Take a peek behind the hospitality industry curtain with hosts Jeff Burkhart (Marin IJ’s Barfly; Best Column in California, 2021) and Kevin Blum (editor for the Marin County entertainment portal: the Marin Dish) as they are joined by industry professionals (chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs), and the media professionals who cover them - columnists, editors, influencers. Live, learn, and laugh your way through each episode. (As seen in Marin Magazine, Local Getaways, and the NY Times!).
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Season Six: 2025 Year End Round up with Leanne Battelle and Daedalus Howell (00:35:22)
Send us a text Leanne Battelle (Marin IJ food writer and editor at The Real Deal Marin) and Daedalus Howell (editor of the Pacific Sun/Bohemian and host of The Drive on Wine Country Radio 95.5 FM) join us to talk about the state of the restaurant business in Marin at the end of 2025.
Season Six: Lou Lesko, author/director/photographer and writing partner in Tale of a Barfly (00:20:11)
Send us a text We welcome Lou Lesko, the man behind the scenes at "Tale of a Barfly," our dramatic collaboration at the Marin Civic Center's Showcase Theater on Nov. 20
Season Six: Larry Mindel and Steve Reinertsen, authors of Mindel's new memoir "Lorenzo" (00:21:09)
Send us a text We welcome Larry Mindel and his son-in-law Steve Reinertsen to talk about the restaurant business in general, and the new memoir "Lorenzo: the restaurateur who revolutionized an industry" in particular.
Season Six: Rob Lightner of East Brother Beer Co. and Tam Tavern (00:22:18)
Send us a text Rob Lightner, one of the co-founders of East Brother Beer Co., joins us to talk beer, and their two brand new locations: Tam Tavern in Mill Valley and a taproom at the Metreon in SF.
Season Six: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine (00:27:43)
Send us a text Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine join us to talk Best of Marin, parties and publishing
Season Six: Chris McCarthy, the "Mac" in Mac's 19 Broadway (00:16:14)
Send us a text We welcome longtime bartender, Chris McCarthy to the show. 43 years in the industry and now the re-owner of 19 Broadway in Fairfax.
Season Six: Brendan Moylan, award winning brewer, award winning distiller (00:23:51)
Send us a text Legendary restaurateur, Brendan Moylan (Marin Brew Co., Noonan's, Moylan's Brewery and Restaurant) joins us to talk about transitioning from brewing to distilling
Barfly Podcast: Sean Saylor of Sausalito's Saylor's Landing and Saylor's Restaurant and Bar (00:16:23)
Send us a text We welcome Sean Saylor, former owner of Saylor's Restaurant and Bar in Sausalito to discuss why a quarter century of owning his own restaurant was enough for him.
Send us a text We catch up with multitasker extraordinaire, Erin Hines, Beverage Director at both Guesthouse and Mijo in Marin, and the proprietor of Bitter Girl Bitters
Season Finale: with Daedalus Howell of the Pac Sun and Leanne Battelle of the Marin IJ (00:26:18)
Send us a text For our Season Five Finale, we welcome Leanne Battelle, the restaurant review writer for the Marin Independent Journal (and the editor of the Real Deal Marin website) and Daedalus Howell, the editor of the Pacific Sun (and Bohemian) for a lively discussion on the state of the restaurant business
Season Five: Damon Boelte, brand manager for King Floyd's bitters and the owner of Brooklyn's Grand Army bar (00:18:45)
Send us a text We welcome Damon Boelte, the owner of the award-winning Downtown Brooklyn cocktail bar, Grand Army, as well as the host of the acclaimed radio show, The Speakeasy, which recently won the award for Best Broadcast from Tales of the Cocktail, to talk about cocktail competitions.
Season Five: Jason Sims, managing partner of the new Corner Bar in Mill Valley (00:16:19)
Send us a textWe welcome back to the program well-traveled Marin mixologist Jason Sims, who is not only Bungalow 44's longtime managing partner, but now also the managing partner of the newly opened Corner Bar in Mill Valley
Season Five: Alex Tarantino, the new General Manager of the iconic Buckeye Roadhouse (00:24:20)
Send us a text We chat with Alex Tarantino, the first new GM at the Buckeye Roadhouse in over a quarter century about what it means to take over a legacy restaurant.
Season Five: Jonas Alt, Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater nightclub (00:19:41)
Send us a textFor our first live music venue guest, we welcome Jonas Alt the Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater Nightclub in Mill Valley
Season Five: Scott Beattie, cocktail pioneer and bar consultant at Watershed (00:27:19)
Send us a textWe welcome Scott Beattie, the author of 2008’s “Artisanal Cocktails: Drinks Inspired by the Seasons from the Bar at Cyrus” and is the man behind the bar programs at Barndiva, Goose and Gander, Spoonbar, Meadowood, and Hog Island in San Francisco, and now Watershed in Mill Valley.
Season Five: Chef Heidi Krahling of Insalata's and the SOUPer Food Kitchen, Part Two (00:23:13)
Send us a textWe welcome back Chef Heidi Krahling to talk about keeping hospitality part of the Hospitality Industry.
Season Five: Chef Heidi Krahling of Insalata's, Part One (00:17:22)
Send us a textChef Heidi Krahling joins us to talk about giving back to the community with food through the organizations: Great Chefs and Wineries benefiting Lifehouse, Extra Food, and her newest venture SOUPer Kitchen.
Season Five: Johnny Love and Duncan Wedderburn of San Rafael's Ranch Water (00:14:18)
Send us a textLegendary SF barman Johnny Love (Metheny) and his partner, Duncan Wedderburn of San Rafael's Ranch Water, join us to talk about their journey to Marin County
Season Five: David Macpherson, hospitality industry attorney (00:23:57)
Send us a textLongtime hospitality industry attorney David Macpherson joins us to discuss general liability as it pertains to onsale liquor establishments. Hint: insurance, insurance, insurance. Opinions expressed are solely opinions. Always consult your own attorney for legal advice
Season Five: Sam Levy, bar consultant for Nick's Cove (00:16:40)
Send us a textWe chat all things liquid with Sam Levy, Fern Bar's operating partner, former bar manager at the (once) 3 Michelin starred The Restaurant at Meadowood and current bar consultant at the newly revamped Nick's Cove
Season Five: Scott Jampol, founder of the Sausalito Liquor Company (00:19:31)
Send us a textWe welcome hospitality vet Scott Jampol (Open Table, Sausalito Cruising Club) to talk about the launch of the Sausalito Liquor Company which features two whiskeys and a gin.
Season Five: Dan Jewett, Marin Living Co-founder and Editorial and Operations Director (00:22:32)
Send us a textWe discus all things Marin with Dan Jewett, Marin Living magazine editor and co-author of the Counting Crows 1994 hit "Round Here."
Season Five: GM Kevin Cabrey and Chef Sylvain Montassier of Paseo: A California Bistro (00:22:31)
Send us a textPaseo: A California Bistro is open, and celebrating 75 years of great wine, food and cocktails under the name Paseo in Mill Valley
Season Five: Benson Wang co-founder of Palm House Hospitality (00:21:32)
Send us a textWe explore different ways to look at the restaurant business with Benson Wang the co-founder of Palm House Hospitality, which owns and operates the Palm House and the Dorian in SF, and the Flamingo Resort and Nick's Cove in the North Bay
Season Five: Colleen Bidwill: the Marin IJ's Calendar Editor, Asst. Lifestyles Editor and Reporter (00:16:29)
Send us a textWe welcome Colleen Bidwill, the Marin IJ's Events Calendar Editor/Asst. Lifestyles Editor and reporter, to get her take on the busiest events year ever, post pandemic.
