Look at You: Chris Cardone, IL Buco Alimentari & Vineria, NY, USA
Look at You:
Chris Cardone, Ronkonkoma, NY, USA
Bar/Restaurant where you work:
IL Buco Alimentari & Vineria, NY, USA
What’s the best thing you learned at high school?
How to be myself
What’s your favorite non-bartender-related book?
Fight Club
Name your favorite brand name
Tequila: Cabeza Blanco
Vodka: Aylesbury Duck
Scotch: Bowmore 15-year-old Single Malt
Brandy: Hennessy Paradis (when someone is willing to buy it for me)
Bourbon: Johnny Drum
Rye: Good old Rittenhouse 100
Gin: Tanqueray 10
Mezcal: Del Maguey Tobola
Rum: Cana Brava
Liqueur: Green Chartreuse
Soda: Lurisa Tonico
What’s your favorite non-alcoholic drink?
A non-alcoholic Pina Colada, (yup, I admit it)
If you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?
A Lion, obviously.
Tell us something that very few people know about you:
I love to travel, but I’m terrified of flying and I get home sick really fast
Wanna add something?
There is way too much politics involved in the bar business these days. We as a community need to worry less about the liquor brands, brand ambassadors, industry publications and social media and worry more about the guest’s experiences.