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:

Stephanie, from Blue Martini
Hometown: Tampa, FL

How long have you worked at Blue Martini?
4 1/2 years 

 

Have you bartended anywhere else?
Skybar in Los Angeles

 

What is the most requested drink?
Apple Martini

 

What is your favorite drink to drink?
Blueberry Vodka and Red Blue...also Silver Patron

 

Where did you learn to bartend?
Skybar

 

What’s your biggest pet peeve with bar-goers?
Bad Tippers

 

What do you like most about bartending?
Talking to people and making them smile.

 

Do you know any bar tricks?
No, but I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue.

 

Has anyone ever asked you for a martini ‘shaken not stirred?’
Yes

 

What’s the craziest experience you’ve had while working?
A man stripped naked and jumped up and down.

 

What do you like to do when you’re not bartending?
Go to the beach.

 

What do you want to do in the future?
Be a personal trainer.

 

If you could tell customers anything you wanted, what would it be?
Vote for Obama.

Side-bar: 

What was your first concert? New Kids on the Block

Any movies you’ve been dying to see? Batman-Dark Night

Cocktail or Coyote Ugly? Cocktail

Best Tip Ever? $2 grand

Favorite Body Part to work out? Gluteus Maximus aka “the booty” 

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