Joshua David Stein is a New York-based journalist, author, food critic, and editor. Do you like food? Do you like movies? Do you like movies about food? If you answered yes to any of those questions, ...

I’m going to buy “Hey Bartender” on Bluray when it comes out. The movie is a beautiful celebration of the service industry at its peak, with shots capturing some of America’s best bars crafting their ...

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Watching the documentary Hey Bartender is like spending a night at a good bar: It’s fun, easygoing, and it lasts just a little longer than it should. And the conversation, while delightful in the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The drinks and their consumption look mighty glamorous in “Hey Bartender,” Douglas Tirola’s tidy and ingratiating documentary ode to high-end mixologists.

Douglas Tirola’s “Hey Bartender” — which had its world premiere at SXSW — was picked up by 4th Row Films for a June 7th release both in theaters and on demand. 4th Row Films said they have pre-booked ...

Steve Schneider once envisioned himself retiring from the Marine Corps with medals, battle scars and war stories to tell the kids and grandkids. While an accident ended that career, he has plenty of ...

As the movie heads into wide release, we chatted with Tirola about why he opted to tell the story of this community, what he was trying to capture, and how making a movie about bartending changed the ...

"Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and they're always glad you came. You wanna be where you can see our troubles are all the same. You wanna be where everybody knows your name.

Hey, Bartender! When should a bartender stop serving someone? In the first installment of “Hey, Bartender” we talked about the best way to get served in a bar. This week let’s talk about what gets you ...