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Take a peek behind the hospitality industry curtain with hosts Jeff Burkhart (Marin IJ’s Barfly; Best Column in California, 2021) and Kevin Blum (editor for the Marin County entertainment portal: the Marin Dish) as they are joined by industry professionals (chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs), and the media professionals who cover them - columnists, editors, influencers. Live, learn, and laugh your way through each episode. (As seen in Marin Magazine, Local Getaways, and the NY Times!).

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Season Six: 2025 Year End Round up with Leanne Battelle and Daedalus Howell

2025/12/17

Send us a text Leanne Battelle (Marin IJ food writer and editor at The Real Deal Marin) and Daedalus Howell (editor of the Pacific Sun/Bohemian and host of The Drive on Wine Country Radio 95.5 FM) join us to talk about the state of the restaurant business in Marin at the end of 2025.

Season Six: Lou Lesko, author/director/photographer and writing partner in Tale of a Barfly

2025/11/10

Send us a text We welcome Lou Lesko, the man behind the scenes at "Tale of a Barfly," our dramatic collaboration at the Marin Civic Center's Showcase Theater on Nov. 20

Season Six: Larry Mindel and Steve Reinertsen, authors of Mindel's new memoir "Lorenzo"

2025/10/07

Send us a text We welcome Larry Mindel and his son-in-law Steve Reinertsen to talk about the restaurant business in general, and the new memoir "Lorenzo: the restaurateur who revolutionized an industry" in particular.

Season Six: Rob Lightner of East Brother Beer Co. and Tam Tavern

2025/09/22

Send us a text Rob Lightner, one of the co-founders of East Brother Beer Co., joins us to talk beer, and their two brand new locations: Tam Tavern in Mill Valley and a taproom at the Metreon in SF.

Season Six: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine

2025/08/18

Send us a text Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine join us to talk Best of Marin, parties and publishing

Season Six: Chris McCarthy, the "Mac" in Mac's 19 Broadway

2025/07/08

Send us a text We welcome longtime bartender, Chris McCarthy to the show. 43 years in the industry and now the re-owner of 19 Broadway in Fairfax.

Season Six: Brendan Moylan, award winning brewer, award winning distiller

2025/06/03

Send us a text Legendary restaurateur, Brendan Moylan (Marin Brew Co., Noonan's, Moylan's Brewery and Restaurant) joins us to talk about transitioning from brewing to distilling

Barfly Podcast: Sean Saylor of Sausalito's Saylor's Landing and Saylor's Restaurant and Bar

2025/04/30

Send us a text We welcome Sean Saylor, former owner of Saylor's Restaurant and Bar in Sausalito to discuss why a quarter century of owning his own restaurant was enough for him.

Barfly Podcast: Erin Hines, Bitter Girl Bitters, Mijo and Guesthouse

2025/04/01

Send us a text We catch up with multitasker extraordinaire, Erin Hines, Beverage Director at both Guesthouse and Mijo in Marin, and the proprietor of Bitter Girl Bitters

Season Finale: with Daedalus Howell of the Pac Sun and Leanne Battelle of the Marin IJ

2024/11/16

Send us a text For our Season Five Finale, we welcome Leanne Battelle, the restaurant review writer for the Marin Independent Journal (and the editor of the Real Deal Marin website) and Daedalus Howell, the editor of the Pacific Sun (and Bohemian) for a lively discussion on the state of the restaurant business

Season Five: Damon Boelte, brand manager for King Floyd's bitters and the owner of Brooklyn's Grand Army bar

2024/11/07

Send us a text We welcome Damon Boelte, the owner of the award-winning Downtown Brooklyn cocktail bar, Grand Army, as well as the host of the acclaimed radio show, The Speakeasy, which recently won the award for Best Broadcast from Tales of the Cocktail, to talk about cocktail competitions.

Season Five: Jason Sims, managing partner of the new Corner Bar in Mill Valley

2024/10/15

Send us a text We welcome back to the program well-traveled Marin mixologist Jason Sims, who is not only Bungalow 44's longtime managing partner, but now also the managing partner of the newly opened Corner Bar in Mill Valley

Season Five: Alex Tarantino, the new General Manager of the iconic Buckeye Roadhouse

2024/08/21

Send us a text We chat with Alex Tarantino, the first new GM at the Buckeye Roadhouse in over a quarter century about what it means to take over a legacy restaurant.

Season Five: Jonas Alt, Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater nightclub

2024/07/23

Send us a text For our first live music venue guest, we welcome Jonas Alt the Bar Manager of the legendary Sweetwater Nightclub in Mill Valley

Season Five: Scott Beattie, cocktail pioneer and bar consultant at Watershed

2024/06/24

Send us a text We welcome Scott Beattie, the author of 2008’s “Artisanal Cocktails: Drinks Inspired by the Seasons from the Bar at Cyrus” and is the man behind the bar programs at Barndiva, Goose and Gander, Spoonbar, Meadowood, and Hog Island in San Francisco, and now Watershed in Mill Valley.

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Red LegaLaude 2019/02/07

Funny and Insightful!

Jeff and his guests are funny and provide good insight into the restaurant dining and drinking experience. Thank you for an entertaining roadmap to m...

★★★★★

morrisabroad 2018/12/01

Funny and insightful

They know their stuff and they make you feel like a fly on the wall watching two longtime friends diving into the ups and downs of the bar trade

★★★★★

callantini 2018/08/04

Great!!

Fantastic podcast! Jeff really knows what he’s talking about after all these years in the business. One of my favorite podcasts!

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