Bar Diaries with Naren Young and Simon Ford takes you behind the scenes By Francine Cohen

Oh sure, sometimes it’s glamorous; famous people coming in for your drinks, keeping the party going and being recognized as the ringleader of it all, phone numbers and propositions flying across the bar. But the truth is, you work hard for your money…long shifts with wet hands, satisfying customers who don’t know what they want but know they don’t like gin until you make them a gin drink without telling them it’s gin and they tell you it’s delicious, hours spent perfecting a cocktail recipe, planning that drink menu, batching five gallons of cocktails for a charity event that you graciously donate your time to, keeping a straight face when the liquor salesman comes in to sell you something that has absolutely no application at your bar and it’s obvious he hasn’t a clue about his product, the list goes on and on.

And it’s all chronicled in Bar Diaries with Naren Young and Simon Ford; taking you behind the glitz and glamour of tending bar.