Bartenders

Marcis Dzelzainis

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

I'm a wandering gypsy king

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

Prohibition - Leeds, Pintxo People - Brighton, All Star Lanes - London, Quo Vadis - London, 69 Colebrooke Row - London, Zetter Townhouse - London, Le Coq - Paris, Satan's Whiskers - London

FAVORITE BARS?

La Bicicleta - Spain, Happiness Forgets  - London, Candelaria - Paris, Stagger Lee - Berlin, Sager & Wilde - London

FAVOURITE DRINK?

A Gibson

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

Winning the international final of the Havana Club Grand Prix in 2010

Ever done it on a bar?

Bar tops are actually quite impractical and uncomfortable for any purpose other than the service of drinks.

What's next for you?

My evening shift at 5pm

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

"There's something about you young Bob." -  Edmund Black Adder

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

I know a lot about vintage guitars

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

A Peach Blow Fizz: Strawberries, Cream, Tanqueray, lemon Juice, sugar and soda (served long over cubed ice)

How do you like your Martini?

Cold with an silver skin onion (see above)

What did you want to be as a kid?

A bounty hunter