Podcast
Barfly Podcast
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!).
- Episodes
- 111
- Releases
- Monthly
- Typical length
- 22 min
- On air since
- 2018
- Latest episode
- 1 month ago
Episodes
111 episodes, newest first
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28 min
Season Six: Beau Blanchard of the Mill Valley Film Festival
Season 6, Episode 13
Show notes
Beau Blanchard, Associate Director of Institutional Giving at the California Film Institute, joins us to talk about the Mill Valley Film Festival and its impact on local hospitality
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22 min
Season Six: Rip Hunter, Pioneer of the Sausalito Whiskey Trail
Season 6, Episode 12
Show notes
We welcome Sausalito Historical Society Board Member Rip Hunter to talk about his new Sausalito Whiskey Trail App or iPhones, which takes the user on a cultural tour of Sausalito with whiskey!
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25 min
Season Six: Kenneth Andresen, manager of Sausalito's new Lighthouse Bar and Grill
Season 6, Episode 11
Show notes
We are joined by Kenneth Andresen, manager of the new Lighthouse Bar and Grill in Sausalito to discuss the 21-month journey to get to opening of the new location. Andresen also manages the Lighthouse Bar and Grill at Harbor Point, and the Andresen family owns both of the Lighthouse Cafes; in Mill Valley and in Corte Madera.
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24 min
Season Six: Carrie Peters, the founder and CEO (and fixer) of the ABC License Company
Season 6, Episode 10
Show notes
We welcome Carrie Peters the founder and CEO (and fixer) of ABC License Co. to discuss the trials and tribulations of getting a liquor license.
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22 min
Season Six: Max Perry, the new co-owner of the Silver Peso
Season 6, Episode 10
Show notes
We welcome Max Perry, one of the two new local co-owners of the Silver Peso in Larkspur to talk about the impending return of the Peso. Perry and his partner Conor Flaherty are also partners in Tiburon's Sam's Anchor Cafe.
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35 min
Season Six: 2025 Year End Round up with Leanne Battelle and Daedalus Howell
Season 6, Episode 9
Show notes
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.
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20 min
Season Six: Lou Lesko, author/director/photographer and writing partner in Tale of a Barfly
Season 6, Episode 8
Show notes
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
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21 min
Season Six: Larry Mindel and Steve Reinertsen, authors of Mindel's new memoir "Lorenzo"
Season 6, Episode 7
Show notes
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.
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22 min
Season Six: Rob Lightner of East Brother Beer Co. and Tam Tavern
Season 6, Episode 6
Show notes
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.
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28 min
Season Six: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine
Season 6, Episode 5
Show notes
Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine join us to talk Best of Marin, parties and publishing
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16 min
Season Six: Chris McCarthy, the "Mac" in Mac's 19 Broadway
Season 6, Episode 4
Show notes
We welcome longtime bartender, Chris McCarthy to the show. 43 years in the industry and now the re-owner of 19 Broadway in Fairfax.
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24 min
Season Six: Brendan Moylan, award winning brewer, award winning distiller
Season 6, Episode 3
Show notes
Legendary restaurateur, Brendan Moylan (Marin Brew Co., Noonan's, Moylan's Brewery and Restaurant) joins us to talk about transitioning from brewing to distilling
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16 min
Barfly Podcast: Sean Saylor of Sausalito's Saylor's Landing and Saylor's Restaurant and Bar
Season 6, Episode 2
Show notes
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.
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20 min
Barfly Podcast: Erin Hines, Bitter Girl Bitters, Mijo and Guesthouse
Season 6, Episode 1
Show notes
We catch up with multitasker extraordinaire, Erin Hines, Beverage Director at both Guesthouse and Mijo in Marin, and the proprietor of Bitter Girl Bitters
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26 min
Season Finale: with Daedalus Howell of the Pac Sun and Leanne Battelle of the Marin IJ
Season 5, Episode 19
Show notes
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
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19 min
Season Five: Damon Boelte, brand manager for King Floyd's bitters and the owner of Brooklyn's Grand Army bar
Season 5, Episode 18
Show notes
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.
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16 min
Season Five: Jason Sims, managing partner of the new Corner Bar in Mill Valley
Season 5, Episode 17
Show notes
We 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
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24 min
Season Five: Alex Tarantino, the new General Manager of the iconic Buckeye Roadhouse
Season 5, Episode 16
Show notes
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.
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20 min
Season Five: Jonas Alt, Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater nightclub
Season 5, Episode 15
Show notes
For our first live music venue guest, we welcome Jonas Alt the Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater Nightclub in Mill Valley
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27 min
Season Five: Scott Beattie, cocktail pioneer and bar consultant at Watershed
Season 5, Episode 14
Show notes
We 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.
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