I Know The Owner Sharlene Wellington

It's a loud holiday evening at Hinterlands and Sharlene sits down with bartender/employee Jeannine to discuss how Jeannine botched her job interview, and what a great boss Shar is. Plus: some stripping adventures and Sharlene's biggest on the job screw up!

Sharlene pops in to Blinky's in East Williamsburg to talk to Jose and Rhoades about opening a bar in the middle of a pandemic, yelp reviews, and nasty monkey behavior. Plus, is it rude to pour your drink out onto the bar?

Sharlene sits down with Ed Raven of Greenpoint Beer to discuss getting scammed out of wholesaler payments, paychecks, and your entire Instagram account. Plus we hear Ed's role in Stuart's grim backstory and Sharlene and Ed discuss what happened to beer drinkers' attention span.

Shar's in Michigan so she stopped by The Painted Lady in Hamtramck for a conversation with owner Andrew Dow. They talk Covid (of course), real estate, how to get into the bar business, and life in Hamtramck. Plus, is it cool to bring your own burger into Burger King?

Sharlene sits down with Mike Vanderbilt of Rock Island Public House and the Halloweenies podcast at the Loews Hotel lobby in Chicago, where they discuss which nearby area is the 'Brooklyn of Chicago', the benefits of starting out behind the bar at a Chili's, and how much a customer can ask to change the recipe of a cocktail. Plus, is it cool to read a book in a bar? Yes.

Sharlene joins Bobby Gagnon at The Gate, Park Slope's original craft beer bar, to discuss faking it till you make it, getting fired by Prince, strollergate, keeping your bar running during Covid, and hiring away other bars' staff. Plus a grown man throws a sandwich.