Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Nikolas Zoylinos
Nikolas Zoylinos, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on balancing discipline with spontaneity, onstage and behind the bar.
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Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Christian Suzuki
Christian Suzuki, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on his "Atakai Project", a platform to amplify underserved voices.
Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: James Socci
James Socci, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on the power of myth and how to start a storytelling circle.
Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Emilio Salehi
Emilio Salehi, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, shares his beginner's guide to cocktail videography.
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Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Mark Tubridy
Mark Tubridy, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, on breaking down barriers to the creative process.
Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Keyatta Mincey-Parker
Keyatta Mincey-Parker, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, shares her tips on starting and tending a bartender's garden.
Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Derek Stilmann
Derek Stilmann, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, shares his tips on how to start fermenting beverages at home.
Most Imaginative Bartender Canvas Project: Maggie Morgan
Maggie Morgan, national finalist in the 2020 Most Imaginative Bartender Competition, shares her tips on how to collect art on a budget.
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Meet This Year’s Most Imaginative Bartender
Miami bartender Valentino Longo takes home the coveted title with his cocktail, The Decisive Moment, and earns a creative grant for Shoshin—a communal workspace for bartenders.
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This Is What Creativity Means to Marta Ess
The Toronto-based bartender on how a 25-year career in dance informs her approach to drinks, the one piece of advice she gives young bartenders and the recipe for her cocktail,…
This Is What Creativity Means to Emilio Salehi
The San Francisco bartender on how videography has shaped his approach to bartending, his hack for building complex flavor profiles and the recipe for his In Bokeh cocktail.
This Is What Creativity Means to Nikolas Zoylinos
The Austin-based bartender on balancing improvisation and structure, his globetrotting introduction to bartending and the recipe for his cocktail, Oops I Forgot My Line.
This Is What Creativity Means to James Socci
The Portland bartender on why storytelling is key to the human experience, imitating Oprah and the recipe for her Helen of Troy-inspired A Thousand Ships cocktail.
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This Is What Creativity Means to Mark Tubridy
The New York bartender on taking a musician’s approach to cocktails, the one album he’d listen to forever and the recipe for his Songbird cocktail.
This Is What Creativity Means to Maggie Morgan
The New Orleans bartender on the power of embracing imperfection, her monthly pop-up gallery and the recipe for her Rule of Thirds cocktail.
This Is What Creativity Means to David Yee
The Ohio–based bartender on his literary approach to bartending, the “aha!” moment at the core of great drinks and the recipe for his Short Story cocktail.
This Is What Creativity Means to Keyatta Mincey-Parker
The Atlanta bartender on the drinks that come to her in dreams, blending the flavors of West Africa and the American South and the recipe for her Eve’s Pot Liquor…
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Meet the Most Imaginative Bartender National Finalists
The 12 bartenders from the U.S. and Canada advancing to the MIB national finals.
Meet the Most Imaginative Bartender Finalists: East
The four bartenders from the East advancing to the Most Imaginative Bartender national finals.
Meet the Most Imaginative Bartender Finalists: Central
The four bartenders from Central advancing to compete in the Most Imaginative Bartender national finals in Chicago in 2020.
Meet the Most Imaginative Bartender Finalists: West
The four bartenders from the West advancing to the Most Imaginative Bartender national finals.
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Meet the 2019 Most Imaginative Bartender Regional Finalists
Say hello to the 36 bartenders from U.S. and Canada advancing to regionals in Portland, Nashville and Philadelphia.
Inside Carley Gaskin’s Creative Toolkit
Five things that inspire the Chicago bartender.
Inside Ran Duan’s Creative Toolkit
Five things that inspire the Boston bartender.