Wilson doesn’t drink. He never tips. Yet he’s Lisa Montero’s best customer. It’s Wilson who has stood behind Montero’s backyard bar for months, rain or shine, while she honed her flair routine for the ...

Chris Cardone launches an empty beer bottle into the air in front of me at the Beatrice Inn and catches it behind his back in one fluid motion. The ceiling of the below-ground room is a piddling seven ...

This week, Zagat editor Billy Lyons learns what it takes to be a flair bartender by teaming up with Raminad "Ram" Ong, a national flair bartending champion from the Philippines who is now plying his ...

”The bar will always have its place in society — it's that comfortable spot between work and home. Million-dollar deals aren't made over a cup at Starbucks, they happen in bars.” — Star "Flair ...

About a decade ago, Jun Navarro saw a man juggling behind a bar, tossing up bottles and expertly catching them in a tin mixer. He was one of the original flair bartenders on Guam, Joshua Mangune, and ...

Brian Zachau, the two-time defending U.S. champion, couldn't KO the thriller from Manila, Eric Martinez, a 26-year-old flair bartender from Caloocan, Manila, in the Philippines. Martinez out-finessed ...

Flipping a bottle isn’t hard. And neither is making a drink, usually. But how about flinging that bottle behind your back and trying to juggle it along with four shaker tins? And, yeah, you’ve still ...