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beyond my wildest dreams.

It was like being in Hollywood.

and the fact that there's an

awards ceremony,

I had no idea whatsoever.

My eyes should have been

opened a long, long time ago.

Had I known that this kind of

stuff had existed.

I think I might have taken

things a little more seriously,

and not that our little place

would ever be considered

uhm, you know, the best

cocktail bar

in the world or anything. I

mean, we gotta

start with baby steps.

As The Tales Of The Cocktails

nears...

to an end or whatever.

The gears are grindin'.

Uhm, I have lots of notes.

It's gonna take me a week or two

to process all this stuff but

I definitely feel rejuvenated.

And the one thing I did find

about myself,

while I was down here

Was that I uh, you know,

I-I think I have the talent and

capability to-n to be like them.

This is uhm, a new culture.

And I'd like to be on board.

Ladies and gentlemen,

here we are.

It's that time of the night

again.

It's just you.

The bartender.

And you're sharing

one last cocktail.

Closing down the bar...

one more time.

Guys, big fan. Big fan of all

y'alls. Cheers.

Employees Only, we give

people chicken soup.

AT 3:
30, whoever survived,

they get a complimentary

cup of chicken soup.

Which hopefully it

should be a sign of thank you

and have a good night.

Got it.

There's great feeling when

you finish a shift.

I love when I get out of

work because I've been

just working all night

and it's hot.

And you've been sweaty.

And you had, maybe a

stressful night.

And you just, you take, you

finish your shift,

you have a cold beer, maybe a little

rum or a little whiskey with it.

And you step outside and

you get this brisk breeze

that hits you.

It brings you back down.

But that feeling when you

walk out of the bar...

at 5am, in January, when it's

freezing outside

is one of my favorite feelings.

Because I know that part of

my night is done

and I have this like release.

You're tired but usually also

You still got the remnants of

the adrenaline

coursing through your system.

It's completely quiet.

It's like being the only

person on Earth.

Hasn't everybody had their own

version of the bartenders breakfast?

When you go out for this huge

meal after a long night.

Bartenders are some of the only

people who get to experience...

5am.

I always like to walk home.

Because it was like having

the city to yourself.

There is a certain... peace

uh, to walking out at that hour,

and you just kind-of felt like...

this is my city.

Alright, everybody, whoever is

here is here. Lock the door.

Let's get going. Thanks for

coming. Bar meeting.

Uh, we have lots of

things to cover.

First of all, excellent job

on the new year's eve.

Whoever worked that night,

excellent job.

Excellent job in general in

the last few months.

Steve Schneider, it has come,

the time

uh, for you to uhm,

face the music, my brother.

You've been with us for a

while now, and you

uh, have

successfully applied

your knowledge and your dedication here

for the last few years, and for this

we salute you.

You have been really,

really great.

Uhm...

You have learned all

there is to do.

So uhm, you still have to

learn what not to do.

And uhm, this is a process

that will take time.

Uhm, you know...

You will be in charge of people

who are coming underneath you.

Always keep in mind that you

are leading by example.

Always keep in mind what the

situation is calling for.

Always ask yourself what does

this person have

or need to hear right now.

Uhm...

I spoke to Igor and both of us

agree that the time is right

of you to uh,

finally make the step.

Thank you for so much you

have done here

and please come behind the

bar, I have...

the pleasure to hand you

your principle bartender jacket.

Congratulations, man.

All the best.

Oh, my god. I wasn't

expecting...

Oh, my god. This is great.

Yeah.

I'm feeling a lot of things

right now, I mean I just...

I just got promoted, this is...

This is a pretty fancy

new jacket.

This is everything I've worked so

hard for in the past two years.

If you walk in as a patron,

this is just a title.

But to us this means a hell

of a lot more. This means

generations of lineage, others,

people who have learned

from this person and that

person and

to be able to pass on what

has happened, uhm

It's why we do this.

It's why I do this.

This, this jacket is, you

know, universally known, uhm

and to have one of my own...

uhm...

I mean I'm...

I don't really know what's

next now but I...

I assume I'm probably

gonna call...

I'm probably gonna call

my parents.

I talked to Audrey Saunders

the other day and

she was talking to Dale

DeGroff, her mentor

I'm now a grandmother and you're

a great grandfather because

now there's a fourth

generation of bars".

So somebody's going and

it's sustained.

I'm going to bars that I love

and loving it so much that

I wanted to know the names of the

people that made this experience.

It's just being a part of

something, I guess.

A bar is a place

where people brewed.

Where they dreamed.

Where they... fantasized.

And they do it either in a group

or they do it by themselves.

These are people who looked at cubicle

work and said this is not satisfying.

I don't want to do this.

I want to do something that

makes a difference.

Something with my hands,

something with a craft.

Something where I feel human

at the end of the day.

I've sent my return from

Tales. I did realize that.

I have created something

special here.

All my time and efforts

was worth while.

Uhm, there's a couple ingredients in there.

It's all fresh.

- Oh, I like it.

- You like it?

I totally do.

Sometimes you choose your life and

sometimes your life chooses you.

And I find myself in a place

where...

I saw an opportunity to

make a difference

in the world, as a bartender.

Whether you're in a cocktail bar,

or you're just in the corner pub,

it's the same interaction,

you know?

It's the bartender

to the customer

trying to just

make their day better.

People go out for this

special feeling

they get when they walk into

an establishment

where the light is right,

the music is right

totally aligns with their

expectations.

This is exciting, because

we feel at that moment

a little bit more alive.

When we feel alive...

We're happy.

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