Bartenders

Timo Janse-de Vries

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Nijmegen, Netherlands originally, now Amsterdam for the last 13 years.

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Thorbecke bar, Feijoa, The College Hotel, and I was bar manager at Door 74. All bars are located in the centre of Amsterdam. Now I'm working with Flying Dutchman Cocktails.

FAVORITE BARS?

Too many to mention; ECC (everywhere), Le Forum, Jigger's, 812, Big Liver Place, City Space, Becketts Kopf, Amor y Amargo, The Daily.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Vieux carre

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Working alone on one of Door 74's most busiest nights ever. And rocking it.

Ever done it on a bar?

several times

What's next for you?

Wherever bartending takes me

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

I think any standard "line" is by definition bad.

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

I am horrible at garnishes

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

Cognac, Chartreuse, honey, Lemon, root beer. I would call it "A**, names, bubblegum"

How do you like your Martini?

Wet, stirred, twist, gin, straight up, with lotsa bitters.

What did you want to be as a kid?

An Inventor. Of anything.