Jeff Pool - Circuit Night Club, 2.02 21 years bartending 1. Who's your favorite bartender? RITA, SHE WAS ONE OF THE FEW BARTENDER'S I WOULD PLACE ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL...SHE WILL BE MISSED. 2. Do you prefer piercing or tattoos? TATTOOS...I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH HOLES IN OUR BODY THAT JUST DON'T GET FILLED ENOUGH. 3. Who is your favorite DJ? LARRY FOX (DJ FROM THE OLD CAROL'S SPEAKEASY) DJ MARK HULTMARK (DJ FROM VORTEX/FUSION) PLUS MANY OTHER LOCAL DJ TALENT. 4. What is your specialty drink? I HAVE TWO: "PURPLE HOOTER & LEMON DROPS 5. What was your favorite bartending gig? FRIDAY'S AT CAROL'S SPEAKEASY, THE VIDEO BAR AT CHRISTOPHER STREET, AND CROBAR SUNDAYS BEFORE THEY REMODELED. 6. What was your strangest drink request? TEQUILLA & PICKLE JUICE 7. Is this a means to an end or an end? IT'S NEVER THE END, THE ONLY WAY TO ENJOY LIFE IS TO CREATE GOALS AND THEN MEET THEM, AND START CREATING NEW GOALS - ONE DAY I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN MY OWN BAR. 8. What irritates you as a bartender? WHEN PEOPLE ORDER ONE DRINK AND WAITS UNTIL I FINISH MAKING IT, THEN ORDERS A SECOND DRINK, WAITS UNTIL I FINISH MAKING THAT DRINK, AND WAITS AGAIN TO ORDER A THIRD.     Stuart Geggie - Big Chick's 11 years bartending 1. What is your specialty drink? The STUGARITA!! I use El Tesoro Anejo Tequila, Grand Marnier, sour mix, Rose's lime juice, Sprite, and orange juice. Then I add a touch of Love and lots of fresh squeezed lime and lemon juices. Shake with ice and pour into a salted rim glass. 2. Martini: shaken or stirred? Shaken so hard that there are tiny ice crystals in the first few sips.   3. Who is your favorite DJ? Greg Haus at Berlin. Holla!! 4. What irritates you as a bartender? Customers that repeatedly don't have their money ready to pay you. 5. How do you seduce your customers? The Sexiest Forearms of the Night Contest! I have already said too much.... 6. Where is your favorite place to go for a cocktail? This is a tough question, because it depends on my mood. I love The Matchbox (on Elston and Milwaukee) for their Margaritas, the bar at Flo Restaurant (on Chicago Avenue) for hanging out with my friend Anita. If you want to dazzle your out-of-town guests with a great room, check out "9" (on Randolph Street) for cocktails and dinner. 7. Is bartending a means to an end or an end? Everything in life is a means to an end. 8. Do you prefer piercing or tattoos? I have neither, but I like both!     Johnathin Florida - Boom Boom Room 17 years bartending 1. What is your specialty drink? Adios Mothafucka. 2. Martini: shaken or stirred? Shaken. 3. Who is your favorite DJ? Ralphi Rosario,Timmy Loop. 4. What irritates you as a bartender? People who pretend to not know about tipping. 5. What is or was your favorite bartending gig? BoomBoom Room Monday Nights. 6. Who's your favorite bartender? Linda Little from Pepper Lounge.   7. Where is your favorite place to go for a cocktail? Cocktail on Halsted. 8. Do you prefer piercing or tattoos? Tatoos     Michael - Cocktail 1. What irritates you as a bartender? People who take a drink order after getting up to the bar... they've waited in line for enough time to have already chosen. Also, people holding up the line and those people that insist my name is "HEY YOU!" I see you, I'll get there as soon as I can, promise! Kisses! 2. Did you go to bartending school? No I come from a family of alcoholics, I'm a hands on learner. 3. What's your specialty drink? I make a mean Miller Lite.... or Oatmeal Cookies. 4. How do you seduce your customers? Why what have you heard, they're all lies. 5. Who is your favorite barfly? Toss up between Scott from Harpo, and Crazy Chip, those boys manage to hit every bar in a night. 6. Who is your favorite DJ? The girl from Full House... oh... you mean disc jockey? All my music masters. 7. Boxers, briefs or commandos? All three.... at the same time. (Hee hee) 8. Do you prefer piercing or tattoos? Tatoos because I can't chip my teeth on a tattoo. Tattoos are edgy... edgy is good.     Philip - Crobar Chicago 14 years bartending 1. Martini: shaken or stirred? Shaken until your fingers stick! 2. Who is your favorite barfly? Mae West. 3. What was your biggest tip? A hotel room key. 4. What irritates you as a bartender? That we are perceived as Gods... That's ridiculous, we are merely his disciples. 5. Who is your favorite DJ? This is a hard question. They are all so fabulous... just ask them. 6. How do you seduce your customers? Phermones. 7. What is or was your favorite bartending gig? Crobar Sunday ight... GLEE Club 8. What was your strangest drink request? Hydrocodone... Is that a drink??     Madrid St. Angelo - Innjoy 22 years bartending 1. What is or was your favorite bartending gig? Bartending in the MIchael Todd room at the Palladium in NYC 1986-1987. 2. piercing or tattoos? Tattoos 3. What was your biggest tip? My favorite tip was front row tickets to see Liza Minnelli at Carnegie Hall in the 80's. 4. What was your strangest drink request? Scotch and Milk...a fovorite amongst the old toothless fags, it's easy on the liver I hear. 5. Who is your favorite DJ? I'll always love Steve Hurley...but love Lego and really dig the dj stylings of Peaches. 6. What irritates you as a bartender? Unfortunately, there are a lot of idiots out there....most irritating things... people that come up to the bar desperately trying to order drinks and when you get to them, they turn to their friends and ask them what they want.... NO, it doesn't work like that, you should come to the bar already knowing what you want to order and if the bar is busy... have your damn money in your hand! Nothing gets a bartenders attention than money in hand or a really hot guy that you've just got to talk to! 7. How do you seduce your customers? It's all in the eyes...and in my killer smile. 8. Where is your favorite place to go for a cocktail? I really like Elm Street Liquors. Also,the bar at the Soffitel Hotel.     Victoria " Pickles" - The Generator 25 years bartending   1. What is your specialty drink? A Hot Tamale. 2. What was your biggest tip? A plane ticket. 3. Martini: shaken or stirred? Shaken. 4. Who is your favorite DJ? DJ Anton. 5. What irritates you as a bartender? When People Ask: "Can I have a cup of water?" 6. What is or was your favorite bartending gig? Augie & C.K's 7. How do you seduce your customers? With my breasts.   8. Where is your favorite place to go for a cocktail? The Closet 9. Who is your favorite barfly? Damian     Kaari Westgaard - Minibar 2.5 years bartending 1. What irritates you as a bartender? Rudeness and a 25¢ tip!  Keep it! 2. Did you go to bartending school? No, do people really do that? 3. Granny panties, thongs, or commando? Never, EVER granny panties! Only thongs. 4. What is your specialty drink and what type of liquor is in it? Key Lime Martini, with vanilla vodka, Liquor 43, lime & pineapple juice, splash of cream. 5. Is bartending a means to an end or an end? It started as a means to an end, but it's been such a great experience... who knows? 6. Do you prefer piercing or tattoos? Piercing, they are removable. 7. Who is your favorite bartender and where do they work at? Linda Little at Pepper Lounge makes a mean dirty martini!     Angela Johnson - Prop House 5 years bartending 1. What is your specialty drink? Red Apple. It contains Red Passion Alize, Seagram's Apple Vodka, Apple Pucker and Orange Juice. It must be shaken and garnished with an apple flavored Jolly Rancher Sucker. 2. What was your strangest tip? I got a love poem that was written on a napkin folded into a flower. 3. What was your strangest drink request? A 40 ounce of Mad Dog 20/20. 4. What irritates you as a bartender? Guys who think a big tip equals your phone number. 5. Where is your favorite place to go for a cocktail? Any place where hot guys are and where they have Patron. 6. Who is your favorite barfly? My play brother Emil, he always keeps me smiling. 7. Do you prefer piercing or tattoos? Love tattoos but prefer piercing I'm afraid of the pain. 8. Granny panties, thongs, or commando? I guess mom won't be reading this sexy thongs!