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What would your favorite bar be like without your favorite bartender? You can't have Cheers without Woody, Sam, Carla or Rebecca, and you certainly can't have your local watering-hole without those special drink fillers. Knowing this, we've decided to feature a different local bartender each week and share who they are with you.
So, grab your glass, fill it up, and let's toast this week's bartender of choice:
Roxy, from The Lodge
Hometown: Tampa, FL
How long have you worked at The Lodge?
Since it opened in January
Have you bartended anywhere else?
Yes, at Cicci & Tony
What is the most requested drink?
Grandma Sweet tea aka sweet tea vodka and water
What is your favorite drink to drink?
Skinny Bitch Margarita aka Patron on the Rocks
Where did you learn to bartend?
I learned from the bottom up, server and then bartender and then I enjoyed making drinks. I learned everything hands on.
What’s your biggest pet peeve with bar-goers?
When they ask how much a drink is before they order it. Then they order the cheapest drink on the menu.
What do you like most about bartending?
I love meeting and interacting with so many different people.
Who is that one regular that can always make your day, even when you’re having a bad day?
That would have to be Rick!!!! He comes in every single day and on Fridays he comes in during our happy hours and then comes back to dance the night away. He might walk out without paying his bar tab, but he will always come back the next day and ask for his tab that he forgot to pay. The best thing of all he is never in a bad mood and never complains.
What’s the craziest experience you’ve had while working?
A group of foreigners came in on a Monday when the bar was really slow and got so drunk that they were dancing on our tables. Later on we found out they were from Denmark =)
What do you like to do when you’re not bartending?
I love going to the beach when it’s really nice outside. I rarely go out to night clubs because I am always surrounded by them. I enjoy my free time and do “me things”
What are your plans for the future?
I’m going back to school (USF) and want to get my masters in psychology. I want to get into the mental health and counseling field, because being a bartender you see a lot of people and in a way you becoming their counselor. I become their release point, people will open up to me and tell me everything.
If you could tell customers anything you wanted, what would it be?
“Try this.” I’m a very positive person and I like to give positive feedback. I want to see my customers happy.
What was your first concert?
Debbie Gibson and that was when I was 8 years old.
Any movies you’ve been dying to see?
I just saw the movie I have been dying to see about 3 weeks ago, Dark Knight.
Who is your number 1 preset station in your car?
I rarely listen to radio. I always have my IPod hooked up.
What bars or nightclubs do you like to go out to in Tampa Bay?
Hula Bay, Caddy’s, The Kennedy, and Hyde Park Cafe
Tell Metromix something that not many people know about you?
I have a stripper pole in my house
If you could be in anyone shoes for a day who would it be?
Angelina Jolie. She has made so many changes in her life. She has lived one way and now lives another and being so intrigued with the psychology of the person, I would like to know why she made those changes in her life.
If you are what you eat, what would you be?
String Cheese
Do you have any websites / MySpace / Facebook where we can find you?
You can look me up in Facebook Lodge Lady and add our Facebook for the Lodge under Lodge Tampa.
