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Saturday, July 23 • 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Having a Theme Without Being a Theme Bar

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There is a narrow line between a bar having a theme (good) and being a theme bar (not so good). What does it take to pull this off successfully? How can a bar honor a theme without being predictable, pigeon-holed or clichéed? In this seminar, we will meet three successful bar operators who manage to walk this line gracefully and with outstanding results, including each of their bars being named among 2016's "Best Bars in America" by Esquire Magazine. They include Mark Maynard-Parisi, creator of Porchlight, a New York bar with a Southern accent and a 24-year veteran of Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group, Neal Bodenheimer, creator of Cane & Table, which nods to Havana and tiki, who is also behind Cure in New Orleans, and Josh Mazza, creator of Seamstress, which takes 19th century homesteading as its inspiration without veering into kitsch or literalism, as well as The Gilroy and the newly-opened Belle Shoals.
Moderators
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Michael Anstendig

Partner, Hanna Lee Communications
Michael Anstendig is a communications maven specialized in the best things in life: spirits, cocktails, food and hospitality, with extensive experience as a freelance writer and public relations professional. Michael’s writing has appeared in the New York Times, The New York... Read More →

Speakers
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Neal Bodenheimer

Owner, Cure, Cane & Table, and Bellocq
Born in New Orleans, Bodenheimer began working in a bar at age 18. After graduating from theUniversity of Texas at Austin, he embarked on a year- long trip around the world with a focus on exploring food and beverage traditions. Hungry to get back to the states and start working... Read More →
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Mark Maynard-Parisi

Co-Founder/ Managing Partner of Porchlight, Union Square Hospitality Group
Mark Maynard-Parisi is Co-Founder/Managing Partner at Porchlight, Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG)’s first stand-alone cocktail bar, located in New York’s West Chelsea. Mark, a 24-year veteran of USHG, together with the group’s CEO, Danny Meyer, conceptualized... Read More →
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Josh Mazza

Born in Canberra, Australia, Josh Mazza found his love of wine and all things hospitality in the wine regions of Central Victoria after a family move to the regional center of Bendigo. Studying with the Australian Sommeliers Association to acquire accreditation as a Sommelier only... Read More →

Sponsors
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Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal

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Diplomatico Rum

The history of Diplomático began in Venezuela in 1959 with the establishment of a distillery, out of a partnership between Venezuela’s best rum distilleries and Seagram’s International . In 2002 the company was acquired by a group of Venezuelan entrepreneurs, most of them with... Read More →

Saturday July 23, 2016 3:00pm - 4:30pm CDT
La Nouvelle Orleans West at the Hotel Monteleone
  Seminar, Business of Bars & Cocktails

Attendees (80)