{"id":30821,"date":"2016-01-25T18:09:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T23:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=30821"},"modified":"2016-01-26T18:53:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T23:53:52","slug":"know-your-bartender-with-will-griffith-local-voices-2016-favorites-award-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/know-your-bartender-with-will-griffith-local-voices-2016-favorites-award-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"“Know Your Bartender” with Will Griffith, Local Voice’s 2016 Favorites Award Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/b>Name<\/b><\/span><\/span>:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Will Griffith<\/span><\/p>\n

Home town: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Cleveland Ms born and braised<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"CFW_7865WEB\"<\/a>
Photographs by Caleb Fisher-Wirth.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bars where you have worked<\/b><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tin Roof in the Delta and The Wild Iris in Nashville <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In your experience, what is the most common reason to have a drink?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Heartache <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite ingredient or flavor combination? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Gin and Lime<\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

What is your most essential bar tool?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Ice Shovel <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Where\u2019s your favorite spot to sip in Oxford \/ your hometown?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I actually love having beer at Larry’s, when I am off work of course. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How are bar customers in Oxford different from the average ones elsewhere?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Well I certainly don’t have to break up any fights in Oxford.<\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

What are your personal specialties?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

I hear the margaritas are good. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What do you wish people would order more often? Less often?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

More water less soft drinks <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Early alcohol experience<\/b><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pint of Jim Beam, the top of the levee and the bottom of the levee <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How did you enjoy your break? What are you doing to get ready for the new semester?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Shane, Joe, Bruce and myself went to New Orleans for 3 days.<\/span><\/span> <\/b>And I’m doing yoga.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What drinking trends did you notice in 2015? What drinks gained in popularity, and which ones are losing their edge?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Less Tonic more Club was the main trend. Old Fashions gained popularity, while Fruity Drinks lost.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Most famous customer you\u2019ve ever served, and what they ordered<\/b><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Carrie Underwood. She ordered Pinot Noir. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Who would you most like to have a drink with; where and what would you imbibe<\/b><\/span>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I would have had some beer in Mexico with Kerouac and Cassady.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Who is <\/b><\/span>your<\/b><\/i><\/span> favorite bartender of all time, either real or imaginary?<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lloyd from the Overlook Hotel. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What would you do if they restored Prohibition tomorrow?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Outlaws get by.<\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

What have you been listening to this year?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Waylon Jennings , Tame Impala, Kendrick Lamar , Phosphorescent<\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Favorite movie of all time<\/b><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Apocalypse Now <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Favorite sport & team<\/b><\/span>: <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Ole Miss Rebels<\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Who\u2019s your favorite Rebel, and do you really ever go 18 MPH?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Deuce Mcallister. And no comment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Read any good books lately<\/b><\/span>? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Faithful and Virtuous Night<\/i><\/span><\/span> Louise Gluck <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s the funniest thing you\u2019ve seen in your bar lately?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

A lady told me the other night that she had been drinking till 2am in Larry’s for years and years. Then she shorted me a dollar. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Where would you be if you weren\u2019t behind a bar?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Singing to you.\u00a0\"The<\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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