Category Archives: Bartender Crush

Bartender Crush: Kiki Robinson

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Brooklyn

Name: Kiki Robinson

Where: Cafe Presse

Buy Her A Shot Of: Fernet

Ask Her To Make You A: “Kiki”–it’s my signature cocktail here at Presse. It’s Averna, lemon, and champagne.

What She’s Doing When She’s Not At The Bar: Performing burlesque and with the Hill Rat Fly Girls. I’m also taking a French class right now. Also, running and doing yoga–I’m obsessed!

Words To Live By: “The higher the hair, the closer to God.” –Dolly Parton

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Bartender Crush: Matty P.

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Seattle Peach

Name: Matthew “Matty” Pruett

Where: Captain Blacks (and sometimes the Showbox)

Buy Him A Shot Of: Wild Turkey Rye–I’m a rye whiskey fan.

Ask Him To Make You A: Habeñero Margarita

What He’s Doing When He’s Not At The Bar: Typically either snowboarding or at the practice space playing music. My country band (Shakey Blankets) is getting ready to record up in Bellingham. Our buddy’s got a studio in an old converted barn up there.

Words To Live By: “I wouldn’t be part of any organization that would have me as a member.” –Groucho Marx

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Bartender Crush: Dan Lunan

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Seattle Peach

Name: Dan Lunan

Where: 95 Slide

Buy Him A Shot Of: Hornitos with a pineapple back.

Ask Him To Make You A: Manhattan

What He’s Not Doing When He’s Not At The Bar: If I’m not at another bar, I’m often at home. I do nerdy stuff–I do Magic the Gathering, clean my rifle, and small electronics projects, like sodering a mother board. I made a robot mouse last week. I read a lot.

Words To Live By: “Should you gaze too long into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you.” Neitzche

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Bartender Crush: Cassidy Gonzales

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Seattle Peach

Name: Cassidy Gonzales

Where to find him: Moe Bar/ Neumos/ Barboza

Buy him a shot of: Chilled Fernet

Ask him to make you a: Hot Charlotte

What he’s doing when he’s not at the bar: Playing music. I play in this band Nightmare Fortress that apparently Seattle Peach thinks is pretty cool. Fog machines smell like a show to me, at this point. Working all the time–I work at Sub Pop Records during the day. When I’m not doing that I’m playing bored games. I like being anywhere but Capitol Hill.

Words to live by: The most important thing in life is to be yourself. Unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.

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New Column!! Bartender Crush

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Seattle Peach

Name: Jon “Sexy Jon” Madrigal

Where to find him: Manhattan Drugs & the Social

Ask him to make you a: Corpse Reviver #2

Buy him a shot of: Fireball–it’s so cliche but it’s too tasty.

What he’s doing when he’s not at the bar: I go hiking a lot and bouldering. I fall of of cliffs sometimes. I play a lot of board games, help my roommate brew beer. We have a salad garden in the backyard right now. I take pictures, and sometimes I make cool shit like a disco birthday crown, or a camera obscura or last spring I made a coffee table. You know…stuff.

Words to live by: Everything essential is invisible to the eye.

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