{"id":107208,"date":"2020-11-04T18:28:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T00:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=107208"},"modified":"2020-11-04T18:28:26","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T00:28:26","slug":"know-your-bartender-marissa-wyant-of-saint-leo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/know-your-bartender-marissa-wyant-of-saint-leo\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your Bartender: Marissa Wyant of Saint Leo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Name and Hometown:  <\/strong>Marissa Wyant; Little Rock, Arkansas and St. Petersburg, Florida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bars where you have worked: <\/strong>Tampa: Datz, Copperfish; Oxford: Green Roof Lounge, Ravine, Saint Leo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In your experience, what is the most common reason to have a drink? <\/strong>To relax and let loose<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s your favorite ingredient or flavor combo?  <\/strong>Ingredient: Gin (botanical, like Uncle Val\u2019s or The Botanist); Flavor combination: Basil and (fresh) Pineapple<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your most essential bar tool? <\/strong>Jigger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where\u2019s your favorite spot to sip? <\/strong>Front lawn at GRIT, upstairs at City Grocery, ravine bar, anywhere with good company<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your personal specialties? <\/strong>Cocktails with fresh muddled ingredients and international relations (I\u2019m also a Political Science PhD candidate!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craziest request by a customer? <\/strong>Pint glass of dry vermouth with lots of ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What drink do you recommend to someone who doesn\u2019t know what to order? <\/strong>I always try to get people to try a gin cocktail\u2014if they\u2019re not into gin it\u2019s usually because they haven\u2019t had it done well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most famous customer you\u2019ve ever served: <\/strong>Derek Jeter, David Price, Raheem Morris, Joe Maddon, (lots of athletes in Tampa) and Andy Kennedy, Morgan Freeman in Oxford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you could have a drink with anyone, living or dead, who would it be and what would you drink? <\/strong>Anything with Barack Obama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re in charge of the tunes in your bar, what music do you play? <\/strong>90s hip hop\/R&B<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the best live band you\u2019ve seen in Mississippi? <\/strong>Todd Snider at the Lyric<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite movie of all time: <\/strong>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read any good books lately? <\/strong>Becoming by Michelle Obama<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best joke to tell to a grumpy customer: <\/strong>I am not good at canned jokes!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\u2019s the funniest thing you\u2019ve seen in your bar lately? <\/strong>Bars are weird lately\u2014 no guests at the bar due to coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Favorite after-shift drink? <\/strong>Wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where would you be if you weren\u2019t behind a bar? <\/strong>In a classroom teaching political science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marissa Wyant, Bartender at Saint Leo in Oxford, Mississippi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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