Marlowe Harris

Type

Bartenders

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

Los Angeles, California

WHERE DO YOU/HAVE YOU WORKED?

I currently work as a consultant but I used to work at Evans & Peel Detective Agency.

FAVORITE BARS?

I have a number of cocktail bars that I love, Purl, the Whistling Shop, Montgomery Place, but my favorite is a little ‘Speakeasy’ through a door in the back of Kings Kebab next door to Evans & Peel. They serve drinks until 6am and have Sky, you can eat poppadoms and drink all night while watching corny 80s action films.

FAVOURITE DRINK?

My favorite drink is a Boulevardier. It’s like a bourbon negroni with extra bourbon.

Bad ass barman/rock n roll moment?

I’m not too much of a badass. The coolest thing I’ve done is probably co-writing an article for Michael Ruhlman with our executive chef Michael Harrison or making a cocktail for Pippa Middleton.

Ever done it on a bar?

I’ve never done it on a bar, and with my fiancé being 8 months pregnant I probably won’t be anytime soon.

What's next for you?

After I get back from paternity leave I’ll be opening our next venue, Kench & Bibesy and once it’s running smoothly I’ll split my time between K&B and E&P. I’d also like write about bars and cocktails. I don’t know if I’d be allowed to be a Bar Chicklet, maybe a Bar Chico?

Best/worst chat up lines you've heard at a bar?

I can’t think of a good chat up line. The worst is probably showing a girl two fingers and saying “Do you know where I could put these?”

Tell us a secret or something we don't know?

I’ve never made or drank a Sex on the Beach and I don’t think I even know the recipe. I also have a cat that my fiancé named Tiki Max after a drink in the Diffords Guide.

If you were to make a barchick cocktail, what would you put in it?

If I was going to make you a cocktail, it would probably be the “Wobbly Journalist” 45mL G’Vine Nouaison infused with Poppy’s Preserves Seville Orange Marmalade, 15mL Profesore Vermouth, 15mL Dolin Dry Vermouth, 7.5mL lemon juice, 7.5mL Genepi La Flacon and 1 dash of Adam Elmegirab’s Bokers Bitters. It’s that wonderful combination of easy to drink and strong and serious

How do you like your Martini?

I like my Martini 6:1 with a drop of orange bitters and a twist. Chilled before it’s stirred. Usually with gin, but if it’s a nice enough vodka, I might be tempted.

What did you want to be as a kid?

As a child I wanted to be a Samurai, and I do get paid to use a number of different blades so it seems to have worked out well.