2013 Bar Guide

2013 Bar Guide

How to Build a Respectable Home Bar

Sometimes you don't feel like hitting the bars, yet you still require a good drink. Or maybe you just want to impress your friends....
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Order a Drink Like a Man

1. Stand tall and try not to look sullen or angry. Smile. 2. Never wave your money in the air. 3. Never call the bartender by...
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Live It Up at a Gay Bar

Forget your worries, troubles, and those orthopedic shoes. With Miss Magnolia Jackson Pickett Burnside's Three B's to Busting Out, you too will have one...
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Impress a Woman at a Bar

There's a beautiful girl at the bar and, wait, did she just look over here? What should I do? Send her a drink? Drop...
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Be the Funny Guy

Brandon McPherson, aspiring comedian, caricature artist and bartender at 525 at the Berry Burk. 1. Bring a friend. Support is crucial so that if you...
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Take the Perfect Selfie

Brittany Heit, bartender at Jorge's Cantina and a well-known self-portrait taker. 1. Beware the toilet photo bomb. The bathroom is the safest place to take...
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Avoid Bar Drama

Evan Nasteff, prolific Richmond actor and bartender at Pie. 1. Find a spot that makes you comfortable or you'll inevitably run into drama or find...
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2013 Bar Guide

How to Deal With Drunks

Marithe Patterson, bartender at the Bellytimber Tavern and F.W. Sullivan's Fan Bar & Grille. There is never an easy way to deal with drunk people....
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2013 Bar Guide

Drink Shrinks

Bartenders pour some life lessons — and a few cocktails — from the other side of the bar.
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2013 Bar Guide

Professors of the Drink

Take it from the experts: here's what you should know about RVA bar life.
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