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This past year has been an

amazing ride for me.

We have a lot of people

coming down, there's,

there's Henry, Igor, Dushan,

J, me, Dev, Bratso, Milosht,

Danny, Ivonne, Marko.

We have about fourteen,

fifteen people

coming out.

We were nominated for

a lot of stuff this year.

You know, like world's greatest

cocktail bar, final four.

You know, w-we're humbled,

we're pretty shocked.

So we're doing that and I'm

also going to competing in a

speed competition called

"Re-match".

Uh, "Re-match biatch".

It's a hundred dollars.

A hundred dollar bill.

Winner take all.

Twenty five bartenders.

Winning the award of the best

cocktail bar in the world

would mean...

a lot.

As if...

If we win this,

I'll know that a part,

a chapter of my life is

finished.

Like... closed.

Done.

We have done what we

said we will do.

This Thursday I'll be in New

Orleans attending an industry

function called

Tales Of The Cocktail.

And I hope down there I'll get

some words of encouragement.

I mean, I don't know, maybe something's

gonna change my life down there, you know.

Who knows? And unless you

try, you're not gonna know.

Just flew in from New York City

and we are in New Orleans.

And I'm trying to get

together my schedule.

So uh, hopefully over the next

three days we're gonna get

some insight as to what we've

done wrong and what we can

do right.

I understand this is your

first Tales Of The Cocktail.

Well, we're gonna make a

really big deal out of this,

we have a great ticketing

package for you.

- Okay.

- Now, you have to wear the Tales virgin pin.

And you're gonna love The

Carousel Bar,

so we're gonna go ahead

and give you that too.

- I should put these on now? So everyone knows?

- Yes, it's the best way to do it.

It's best way to do it.

- Alright.

- Alright? - Terrific.

- Thank you so much and enjoy.

- Thank you vey much.

I want to hear a full report

on how everything goes.

- I will see you every day, thanks.

- Alright, thank you.

Do you know the auto-correct on the

Blackberry for Danville's is "downfalls"?

Last week I sent someone a text that said

"Come meet me at Dunville's".

And I didn't realize that it was that

and someone said "Where is downfalls?"

Waking it up. Making it

smile. Making people smile.

Give it smoke.

is possibly the biggest sh*t

show that we have had yet.

Uh, it's a cocktail

competition called

"Re-match biatch".

This is like the anti-bartending

competition, competition.

sort-of like a law-less,

wild west competition.

I will be competing.

And I will be dropping the

hammer on people.

One hundred dollar bill

is right over here.

Winner take all.

New York f***in' City!

Employees Only,

show how we do it!

Three, two, one... Go!

Like I... the banana chip.

That's for garnish, right?

This is probably the first

thing that I've tasted here

that I think I can sell

to my customers.

This is my new purchase

here in New Orleans.

I think this hat is going to

help me think more clearly.

I figure that uh, a lot of

the bartenders here

have been wearing these.

They act like bartenders,

they look like bartenders

and they feel like bartenders,

so while I'm here, I might as

well see if this changes me

around a little bit.

Hopefully this will give me

the clarity that I need.

Maybe it's psychosomatic and

stuff like that, but I feel much

different wearing this, so...

We'll see how it goes.

In your G and T, your tonic

is only good as your gin.

In often times I've worked at

a lot of bars where the bar is

the last thing that anyone

thinks about but it's your

biggest revenue maker.

- It's the heartbeat.

- Yeah exactly, but

often times, you know,

they'll spend a lot of time putting the

best kitchen in the back room,

making sure all stainless steel

But this is an opportunity that

you have to make a lot more

money and make a big impact.

As somebody who's

been through that,

- Yeah.

- Like, don't lose the hospitality.

- Don't lose the hospitality.

- That's the only thing that matters.

Hey, Dushan. Hi, I'm Steve

Carpenteri, how are you?

I really enjoyed the seminar,

uhm, thanks very much.

I'm down here, I own a bar

restaurant in Connecticut.

I'm down here trying to get

some ideas. Pick some brains.

Experiment on variety of

different things.

You know, I think I need to

deconstruct and reconstruct.

I actually own a restaurant

in Connecticut.

And uh, I'm trying to get the clientele

to order a little bit better.

Prepare cocktails on

a better level.

Well you need to get a guy behind

the bar who's passionate and can

sell it for you.

So it's contagious?

It was at my bar.

Thank you very much. Pleasure

to meet you.

Alright, Steve. Now, you're

in Bridgeport, right?

- I'm actually in Westport.

- Westport, nice town.

It's a nice area.

- Let me give you my card.

- I'm sorry, I wish I had one with me.

That's my museum card but

it's got my information on it.

Okay, thank you for your time.

Pleasure to meet you.

We're up for winning the

final four of uh,

several different categories

this year, uh our mentor,

you know, Dushan and J, they

got nominated for their book,

"Speak Easy".

We're up for world's best

cocktail bar.

Yep, tonight is the culmination of uh,

just the past year of hard work.

We hope uh...

We hope we can represent our

city, our craft and our bar.

So, we'll do our best.

Welcome to the 5th annual

spirt awards.

How's everybody doing out there?

Tonight we're giving away

twenty two awards.

And we're just going to have

a fabulous night.

And the winner of best American

brand ambassador is...

The international bartender

of the year...

For guiding the future of

our craft...

The nominees are...

Audrey Saunders.

Steve Olsen.

Dushan Zaric.

And we have a winner.

Come on up, Audrey.

Audrey Saunders.

I'd like to announce the nominees

for world's best drink selection.

Best bartenders in America.

The winner is Punch, by David.

I'm honored to present the final award of

the evening for world's best cocktail bar.

The finalists represent the epitome

of what our industry has to offer.

They are...

69 Colebrooke Row, in London.

Dry Martini, in Barcelona.

Employees Only, in New York.

And Bar High Five, in Tokyo.

And the winner is...

Employees Only.

Congratulations.

Whoa!

It's a team effort.

It starts with ownership.

And it uh, ends with uh...

someone like me, who's just a piece of the

puzzle and just uh, a member of the team.

Listen, we just won best

cocktail bar in the world.

Buy everyone in the bar a drink.

Okay, Chico, I love you, baby...

I had to tell you, Mom...

Mom, I had to tell you.

They don't force a great team.

They hand-picked their people.

And to be on stage here.

With, what I consider the best

bartenders in the world...

Man.

This is what I do it for.

This is my life. This is my crew.

Almost brings me to tears.

This closing of The Tales Of

The Cocktail here

with the Spirited Awards, was

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