --- ## [About the Bars & Bartenders category](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/about-the-bars-bartenders-category/25)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 0
A place to discuss particular bars and bartenders --- ## ["The Only" William Schmidt](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-only-william-schmidt/1348)
**Author:** [@armin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/armin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-only-william-schmidt/1348 "2026-09-27T15:40:03Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently doing some research on William Schmidt, and I can’t find a digital copy of “William, King of Bartenders”, New York Press, 13 October 1889, p. 1. Do any of you perhaps have a copy and could s… --- ## [Hospitality & Bars](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/hospitality-bars/1309)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/hospitality-bars/1309 "2026-09-25T22:22:38Z")
Starting this thread for a variety of reasons, one of which is to establish a potential parallel line of discussion to the Unions & Bars thread. In my opinion, they are not unrelated. Last night (a Wednesday), friends a… --- ## [Sexism in the hospitality industry](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/sexism-in-the-hospitality-industry/176)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/sexism-in-the-hospitality-industry/176 "2026-09-18T16:08:15Z")
A bruhaha erupted on Facebook and Instagram on Friday, October 4, when Julie Reiner posted the following in response to an award given to Charles Schumann by The World’s 50 Best Bars 2019: Charles Schuman asked me to b… --- ## [Eddie Clarke and The Albany Club, London](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/eddie-clarke-and-the-albany-club-london/1333)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2026, 9:49pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/eddie-clarke-and-the-albany-club-london/1333 "2026-08-04T21:49:29Z")
I’ve been working a bit on Eddie Clarke’s mid-Century published works and have been trying to get a handle on the “Albany Club” at which he worked in the early 1950s. This club seems to have been located at 3 Savi… --- ## [Indicating drink strength on drink menus](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/indicating-drink-strength-on-drink-menus/458)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/indicating-drink-strength-on-drink-menus/458 "2026-07-09T12:08:06Z")
I see merit in Jeffrey Morgenthaler’s call to add guidance to drink menus about how much alcohol is in each drink so that the customer has the information to make better decisions about how much they ingest. I think the … --- ## [The future of bars & bartending](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-future-of-bars-bartending/1008)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 2:07am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-future-of-bars-bartending/1008 "2026-07-04T02:07:07Z")
Here’s something I wrote for Grub Street that I think may interest some of the people on this board. There appears to be a micro trend of new cocktails bars, opened by experienced cocktail people, that have decided to fo… --- ## [Unions & Bars](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/unions-bars/1308)
**Author:** [@CurrerBachman](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CurrerBachman)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/unions-bars/1308 "2026-06-26T18:16:59Z")
Punch came out with an article that summarizes the current situation developing at Attaboy NYC. The article also contains an interview with Zachary Gelnaw-Rubin, who’s been at the bar since six months after it opened. He… --- ## [Bar.Kultur.Geschichte](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bar-kultur-geschichte/1319)
**Author:** [@EvanD](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/EvanD)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bar-kultur-geschichte/1319 "2026-06-19T09:45:24Z")
Just wanted to point out some big developments from @armin … --- ## [Revolving Bars](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/revolving-bars/1304)
**Author:** [@GoodSpiritsNews](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/GoodSpiritsNews)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/revolving-bars/1304 "2026-04-01T14:42:28Z")
I’m sure that most of us have had a seat at NOLA’s Carousel Bar. While looking through a 1937 phone directory of Buffalo, NY I came across this advertisement for a revolving bar. It made me wonder how many of these t… --- ## [Opening a New Bar or Hotel Bar](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/opening-a-new-bar-or-hotel-bar/837)
**Author:** [@Dgarrison6](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Dgarrison6)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/opening-a-new-bar-or-hotel-bar/837 "2026-03-06T12:19:10Z")
Hello everyone, I’m currently in the process of opening a bar. Quite literally from the the ground up. If you had the opportunity to do so. What are things often overlooked in a Bar Design and opening that you would focu… --- ## [The Madrusan Cocktail Companion](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-madrusan-cocktail-companion/1269)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2025, 1:31pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-madrusan-cocktail-companion/1269 "2025-12-16T13:31:14Z")
Just starting to pick through this thing’s dense 543 pages. “Every drink worth drinking in the history of modern + classic cocktails” is kind of throwing down the gauntlet, no? Initial observations: every recipe h… --- ## [Head/Lead Bartender Job Duties in Contemporary/'Classic'/Historical Bar Literature](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/head-lead-bartender-job-duties-in-contemporary-classic-historical-bar-literature/1256)
**Author:** [@luke](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/luke)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/head-lead-bartender-job-duties-in-contemporary-classic-historical-bar-literature/1256 "2025-11-01T17:03:55Z")
Hi all, Inaugural post here. I’m curious if anyone is familiar with parts of books, manuals, or historical documents that touch specifically upon the role of Head Bartender as differentiated from a non-Head Bartender a… --- ## [Hotel Front Desks/Bars](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/hotel-front-desks-bars/1097)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/hotel-front-desks-bars/1097 "2025-07-14T18:51:22Z")
A question for everyone here. I have long assumed that hotel front desks look the way they do—like long bars—because, in the past, they also did double duty functioning as actual bars. But looking into this, I can find n… --- ## [The Violet Hour's Legacy](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-violet-hours-legacy/1083)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 12:00am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-violet-hours-legacy/1083 "2025-07-01T00:00:26Z")
The Violet Hour in Chicago announced over the weekend that it would close after 18 years in business. It had been closed for weeks prior to the announcement. Some dispute with the landlord about building repairs, as usua… --- ## [Bartenders, professional history and media culture](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bartenders-professional-history-and-media-culture/704)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2025, 12:26pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bartenders-professional-history-and-media-culture/704 "2025-06-28T12:26:38Z")
A colleague pointed out to me this recent VinePair podcast (skip ahead to 5:10) in which a couple somms and a periodical editor discuss a survey conducted by “a major liquor company” that indicated young bartenders weren… --- ## [The Savoy Hotel, London](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-savoy-hotel-london/1069)
**Author:** [@GoodSpiritsNews](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/GoodSpiritsNews)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/the-savoy-hotel-london/1069 "2025-06-13T01:22:25Z")
This is a new documentary on the Savoy Hotel. --- ## [Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/harrys-abc-of-mixing-cocktails/459)
**Author:** [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2025, 3:07pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/harrys-abc-of-mixing-cocktails/459 "2025-03-26T15:07:37Z")
Taken collectively, the dozen editions of his ABC of Mixing Cocktails that Harry McElhone published between the early 1920s and the early 1950s are among the most influential cocktail books of all time. They mark the ear… --- ## [New Amsterdam and Colonial New York Drinking Establishments/Breweries/Distilleries](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/new-amsterdam-and-colonial-new-york-drinking-establishments-breweries-distilleries/997)
**Author:** [@HHFizz](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/HHFizz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/new-amsterdam-and-colonial-new-york-drinking-establishments-breweries-distilleries/997 "2025-03-13T23:00:40Z")
Title says it all I reckon. Any particularly good sources on New Amsterdam and Colonial New York drinking establishments/breweries/distilleries? I can find some general information on this time period, but anything more… --- ## [Old New York City photo spelunking](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/old-new-york-city-photo-spelunking/952)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/old-new-york-city-photo-spelunking/952 "2025-02-06T17:03:28Z")
I spent a bit this morning digging through the NY Public Library online archives for photos of Standard Buffet No. 2, at 231 Barclay St, where William Schmidt held court from roughly 1889–1904. That should be off the NE … --- ## [Looking for Resources on Train and Train Station Related Related Bar History](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/looking-for-resources-on-train-and-train-station-related-related-bar-history/900)
**Author:** [@HHFizz](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/HHFizz)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/looking-for-resources-on-train-and-train-station-related-related-bar-history/900 "2025-01-30T01:23:30Z")
I’m putting together an event themed around bars in and around train stations in NYC. For the end I was going to talk about the 20th Century Limited and I was curious if there were any resources specifically related to b… --- ## [Cultural history books (direct and indirect)](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cultural-history-books-direct-and-indirect/725)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2025, 9:23am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cultural-history-books-direct-and-indirect/725 "2025-01-19T09:23:18Z")
Starting this thread to list and discuss literature of cultural history of potential interest. These are books that might directly apply to bars and bartenders, or they are adjacent and fill in context. I’ll start: I … --- ## [Bar Owner and Author Jacob A. Didier of Binghamton (1865-1935)](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bar-owner-and-author-jacob-a-didier-of-binghamton-1865-1935/726)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bar-owner-and-author-jacob-a-didier-of-binghamton-1865-1935/726 "2024-12-11T22:32:56Z")
I did some digging into the career of Jacob “Jake” A. Didier, an obscure figure from American cocktail history who seems to have been the Big Man in Binghamton, and managed to self-publish a cocktail book in 1909. Thanks… --- ## [Cato Alexander’s Tavern](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cato-alexander-s-tavern/531)
**Author:** [@martin](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/martin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/cato-alexander-s-tavern/531 "2024-11-16T21:11:29Z")
I found this 1853 map by J. F. Harrison through the New York Public Library Digital Collections that neatly captures the developmental extent of Manhattan at the time while also revealing the vestiges of the vanishing c… --- ## [Single/Double & Volume/Price](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/single-double-volume-price/706)
**Author:** [@Dissonance](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Dissonance)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/single-double-volume-price/706 "2024-10-01T01:47:35Z")
I hope this isn’t too off topic… I live in a blue college town of 11k people (in a red state) that grows by 5k when the fall semester starts. There are not a lot of options for bars, and even fewer options for restaurant… --- ## [Tiki bartender J. Popo Galsini](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/tiki-bartender-j-popo-galsini/194)
**Author:** [@Splificator](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Splificator)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/tiki-bartender-j-popo-galsini/194 "2024-03-06T18:22:50Z")
As a demonstration of how each of the names on the list of influential bartenders can be an almost bottomless rabbit hole of drink history and culture, here’s a piece I wrote for the Daily Beast on Mr. Galsini (1900-1982… --- ## [Japan don't-misses?](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/japan-dont-misses/620)
**Author:** [@CraigE](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CraigE)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/japan-dont-misses/620 "2024-01-29T03:11:49Z")
I’m heading to Japan (Mostly Tokyo/Kanazawa/Kyoto & environs) next month. I’m all ears if anyone has leads on things to do or see or drink for a cocktail enthusiast. From online sources, so far I’ve seen recommendations… --- ## [London bars?](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/london-bars/521)
**Author:** [@CraigE](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/CraigE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2023, 10:06am UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/london-bars/521 "2023-01-15T10:06:41Z")
I’m heading to London for almost a month. In previous trips, some of my favorite drink spots have included White Lyan, Satan’s Whiskers, Swift, and Oriole. What bars should I not miss this time around? --- ## [Chicago Seven Arts Club](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/chicago-seven-arts-club/516)
**Author:** [@Jspector](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/Jspector)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/chicago-seven-arts-club/516 "2022-12-08T22:06:53Z")
If anyone comes across references to Chicago’s Seven Arts Club in the 1920s-1940s (or its attempted revival later), please let me know. It was a moving salon important in the alternative scene. I’m writing about sex and … --- ## [Bump-Out Bars](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bump-out-bars/515)
**Author:** [@RobertSimonson](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/u/RobertSimonson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/t/bump-out-bars/515 "2022-12-02T22:51:00Z")
Does anyone on this site know anything about so-called “bump-out” bars. These bars were built from Repeal up until the late 20th century and are common in the midwest. They take on odd shapes–triangles, diamonds, trapezo… [Next page](https://spiritsandcocktails.community/c/bars/9.md?page=1)