bartender

When a bartender asked James Bond in 2006's Casino Royale whether he'd like his vodka martini shaken or stirred, the irritated spy replied: "Do I look like I give a damn?"

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Kristin Ingala, a bartender on Cape Cod, lost her voice before the show.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

“There are so few spaces for us,” bartender and musician Valerie Dean says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

At a Hilton Hotel bar near Tokyo, bartender Shingo Miyachi prepares a negroni with one of Kuramoto Ice's big, clear cubes.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

While Tess turned her attention back to the bartender, Genie stared at the glowing blue light.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

“We’re calling all our bartenders book-tenders,” Marston says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Ice handling is considered an essential skill for Japanese bartenders, who often begin their training by learning to break it with precision.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Now, he added, he has “servers, bartenders and oyster shuckers in the kitchen washing dishes.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Or a new generation of candidates – tattooed veterans, mechanics, bartenders – whose biography is supposed to do the political work that policy has not.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

I think about the bartenders, and wonder what diabolical things they'll be putting into my cocktail.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman