Rhiannon and Maks are two of our favorite bartenders in town. Visit them at Cure.
Recently Brother O’Mara took pictures of their tools and shared them on Flickr
MAKS’ KIT
I fully realize that my concept of the New Orleans bartender is distorted because almost any time I’m drinking it’s at Cure, and that’s not a standard NOLA bar by any stretch of the imagination. Filter the following through that information:
It seems that the majority of my bartender friends work at more than one bar. As a result they seem to carry a lot of gear with them as they shuffle from place to place. I suppose it’s the easiest way to ensure that you always have everything you need when you arrive at your destination.
I asked Maks if I could photograph his kit and he produced this spread. Some of the items are not his but he suggested that this is pretty much the standard carry. Perhaps I’ll go back some other night and get a shot of someone else’s tools so that I can compare.
Regardless I thought you might find it interesting what these guys (and ladies, of course) are lugging from job to job.
RHIANNON’S KIT
You probably remember one week ago when I photographed Maks’s bartending gadgetsand showed them to you. I said then, “Perhaps I’ll go back some other night and get a shot of someone else’s tools” and so I did.
What you see here are the contents of Rhiannon’s magic murder bag. I may be the only one that calls it that, I don’t know. Anyway, you can see that the gear she carries is very similar to Maks’s but with a few tiny differences.
