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BACK BAY HANDS IT TO BAR HAVOC
Living in Allston, I feel like sometimes I get a little too caught up in the bar scene over here and lose sight of all the other things that Boston’s many neighborhoods have to offer. I often refer to...
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BAR HAVOC THE BELLE OF THE BALL
The Jameson Bartender’s Ball is not something to be messed around with. Held this year at the Paradise Rock Club in Allston, the Bartender’s Ball is a gathering of industry people from all around...
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LAST CALL WITH BAR HAVOC
I remember the look on my friend Eli’s face when I first mentioned the idea of The Last Call Project. “How much damage can really be done in an hour?” I said. He looked at me gravely and said, “Are...
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STEPPING UP TO BAT WITH BAR HAVOC
It’s no secret that everyone is tired of the cold weather. Every winter the life is sucked out of Bostonians, grey skies and snow keep people indoors, people shuffle by one another on the streets...
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KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY WITH BAR HAVOC
I like to think that in a perfect alcoholic world, everyone has their own bar stool. A bar that’s like a home away from home, somewhere like Cheers, where everybody knows your name. The troubles of the...
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DOCTOR WHO: THE SUN MAKERS (STORY 95)
STARRING | TOM BAKER, LOUISE JAMESON, JOHN LEESON, HENRY WOOLF, RICHARD LEECH DIRECTOR | PENNANT ROBERTS STUDIO | BBC VIDEO RELEASE | 8.9.11 Surprise, surprise, TARDIS hunters! The Doctor Who: The Sun...
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BAR HAVOC VS. THE BARTENDER’S BALL
Well, here it is, the morning (afternoon…) after another Jameson Bartender’s Ball. In preparing for this year I went back and read last year’s article, and I couldn’t help but laugh. I had been so...
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BAR HAVOC: NOVEMBER PAIN, NOVEMBER GAIN
The November Project starts running up and down the steps of Harvard Stadium Wednesday mornings at 6:30am on the dot. For the beginners, there is a brief intro to what you’re about to take part in: the...
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BAR HAVOC: BARE NECESSITY
Public speaking has never really been my thing. I usually love to be the center of attention—I’m extroverted, outgoing, and certainly not shy. So why, when the time comes for all eyes to be on me, do I...
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BAR HAVOC: DISTILLING AND DRUNK DIALING
I had started drinking even before I arrived at the distillery. It was Tuesday, and I had had a bad day, so I left the house before anyone else and wandered down the street to the White Horse Tavern to...
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BAR HAVOC: ONE (AWKWARD) NIGHT IN BOSTON
It goes without saying that bartenders and people in the service industry are social creatures. We are generally extroverted, great under pressure in social situations, could make friends with mostly...
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BAR HAVOC: 10 THINGS THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY
10. ONLINE CORRESPONDENCES So, you meet this guy on OkCupid and all is right in the world. He’s tall, rugged, and (according to his profile) he is learned and well traveled! Maybe he’s the one! Next...
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BAR HAVOC: SURVIVING THE JAMESON BARTENDER’S BALL
I’ve started measuring my time in Boston not in calendar days, but in Jameson Bartender’s Balls. ‘Oh, it’s time for another one?’ ‘Wow, I can’t believe it’s been a year already.’ Last Monday marked the...
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BAR HAVOC: ORDER UP
It’s easy to jumble your words when you’ve been drinking. Alcohol makes you get a little ahead of yourself, or it just plain makes you forget. I get it. Either way, as your bartender it’s my job to...
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As you, my little droogies, have often shown, sometimes ordering isn't as easy as you would think.
View ArticleHOW CORDIAL: CRUDO BOSTON PROVES THERE’S LIFE BEYOND HARD ALCOHOL
"We’re a Japanese place in the North End... We’re already different, let’s embrace that."
View ArticleHOW CORDIAL: CRUDO BOSTON PROVES THERE’S LIFE BEYOND HARD ALCOHOL
"We’re a Japanese place in the North End... We’re already different, let’s embrace that."
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