Stateside Serves 'Hey Bartender!' Straight Up

Documentary focuses on unsung heroes behind craft cocktail

"...Steve Schneider is a principal bartender and bar manager at Employees Only, an award-winning New..."

June 20, 2013 Screens Post by R.U. Steinberg

Hey Freshman: IG Follows to Fast-Track Your Immersion in Austin Music

Under-21 and underground rave resources on Instagram

"...who promptly lost it at Barracuda (R.I.P.). A friendly bartender messaged my boyfriend: "Found this on the ground. I..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere*

Celebrating the premiere of 'Hey Bartender' in style

"...the others, thanks to the cast and crew of Hey Bartender celebrating their world premiere at Icenhauer's...."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Monica Riese

SXSW Film Reviews: 'Hey Bartender'

The rise of the craft cocktail

"...Hey BartenderDocumentary Feature Competition, World Premiere D: Douglas Tirola; with..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Andy Campbell

Five Films About Our Favorite Bartenders

To those that serve, we salute you

"...barrel, into the bottle, and finally down our throats. Hey Bartender (2013)..."

July 13, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Bad Santa

Billy Bob Thornton plays a thieving, degenerate Santa.

"...first words out of the mouth of Santa Claus? "Hey, can I get another drink down here?" The next..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Barista

Baristas compete for fame and glory, and the camera catches it all

"...documentaries about rarefied food and drink cultures. (See also: Hey Bartender, Somm, Kings of Pastry, and the exceptional Jiro..."

Nov. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Somm

Are sommeliers the "new rock stars of the food industry"?

"...out, Somm reveals, that’s what polite company says when they mean “smells like cat piss.”..."

June 28, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup

So much ado!

"...OK, not everybody can be from Austin (though once they visit, they usually want to stay). So what of..."

Jan. 31, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

TCB

Punk rock synchronized swimming and eating ribs with Snoop Dogg: What do people in other cities do for fun?

"...would have gladly done," e-mails singer/guitarist Kevin Russell, "but they were a bit surprised to find out we did..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Who Won the Cocktail Showdown at Hotel ZaZa?

Who combined spirited liquids the best to beat this murderous heat?

"...So, yeah, there was a seven-bartender Cocktail Showdown at Hotel ZaZa recently …..."

Aug. 17, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Doc Brewmaster Takes a Sip of the Heady World of Craft Beers

Douglas Tirola puts a human face on those labels in the liquor store

"...of those anonymous labels in the liquor store. Sure, they may only be "beer famous," but their stories are..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Matthew Monagle

Holiday Viewing: Bad Santa

Foul-mouthed fun for the holidays

"...first words out of the mouth of Santa Claus? “Hey, can I get another drink down here?”..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Record Reviews: Reissues

"...a la the Stooges and the Dictators. Therefore, once they emerged from a suburban California garage, energized by what..."

Dec. 8, 1995 Music Review

Down at the Jinn Mill

Austin's dirigo group prepare to premiere the best new play one could wish for

"...And he walks into a bar. And the bartender knows him...."

Feb. 18, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hot Line to Jesus

Edison's Speaking Phonograph

"...rolled out boxes of such beauty and style that they have become genuine collectors items: A restored Wurlitzer 1015,..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Calling the Shots

The women defining Austin's cocktail culture

"...from sitting at a bar and chatting with the bartender. I love watching them work, learning their style, and..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Fear & Loathing on the Inaugural Trail

One man's journey to the Bush inauguration confirms more than it denies.

"...the country think about this guy? Polls are what they are, but I prefer talking to individuals when I..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Features Feature by Michael Bolduc

That One Sad One

Second place

"...the Slow Down Lounge weren't glowing any brighter than they had been five minutes before, but the settling dusk..."

Feb. 17, 2006 Books Feature by Will Furgeson

Austin's Best New Restaurant DipDipDip Tatsu-ya Reinvents Shabu-Shabu

Feel free to double dip

"..."They found the bottom of the bottomless pit," my 10-year-old..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Liquid Black Licorice

Jägermeister and music go together like clubbing and hangovers

"...as a band, you can approach them and say, 'Hey, you into this?' We just signed our first worldwide..."

July 5, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

To drink or not to drink – for local thespians, no question

"...soused characters, work with blotto colleagues, and post-show pickling, they're, pardon the pun, loaded with yarns, both hilarious and..."

July 3, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Thanks, Canada

Blood-soaked nights on the road to punk rock with the Krum Bums

"...there's a good chance all their parents are related. They still look at us like we're from Mars. They..."

July 11, 2008 Music Feature by David Rodriguez

The Tenth Annual "Austin Chronicle' Short Story Contest Results

"...and then get extra-strong drinks from the hotel's Irish bartender. He talks our ears off about Yeats and Maude..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Books Feature

Eric Hisaw: Babe's, September 29

Descriptions of live shows

"...singer. Meanwhile, the pool balls kept clacking and the bartender kept straying from behind the bar; "paying dues" means..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...happen. So stop bellyaching and rejoice in tax cuts. They always stimulate the economy when combined with a responsible,..."

June 6, 2003 Column

The Copper Tank

"...13 Uh.... Can I get a beer, please? 18 Hey! Kool-Aid. 15 Even the music sucks here. 15 I..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Food Feature

Sxsw

"...Wolf demo should garner the band the belated attention they deserve, mostly because it captures the sonic weirdness and..."

March 14, 1997 Music Feature

Black Food Week’s Begun, Austin Restaurant Weeks Are On Their Way, There’s Canine Noms at Blue Lacy, Dollar Sales at Twin Liquors, a New Bar Boss at Watertrade, Local Pastures in South Austin, and Water, Water, Everywhere …

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...being with the company for more than three years, bartender Nadia Hernandez has been promoted to bar manager at..."

Aug. 24, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

It's Bowie's B-day!

"...Lesbutante and the Bo$$ for VIP upstairs with private bartender: Girls With Flair! Second Fridays, 9pm. Highland Lounge, 404..."

Jan. 8, 2016 Column by Kate X Messer

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