The Restaurant Guys
Julie Reiner: Shaking Things Up in NYC at Flat Iron, Pegu & Clover Club
This is a Library Selection from 2008
The Banter
The Guys talk about a New York Times article by Michael Pollan which illuminates challenges of defining food terms and agribusiness as a whole and where we go from here. Then they reach for a cocktail.
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys chat with renowned mixologist Julie Reiner about her experience in the New York City cocktail scene from Pegu Club to Flat Iron Lounge and to her new bar, which she is about to open in Brooklyn, Clover Club. She asserts that great ingredients, skill and patience are necessary to create the high-level drinks she serves at her establishments. Listen to what has changed and what has stayed the same in the years since.
The Inside Track
The Guys and Julie were mentored by Dale DeGroff and all preach the gospel of classic cocktails with fine ingredients. They Guys frequently visited Julie at Pegu Club and her own Flat Iron Lounge.
“Cocktails are hip and cool and, and everybody likes something sophisticated in a glass,” Julie Reiner on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2008
Bio
A cutting-edge mixologist and club owner, Julie Reiner opened Flatiron Lounge, Clover Club, and Milady’s among others. She was a judge on Netflix’s Drink Masters and runs a bar training and consulting company. She was named “Mixologist of the Year” from Wine Enthusiast and accepted several honors from Tales of the Cocktail.
Info
Clover Club
NYT Article by Michael Pollan https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html
Julie on Instagram
@mixtressnyc
Our Sponsors:
The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center https://www.theheldrich.com/
Magyar Bank https://www.magbank.com/
Withum Accounting https://www.withum.com/
Our Places:
Stage Left Steak https://www.stageleft.com/
Catherine Lombardi https://www.catherinelombardi.com/
Stage Left Wine Shop https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/
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This is a Library Selection from 2008
The Banter
The Guys talk about a New York Times article by Michael Pollan which illuminates challenges of defining food terms and agribusiness as a whole and where we go from here. Then they reach for a cocktail.
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys chat with renowned mixologist Julie Reiner about her experience in the New York City cocktail scene from Pegu Club to Flat Iron Lounge and to her new bar, which she is about to open in Brooklyn, Clover Club. She asserts that great ingredients, skill and patience are necessary to create the high-level drinks she serves at her establishments. Listen to what has changed and what has stayed the same in the years since.
The Inside Track
The Guys and Julie were mentored by Dale DeGroff and all preach the gospel of classic cocktails with fine ingredients. They Guys frequently visited Julie at Pegu Club and her own Flat Iron Lounge.
“Cocktails are hip and cool and, and everybody likes something sophisticated in a glass,” Julie Reiner on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2008
Bio
A cutting-edge mixologist and club owner, Julie Reiner opened Flatiron Lounge, Clover Club, and Milady’s among others. She was a judge on Netflix’s Drink Masters and runs a bar training and consulting company. She was named “Mixologist of the Year” from Wine Enthusiast and accepted several honors from Tales of the Cocktail.
Info
Clover Club
NYT Article by Michael Pollan https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html
Julie on Instagram
@mixtressnyc
Our Sponsors:
The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Center https://www.theheldrich.com/
Magyar Bank https://www.magbank.com/
Withum Accounting https://www.withum.com/
Our Places:
Stage Left Steak https://www.stageleft.com/
Catherine Lombardi https://www.catherinelombardi.com/
Stage Left Wine Shop https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/
Reach out to The Restaurant Guys
To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:
https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/
https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguys
https://www.restaurantguyspodcast.com/