Myong Park Archives
Some Drinks Taste Good, Some Drinks are just Wierd
Bartender, Manager, Drinker, Musician and Drinker, Myong Has been in the hospitality industry for more years then he can remember.
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So the garlic, rhubarb, rum and gin thing garnished with a fiddlehead and tulip for Spring thing didn't work out for you? Yeah, there's a reason for that. Mixology is great, but sometimes the ideas that make it onto menus are a ill hatched. I'm all for creativity, but hey, the human tongue is the ultimate judge and weird for the sake of creativity is as cool as tow zones without signs.
Adventures In Tipping, Part 1
Bartender, Manager, Drinker, Musician and Drinker, Myong Has been in the hospitality industry for more years then he can remember.
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As someone that works in the bar industry I tend to be an over tipper. It's something I pay attention to because I know how hard I, my co-workers, and friends in the industry work. I also notice how other people tip when I'm out from behind the bar having a drink and I gotta say, some people are great, some good and others are absolutely miserable. For the great ones, stop reading here. The good ones, we appreciate you very much. The bad tippers... Please wait in the corner bent over while I go grab my Cricket bat.
Lupe helps to solve our political Fiasco
Bartender, Manager, Drinker, Musician and Drinker, Myong Has been in the hospitality industry for more years then he can remember.
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Politics and bars are usually a bad combination, but When Lupe Fiasco is involved it's a whole other story.
It's Time for a House Music Renaissance, In My House.
Bartender, Manager, Drinker, Musician and Drinker, Myong Has been in the hospitality industry for more years then he can remember.
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In a very brief conversation with legendary House Music singer Byron Stingily it dawned on me that one of my beloved types of music has fallen very far from favor in Chicago, the home of House. One of the benefits from living in the nightlife is having great music to listen to all the time. Now one of the all time best forms is almost all but eroded due to the popularity of "fast food" music in the city that made House great.
Here's to House Music!
Wait for the weekend if you want. I'm kickin' it on Tuesdays!
Bartender, Manager, Drinker, Musician and Drinker, Myong Has been in the hospitality industry for more years then he can remember.
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While most of the partying world waits for the weekend, I start out early with my personal favorite day of the week: Tuesday, or more specifically, TimBuck2uesday in Coup d'état, the lounge at The Shrine. In defense of Friday and Saturday (and Thursday too for the partying hardcore who swear it's the real start of the weekend) it's like this: Let's say you go to Vegas and try as you might, you just can't get laid. My friend, that means it's never gonna happen. The same holds true for fun at The Shrine during the weekends. Now on Tuesdays... it's just better than that.
