Ben Raskin

Category: Bar Life

  • Sundance & Outdoor Retailers

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    He is a lot smaller than I thought. Robin Williams was heading southbound on Main Street in Park City Utah three years ago when I intercepted him. In a rare moment of being calm and collected, I simply reached out my hand and said that I loved The Fisher King. He shook hands with me…

  • Put Down The Gyro

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    DUI MATH: Eating a gyro while driving down a freeway at 73-mph is equivalent to being drunk on seven beers. I was speeding down I-215 with my knees steering the truck while I was trying to unwrap the tightest gyro this side of Greece. I was struggling with keeping the tzatziki sauce off my new…

  • The DABC Review Review

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    They weren’t just preaching to the choir. They were preaching to the pulpit, alter and the organist. Tuesday’s DABC review held at the downtown library was a mixed bag. Well, they were a mixed bag if you consider which type of Subaru or Prius they drove for the open meeting to discuss recommendations for the…

  • And Dudley Moore Wept…

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    At the end of the night there were fewer bodies on the ground at Antietam than at Keys On Main for last call. It looked like a confetti bomb exploded in the club and the only thing that survived in the wake of destruction were the designated drivers and the already shattered Mormons. The bar…

  • Rattlesnake Redux: 5 Worst Ways Bartenders Treat Their Customers

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    You know you have problems when the last thing you see and the first thing you check in the morning is your Twitter account. My recent bout with laryngitis brought me to the doctor who is forcing me to stop eating fatty and spicy foods and drinking alcohol if I want to stop speaking like…