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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

At closing time, the bartender doesn’t ask who ordered.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 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

We’d hired a caterer to add to the food my mom cooked, and a bartender to set up and serve the drinks.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

The complaint says male employees at “all levels” of the company helped create and maintain the hostile work environment, from the vice president of operations to managers, bartenders, line cooks, food runners and bussers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026

My gaze drifted to the bartenders, who seemed bored, waiting for the evening rush.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

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

Four bartenders moved in an unrehearsed dance as they tried to provide drinks to the impatient Marines who screamed at them above the broadening dimensions of pandemonium loose in the Officers’ Club.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy