Cosmopolitan
Bartender's Life
Toby Cecchini
- Cosmopolitan:
- A
- Bartender's
- Life
- is
- a
- memoir
- of
- the
- bartending
- life
- structured
- as
- a
- day
- in
- the
- life
- at
- Passerby,
- the
- bar
- owned
- and
- run
- by
- Toby
- Cecchini.
- It
- is,
- as
- well,
- a
- rich
- study
- of
- human
- nature—of
- the
- sometimes
- annoying,
- sometimes
- outlandish
- behavior
- of
- the
- human
- animal
- under
- the
- influence
- of
- alcohol,
- lust,
- and
- the
- sheer
- desire
- to
- bust
- loose
- and
- party.
- It's
- not
- a
- pretty
- picture,
- but
- it's
- always
- compelling
- through
- the
- gimlet-eyed
- gaze
- of
- the
- author.
- As
- his
- typical
- day
- progresses,
- from
- the
- almost
- pastoral
- quiet
- of
- opening
- the
- bar
- and
- setting
- up
- to
- the
- gathering
- rush
- of
- customers
- dropping
- in
- after
- work
- to
- the
- sheer
- madness
- of
- catering
- to
- a
- crazed
- crush
- of
- funseekers,
- Toby
- Cecchini
- muses
- over
- a
- life
- spent
- in
- the
- service
- industry
- and
- the
- fascinating
- particulars
- of
- his
- chosen
- profession.
- Topics
- touched
- on
- include
- dealing
- with
- regulars,
- both
- welcome
- and
- not;
- sex
- and
- the
- bartender;
- cocktail
- connoisseurs
- (and
- drinks
- he
- refuses
- to
- make);
- learning
- the
- bartending
- ropes
- of
- the
- Odeon
- when
- young
- and
- newly
- arrived
- in
- New
- York;
- the
- sheer
- man-killing
- pace
- of
- keeping
- those
- drinks
- coming
- at
- flood
- tide;
- and
- the
- manifold
- varieties
- of
- weirdness
- and
- bad
- behavior
- that
- every
- bartender
- has
- to
- learn
- how
- to
- manage.Cosmopolitan:
- A
- Bartender's
- Life
- is
- the
- hip,
- behind-the-scenes
- look
- at
- the
- frenzied
- yet
- undeniably
- fun
- atmosphere
- of
- that
- great
- establishment—the
- bar—and
- Toby
- Cecchini
- is,
- by
- turns,
- witty,
- acute,
- mordant,
- and
- lyrical
- in
- dealing
- with
- the
- realities
- of
- his
- job,
- shedding
- plenty
- of
- light
- on
- the
- hidden
- corners
- of
- what
- people
- do
- when
- they
- go
- out
- at night.
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