Posts Tagged ‘Harry’s New York Bar’

LAST CALL PODCAST: IT IS AVAILABLE ON APPLE, SPOTIFY, RSS AND MORE!

“Last Call” is Richard’s podcast on the stories behind the places where everybody knows your name. It’s a chance to soak up the ambiance of the world’s greatest watering holes without leaving your home. Listen to the series on Apple, Spotify or find out more HERE!

LAST CALL PODCAST EP. 1: Return me to Harry’s Bar, 5 Daunou.

On this episode of “Last Call with Richard Crouse” we visit Paris and James Bond’s favourite bar. The home of the Bloody Mary and “An American in Paris,” Harry’s New York Bar at 5, Rue Daunou, is one of the world’s most legendary cocktail bars. With the help of cocktail historians Jared Brown and Anistatia Miller of Mixellany, Richard traces the history of the bar where real life “International Bar Flies” like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Coco Chanel, Humphrey Bogart, Edward VIII and George Gershwin all bent elbows. Join us for a story of a disgraced sport superstar, cocktails, and a New Year’s Eve wild goose chase around Paris.

Listen to the whole thing HERE!

NEWSTALK 1010: “LAST CALL” PODCAST ON THE JERRY AGAR SHOW!

Richard joins NewsTalk 1010 host Jerry Agar to talk about “Last Call,” a weekly podcast on the stories behind the places where everybody knows your name. Since we can’t go out and have a drink, this is the next best thing!

Listen to the whole thing HERE!

 

IT’S 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE: HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT BLOODY MARY!

Welcome to episode one of “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere,” a new web series where you can learn to make perfect cocktails. Today, the classic “hair of the dog” drink, the Bloody Mary!

I am Canadian, so that means at brunch I should be ordering Bloody Caesars… and I used to drink them until I met Manny Aguirre and his magic cocktail spoon. He spent decades behind the bar at Musso and Frank on Hollywood Boulevard, serving drinks to everyone from William Faulkner who would mix his own mint juleps at the bar, to Steve McQueen who used to throw back Löwenbräu there. Manny told me his favorite customers were Bette Davis and Lucille Ball, but, he said, “Just because they’re famous doesn’t mean they get any special treatment, I take care of everyone the same way.”

He’s the man that introduced me to the joys of a Bloody Mary. I was a bartender for 17 years and even with all that practice I’ve never been able to exactly replicate the nuance and beauty of his Bloody Marys… but today I’m going to try.

Take some time to join me because… it’s five o’clock somewhere!

Watch the whole thing on YouTube HERE! Or on ctvnews.ca HERE!