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Hospitality Consultant Genevieve Jona joins us to discuss a range of issues from Lafayette Coney Island now accepting credit cards, operating as a cash only business, bar design and how it impacts employees, and much more. We also offer some marketing advice that should be considered. Thanks for listening! Please take a moment to rate and review our podcast. If you'd like to see additional photos and content, please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @heardpodcast.

This week we welcome Erick Castro aka @hungrybartender from the @bartenderatlarge team. We discuss his pop-up at Sugar House Detroit, the first iteration of his bartender documentary, his successful beverage podcast and myriad of topics surrounding cocktails and cocktail culture. Listen to the podcast to hear his West Coast celebrity stories too. Thanks for listening! For more Heard!, please follow us on Instagram & Twitter @heardpodcast.

Madeline Puckette, co-founder of Wine Folly, joins us via phone to talk about her new book, Wine Folly: Magnum Edition: The Master Guide. If Wine Folly's mission can be distilled to two words, it would be "simplify wine." Through the use of whimsical illustrations, informative maps, and more, Wine Folly tries to demystify wine in an incredibly fun fashion. Our talk with Madeline is just a brief overview of just how informative Wine Folly truly is. To order Wine Folly: Magnum Edition, follow this link https://amzn.to/2wO9iq3. To learn more about Wine Folly, visit http://winefolly.com. Thanks for listening! If you have a moment, please rate and review us. For more Heard! follow us on Instagram @heardpodcast.

Visiting every Michigan brewery is quite a feat - doing it all in one year seems almost impossible. Almost because Emily Bennett, otherwise known as Mitten Beer Girl, did just that in 2017. She joins us to discuss her beer journey. We also discuss happy hour and offer some suggestions of our favorite happy hour spots like Otus Supply and Bistro Joe's. Thanks for listening! You can learn more about Emily at http://mittenbeergirl.com. Follow us on Instagram @heardpodcast for behind the scenes photos and other fun stuff. Thanks to our sponsor @audible and our hospitality book of the week Table Manners: How to Behave in the Modern World and Why Bother by Jeremiah Tower. To start your free 30-day trial and receive a free audiobook visit https://www.audible.com/detroit or text Detroit to 500-500!

Chef & Butcher Aramis Jones of the soon to open Gratiot Avenue Provisions joins us to discuss whole animal butchering, charcuterie, and his recent Chef's Table dinner. We also talk about the science behind curing meat, the differences between salami & salumi, how to build a great charcuterie board, and more. For more on Gratiot Avenue Provisions, check out http://gratiotaveprovisions.com/. Thanks for listening! For more Heard!, follow @heardpodcast on Instagram and check out http://heardpodcast.com for our entire catalog of episodes. Thanks to Audible for this show! To start your free 30-day trial and receive a free audiobook visit https://www.audible.com/detroit or text Detroit to 500-500!

This week we are joined by Melissa Pinkerton, MidWest Market Manager for SPIRIBAM which sells a number of French-style Rhums. We talk about that that is, make Ti Punch, chat about International Rum Day and learn about the Bois Lélé. You can follow Melissa on Instagram at @rhumwithme. Follow us on Instagram at @heardpodcast and leave a review. Until next week, dine well, friends. Thanks to our sponsor @audible and our hospitality book of the week Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain. To start your free 30-day trial and receive a free audiobook visit https://www.audible.com/detroit or text Detroit to 500-500!

Antonio Lopez, part of the family who owns Tequila Cabresto, talks to us about owning a Detroit based Tequila company. From their agave fields in Jalisco all the way to the bottle, the Lopez family knows tequila. We talk about Cabresto’s different varieties, the lack of tequila bars in Detroit, and more. At the beginning of the show, we talk about the new craze - päntsdrunk, the Finnish phenomenon of drinking alone sans pants. Thanks for listening! You can learn more about Tequila Cabresto at http://tequilacabresto.com. If you like what you hear, please subscribe. You can follow us on Instagram @heardpodcast. Thanks to Audible for this show! To start your free 30-day trial and receive a free audiobook visit https://www.audible.com/detroit or text Detroit to 500-500!

Zack Sklar, founder of Peas & Carrots Hospitality and chef, joins us to talk about their recent acquisition of Como's in Ferndale. We also discuss Zack's thoughts on being a restauranteur, opening restaurants across a broad range of concepts, fried chicken, and more. What are your thoughts on "best of" lists? We talk about a recent "best of" list that was voted on by the public and contained some seemingly questionable winners. Thanks for listening! Please take a second to subscribe and leave a review. For more Heard! please follow @heardpodcast on Instagram.

Chef Marc Djozlija, chef/partner at Wright & Co., Bad Luck Bar, & The Peterboro, joins us to discuss Detroit, his restaurants, working with Wolfgang Puck, work/life balance, and more. You'll want to listen all the way to the end of this episode for a very funny Wolfgang Puck story. Special thanks to our sponsor this week - Popchips! Popchips have all the flavor and half the fat of fried potato chips. You can learn more about Popchips by visiting http://popchips.com and look for Popchips Field Marketing Manager Kelsey Hubbell around Detroit for samples and swag. Thanks so much for listening! If you like what you hear, please subscribe to Heard!, follow us on Instagram @heardpodcast, and check us out online at http://heardpodcast.com.

Michael Fair, owner of Black Ink Bitters, joins us to discuss the importance of bitters in cocktails and what goes into running a bitters business. Before we get bitter, we discuss the fairly controversial Detroit Free Press review of Empire Kitchen + Cocktails. Is Detroit ready for negative restaurant reviews? You can learn more about Black Ink Bitters at http://blackinkbitters.com. Thanks for listening! You can learn more about Heard! at http://heardpodcast.com and by following @heardpodcast on Instagram.