Marco Martinez

Marco!

Absolute dude. Bartender and one of the friendliest finest individuals I have met in hospitality.

Aside:
Which, bizarrely, is rare. You'd think that a job that essentially involved being nice to people would be friendlier wouldn't you? But it isn't. Many hospitality crew (There are exceptions to this; don’t get angry, I’m not talking about you…. Or am I?) are stuck up wankers, or snobby university students, or bent out of their mind on caffeine/booze or something worse. It's the way of the job I guess. It jacks you up on espresso and then brings you down with booze. And then when those don't work you try other things that are sometimes worse and sometimes better. (Yo hospo fools; try some Zen Meditation or some Tai Chi. Get off the coffee/ jameson/grappa/coke and pot train. Or try mainlining heroin.... I hear that can also calm you down....)  .

This doesn't improve personality much. Intra-staff relations in hospitality are fraught with druggy conflict. And it sometimes leaks out to the customer. I've been guilty of not being hospitable in hospitality. I got my attitude readjusted by good managers.... Unfortunately they then rammed espresso and booze down my gullet.

Back to the review.:
As I was saying Marco is a fine Gentleman. He's a bartender's bartender. A bartender to the masses, can hold his own in mixology, can flair if needs be, or even just for fun. The boy knows his craft.
I worked with him some time ago at Room680 and Love Machine. When I met him at Room he was instantly my friend (Which is something he does with everbody.) and he turned into my goto guy at the bar whenever I needed something on the floor. (Replacement drinks, etc).

Friendly, funny gregarious and never angry as far as one can tell. If he has a fault it’s that he's too nice a guy and thus has too many friends. But that's hardly a negative now is it?

5 shots of Whiskey. Wassup, Marco?! ¿Cómo estás amigo?