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Light’s Out
It’s been a busy week. The King’s Speech won the Academy Award, I had a tooth pulled and I almost bartended an entire shift via Braille. I kicked a broncular infection, spent three days in bed and got my girlfriend sick. I got to meet Marc Maron, eat a crab dip and still lost ten…
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Sick And Tired
The difference between a hang-over and being sick is that I’ve never negotiated with God when I was sick. Every flu, measles, chicken pox, broken bone, sprained limb, concussion, sore throat or black eye has been met with stoic strength. I have never begged or bargained with anybody but myself when I have sustained some…
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Fake Beer
“So, do you have real beer?” It’s a rare night that somebody doesn’t ask me this question. My standard response is and will always be: “All of my beer is real.” It’s a really annoying question because it discounts the quality products I’m selling and my ability to pour you the right drink from behind…
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Hunting Down A Drink
The bar mats are laid out, the backbar is set up, the bins are filled with ice and the fruit is cut. I am dressed in a clean, pressed dress shirt with a red and yellow tie smartly cinched to my neck under a black vest. I shaved earlier that day but the beginnings of…
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Tending At Sugarhouse Pub
The sap in the club conversed, Demanding service in verse. Not knowing what to drink, And unable to think, Clients like him are simply the worse. My favorite bar in Salt Lake City is Sugarhouse Pub. It is located at 1992 South 1100 East. It’s reasonably priced, close to our house and is one…
Ben Raskin 