Behind the Bar

Find “Old-Fashioned” goodness at The Roasted Spirit in Clermont.  I made my first

Sandy Lane at Puddle Jumpers in Tavares After working for decades behind dozens

Lexi Wyatt at Orange Blossom Country Club Bartending is a grind. On the best

Mike Miller at Blue Fin's outside bar in Brownwood, The Villages Throughout my

From its namesake to its brewess extraordinaire, Bully Brewing is a family affair.  

Melissa, 43, and husband Patrick Kelley, 36, open McKracken’s Irish Pub in Downtown Leesburg

Great guy mixes bartending with teaching. There are bartenders who have a “regular”

Little things customers have done to help Villages bartender, for her, are huge.

How Patrick Graner tapped into a new profession I am always on the

Giving friendships a shot Bartender Chelsi Soto pours her heart into the job.

A toast to friendships John McCarthy is a bartender for the people.

A debut column from a longtime bartender.  In 1986, I took a semester