Mimi Burnham - Bartender at Danny Meyer’s Porchlight Bar (fixed)

Mimi Bernham has been bartending in NYC for many years.  From crazy nightclubs to now working behind the stick at the great Porchlight Bar, the first dedicated cocktail bar from Danny Meyer’s restaurant group.  At Porchlight the bar team is doing amazing cocktails.  The staff & the hospitality are amazing.

We talk to Mimi about her experiences as a bartender, the bar program at Porchlight and why joining the United States Bartenders’ Guild is so valuable for Bartenders.
It the Bartender Journey Podcast Number 161.  Listen with the audio player on this page or:
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We also talk about Bar Institute Baltimore.  It was an amazing three day educational and bonding event.  Classes were held all day, plus a tasting floor.  Events were held throughout the city at night.  Its was a wonderful event and we can not recommend it highly enough.  Bar Institute is taking the event “on the road”. It is extremely affordable and you will not be disappointed!

Upcoming 2016 Bar Institute events:
May 1-3 – Southwest in Phoenix
June 12-14 – Central in Austin
August 21-23 – Southeast in Miami
Sept. 25-27 – Northwest in Portland
Nov. 6-10 – Nationals in New York
 
On the next Bartender Journey Podcast we will feature an interview with Britany & Lindsey from Bar Institute!  Make sure you are subscribed to the show so that the new episodes download to your phone automatically.
 
Thank you to Nightclub & Bar for naming Bartender Journey on of the 7 Best Hospitality Podcasts!

Book of the Week:  Danny Meyer’s Danny Meyer’s Setting the Table: The Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business.

Cocktail of the Week - Mary Pickford:
Appearing in Gourmet Magizine in 1943, the Mary Pickford was, named for the silent film star and co-founder of United Artists.  This drink is widely attributed to Eddie Woelke, (also creator of the El Presidente cocktail), who fled to Cuba during Prohibition.

2 oz. white rum (I used Montanya from Colorado).
1 oz. pineapple juice
1 barspoon grenadine
1 barspoon maraschino liqueur
Tools: shaker, strainer
Glass: cocktail
Garnish: brandied cherry

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Toast of the Week:
To all the days here and after 
May they be filled with fond memories, happiness, and laughter.