I Know The Owner

It's a loud holiday evening at Hinterlands and Sharlene sits down with bartender/employee Jeannine to discuss how Jeannine botched her job interview, and what a great boss Shar is. Plus: some stripping adventures and Sharlene's biggest on the job screw up!

Sharlene pops in to Blinky's in East Williamsburg to talk to Jose and Rhoades about opening a bar in the middle of a pandemic, yelp reviews, and nasty monkey behavior. Plus, is it rude to pour your drink out onto the bar?

Sharlene sits down with Ed Raven of Greenpoint Beer to discuss getting scammed out of wholesaler payments, paychecks, and your entire Instagram account. Plus we hear Ed's role in Stuart's grim backstory and Sharlene and Ed discuss what happened to beer drinkers' attention span.

Shar's in Michigan so she stopped by The Painted Lady in Hamtramck for a conversation with owner Andrew Dow. They talk Covid (of course), real estate, how to get into the bar business, and life in Hamtramck. Plus, is it cool to bring your own burger into Burger King?

Sharlene sits down with Mike Vanderbilt of Rock Island Public House and the Halloweenies podcast at the Loews Hotel lobby in Chicago, where they discuss which nearby area is the 'Brooklyn of Chicago', the benefits of starting out behind the bar at a Chili's, and how much a customer can ask to change the recipe of a cocktail. Plus, is it cool to read a book in a bar? Yes.

Sharlene joins Bobby Gagnon at The Gate, Park Slope's original craft beer bar, to discuss faking it till you make it, getting fired by Prince, strollergate, keeping your bar running during Covid, and hiring away other bars' staff. Plus a grown man throws a sandwich.

Sharlene invites Clare Huntington of historic Fanelli's Cafe over to Minnie's for a conversation about coked-up patrons, bartending during a blackout, how to shut down the bar while drunk, and what to call your regulars when you don't remember their names. Also more bad tipping stories!

Sharlene joins Matt Hogan at Irish Haven in Sunset Park to talk about buying your neighborhood bar, morning business hours, and weathering the pandemic with to-go drinks and hot dogs. Plus: hiring and firing your friends!

Sharlene joins bar manager Jen Maslanka at Spring Lounge to talk injuring yourself on the job, working in Manhattan, weathering Covid as a business, and what to with all the sidewalk sukkahs when the pandemic is over. Plus bartender bathroom etiquette!

Sharlene joins Brad Perrine at American Cheez for some garlic knots and a great conversation about outdoor Covid seating, getting a mohawk in Key West, and why you should install cameras in your bar. Plus, should people pay for the food they order in a restaurant?