Barfly Podcast

Season Six: Beau Blanchard of the Mill Valley Film Festival

Send us Fan Mail Beau Blanchard, Associate Director of Institutional Giving at the California Film Institute, joins us to talk about the Mill Valley Film Festival and it

Season Six: Rip Hunter, Pioneer of the Sausalito Whiskey Trail

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Sausalito Historical Society Board Member Rip Hunter to talk about his new Sausalito Whiskey Trail App or iPhones, which takes the user on a

Season Six: Kenneth Andresen, manager of Sausalito's new Lighthouse Bar and Grill

Send us Fan Mail We are joined by Kenneth Andresen, manager of the new Lighthouse Bar and Grill in Sausalito to discuss the 21-month journey to get to opening of the new

Season Six: Carrie Peters, the founder and CEO (and fixer) of the ABC License Company

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Carrie Peters the founder and CEO (and fixer) of ABC License Co. to discuss the trials and tribulations of getting a liquor license. 

Season Six: Max Perry, the new co-owner of the Silver Peso

Send us Fan Mail We welcome Max Perry, one of the two new local co-owners of the Silver Peso in Larkspur to talk about the impending return of the Peso. Perry and his pa

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 o

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 N

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

Send us Fan Mail 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 restaurat

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

Send us Fan Mail 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

Season Six: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Marin Magazine

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail Legendary restaurateur, Brendan Moylan (Marin Brew Co., Noonan's, Moylan's Brewery and Restaurant) joins us to talk about transitioning from b

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

Send us Fan Mail 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

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

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

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

Send us Fan Mail 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

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

Send us Fan Mail 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

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

Send us Fan Mail 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

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

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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

Send us Fan Mail 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