Barfly Podcast

By Jeff BurkhartSociety & Culture Business Arts Food

Barfly Podcast episodes

September 22 Season Six: Beau Blanchard of the Mill Valley Film Festival
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Beau Blanchard, Associate Director of Institutional Giving at the California Film Institute, joins us to talk about the Mill Valley Film Festival and its impact on local hospitality
29 min
August 20 Season Six: Rip Hunter, Pioneer of the Sausalito Whiskey Trail
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We welcome Sausalito Historical Society Board Member Rip Hunter to talk about his new Sausalito Whiskey Trail App or iPhones, which takes the user on a cultural tour of Sausalito with whiskey!
23 min
July 26 Season Six: Kenneth Andresen, manager of Sausalito's new Lighthouse Bar and Grill
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We are joined by Kenneth Andresen, manager of the new Lighthouse Bar and Grill in Sausalito to discuss the 21-month journey to get to opening of the new location. Andresen also manages the Lighthouse Bar and Grill at Harbor Point, and the Andresen family owns both of the Lighthouse Cafes; in Mill Valley and in Corte Madera.
26 min
June 04 Season Six: Carrie Peters, the founder and CEO (and fixer) of the ABC License Company
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We welcome Carrie Peters the founder and CEO (and fixer) of ABC License Co. to discuss the trials and tribulations of getting a liquor license.
25 min
April 04 Season Six: Max Perry, the new co-owner of the Silver Peso
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We welcome Max Perry, one of the two new local co-owners of the Silver Peso in Larkspur to talk about the impending return of the Peso. Perry and his partner Conor Flaherty are also partners in Tiburon's Sam's Anchor Cafe.
22 min
December 17, 2025 Season Six: 2025 Year End Round up with Leanne Battelle and Daedalus Howell
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Leanne Battelle (Marin IJ food writer and editor at The Real Deal Marin) and Daedalus Howell (editor of the Pacific Sun/Bohemian and host of The Drive on Wine Country Radio 95.5 FM) join us to talk about the state of the restaurant business in Marin at the end of 2025.
36 min
November 10, 2025 Season Six: Lou Lesko, author/director/photographer and writing partner in Tale of a Barfly
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We welcome Lou Lesko, the man behind the scenes at "Tale of a Barfly," our dramatic collaboration at the Marin Civic Center's Showcase Theater on Nov. 20
21 min
October 07, 2025 Season Six: Larry Mindel and Steve Reinertsen, authors of Mindel's new memoir "Lorenzo"
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We welcome Larry Mindel and his son-in-law Steve Reinertsen to talk about the restaurant business in general, and the new memoir "Lorenzo: the restaurateur who revolutionized an industry" in particular.
22 min
September 22, 2025 Season Six: Rob Lightner of East Brother Beer Co. and Tam Tavern
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Rob Lightner, one of the co-founders of East Brother Beer Co., joins us to talk beer, and their two brand new locations: Tam Tavern in Mill Valley and a taproom at the Metreon in SF.
23 min
August 18, 2025 Season Six: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine
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Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine join us to talk Best of Marin, parties and publishing
28 min

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Take a peek behind the hospitality industry curtain with hosts Jeff Burkhart (Marin IJ’s Barfly; Best Column in California, 2021) and Kevin Blum (editor for the Marin County entertainment portal:…