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:

Amanda, from The Bishop
Hometown: Wyoming

How long have you worked at The Bishop?
Over a year

 

Have you bartended anywhere else?
I also worked for Ferg’s and Undertow

 

What is the most requested drink?
Johnny Vegas and Jager Bombs

 

What is your favorite drink to drink?
Stoli & Soda

 

Where did you learn to bartend?
I worked my way up from the bottom, starting by bussing tables to serving tables, to a cocktail server and the bartender.  You can say that I know every position in the bar

 

What’s your biggest pet peeve with bar-goers?
When people ask for drink prices and then order the cheapest one

 

What do you like most about bartending?
It’s fun and you meet a lot of great people and for me this job is very stress free

 

Who is that one regular that can always make your day, even when you’re having a bad day?
A lot of people make my day but I get most excited to see my roommate

 

What’s the craziest experience you’ve had while working?
When I was working the World Series at Ferg’s

 

What do you like to do when you’re not bartending?
I love to go to the beach and play golf

 

What are your plans for the future?
I don’t know yet because I still haven’t grown up just yet

 

If you could tell customers anything you wanted, what would it be?
I’m pretty vocal and people that come in get to know me on every level and there is nothing that I hide.  I’m mostly a really positive person

 

What was your first concert?
Tim McGraw

 

Any movies you’ve been dying to see?
I was dying to see the Hang Over but I’m glad that I got to see it last week

 

Who is your number one preset radio station in your car?
933 FLZ and 97.1

 

What bars or nightclubs do you like to go out to in Tampa Bay?
Undertow, The Bishop and Drunken Calm

 

Tell Metromix something that not many people know about you?
I am a member of the NRA (remember where I am from) ?

 

If you could be in anyone shoes for a day who would it be?
No one because I am happy being me

 

If you are what you eat, what would you be?
Chicken!!!! By the way I just had some chicken for lunch

 

Do you have any websites / MySpace / FaceBook where we can find you?
www.myspace.com/bishoptavern