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Who | Chris Vola
Where | New York, NY, USA
Current Bar | Little Branch
Past Bar(s) | Middle Branch, Silver Lining
Favourite Spirit | Whiskey
Favourite Juice | Pineapple
Favourite Classic Cocktail | Dark & Stormy
Favourite Part of the Job | Working alongside so many amazingly creative and fun people
Favourite After Work Drink | Fernet – neat
Favourite at Home Drink | Anything whiskey or rum-based
Favourite bar in the world | Little Branch
Best known for | Pour One Out: Cocktail Odes to TV’s Dearly Departed
Favourite “at work” memory | Surviving my first bar shift without injuring myself or any guests
What do you collect? Books
Favourite thing about your city? The ability to purchase a bacon egg & cheese sandwich at 4am
What was the last photo that you took? A cocktail I created at my apartment
Where is one place that you have never been but would like to travel to? New Zealand
Any claims to fame? Author of Pour One Out: Cocktail Odes to TV’s Most Dearly Departed (Morrow Gift/HarperCollins, 2019) and the forthcoming It’s a Holiday Somewhere (Countryman Press, 2022)
Prosecco or Cava? Prosecco
Angostura or Peychaud’s? Angostura
Singapore or San Francisco? San Francisco
Grapefruit or Pineapple? Pineapple
Are you available for freelance gigs? Yes
Find them: Instagram | Website
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