Bartenders

Damien Aries

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Nantes, France

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Lots of places! Currently at Colibri NYC but was at Ballroom in Paris after a while at Experimental Cocktail Club, but also Montreal, St Barts, Italy, Spain, Monaco...

FAVORITE BARS?

I love The Ballroom of Beef club, ECC Paris and ECC NYC, Employees Only, Death & Co, PKNY, Macao trading Co, Mahiki, Candelaria, so many great places out there!

FAVOURITE DRINK?

Jamaican Rum old fashioned. no questions.

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

None come to mind, i'm such a nice guy...

Ever done it on a bar?

Does my home bar count?

What's next for you?

Keep mixing drinks for all the thirsty people out there!

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

Wouldn't know where to start, people are so funny/dumb when they've been drinking ;)

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

Nobody knows it, but I never invented the Hanky Panky, please don't tell...

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

I'd probably start with a Smith & Cross Old fashioned, and call it what it is, A Pretty Stiff Drink!

How do you like your Martini?

Extra dry, up with a twist. How else?

What did you want to be as a kid?

A vet. Quickly changed my mind when i discovered how fun it was serving booze to people.