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Kristine has been bartending since the age of 16 (her father owned a restaurant and she was cheap labor). She's bartended from East Coast to West and has worked in everything from dives to corporate restaurants, college and neighborhood bars to fine dining trendy hot spots and one infamous celebrity-laden hotel. Somewhere along the way she also managed a degree from Rutgers University. Kristine has now settled in LA, where she's putting her knowledge and experience into words as The Little Miss Bar Manners of bar etiquette and advice. Need advice? Please send your questions to Kristine at: Ridethehippiebus@aol.com.

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Bartender Chronicles: Combat pay

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Hogs North, NYC, circa 1996. Located on 1st Ave between 95th and 96th, Hogs North was the mild version of the rowdy downtown Hogs & Heifers but...
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Bartender Chronicles: Paper Towels

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Hogs & Heifers, NYC. It was a Tuesday night and the crowd was steady and generous. The over all mood of the bar...
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Bartender Chronicles: Buzzy's dress code from hell

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Buzzy’s, Piscataway, New Jersey, circa 1993. Just as Dave had predicted, Buzzy’s became a neighborhood...
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Bartender Chronicles: Bully boss

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Piscataway, New Jersey, 1993. Buzzy’s was my first official bartending gig where I was hired as a bartender...
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Bartender Chronicles: Den of Thieves

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Staten Island circa 1994. Located on Bay Street, my friend “Charlene” and I happened upon The Redspot...
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Bartender Chronicle: Fire blower

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Working at Hogs & Heifers each bartender had a “thing.” We all had to dance on the bar but everyone...
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Bartender Chronicle: Strip club

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Circa 2001. I had reached the ceiling at my first job in LA. The chauvinistic owner didn’t want women behind the downstairs bar at night; he saw...
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Bartender Chronicles: Bad, bad celebrity

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The Valley, circa 2000. I had just moved to LA after spending a year melting in Phoenix, Arizona. Within my first week I acquired a pretty decent gig...
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Bartender Chronicle: My open interview

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Today. A new bar is opening in Hollywood come June. The owners placed an ad on Craig’s List for their open...
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Bartender Chronicles: The very beginning

Neptune, New Jersey. Circa 1989. At the age of ten I was enslaved into cheap labor working for my Father. He owned...
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