COCKTAIL MAVEN 

 

 

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF

 

Born in the US of A, I first moved to Australia when I was 2. From there I bounced back and forth finally settling in Australia, my second home. I was a boatie before I set foot into the hospitality lifestyle and haven't looked back. I am a lover of the outdoors, climbing, camping and the hospo, looking one day to incorporate them all into one lifestyle.


HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED FOR DARLO BAR


Dalro bar has been home for over 3.5 years, starting my management training there then moving over to Erskineville only to return as the licensee. I have only worked for 3 venues within Solotel and know Darlo bar is meant for me like a lost love.

 

HOW DID YOU GET INTO HOSPITALITY?

 

Almost everyone has poured a beer in their lifetime and some just stick with it. Once my boating life was running to an end, I got a call from a former colleague asking if I would help him out getting a venue up and running, he wanted people he could trust. That venue was the former Taylors at central (now known as Goros). After 6 months there I was promoted to Assistant Manager at the Darlo and the rest is history.

 

FAVOURITE DRINK TO MAKE?


Cocktails, cocktails, cocktails. Having a love of science and math cocktails are literally the drink translation to that. A perfect equation of mixed ingredients, to combine to make the ultimate concoction of flavours. Nothing brings more joy than seeing a customer’s face light up when throwing around bottles and shakers – even more so when that drink doesn’t exist in the first place.

 

FAVOURITE TUNE AT WORK?

 

“Everybody loves the sunshine” by Roy Ayers Ubiquity. That song will make anyone smile, dance, laugh, or remember a fond memory and that is what the Darlo is all about to me!

 

FAVOURITE DARLO STORY 


One of the best whispers I've come across at the Darlo is a local holds an Oscar for set design. After doing a bit of investigating, it turned out that one long living Darlo local was a set and prop designer for the Star Wars film. He lived an incredible life in L.A before returning to Sydney where he spends his afternoons on the side of Darlo sharing his life with anyone willing to pull up a chair.

 

FAVOURITE DARLO BAR EVENT

 

Free Pool on Sundays, the days of pool tables in pubs is fast fading away but the Darlo has kept theirs as a show of gratitude that the pool table can bring. Could be meeting new friends, challenging a loved one or even who gets the next round. Pool tables to me have been an institute of venues for many, many years and Darlo has been an institution to the neighbourhood for just as long. The two go hand in hand like water to a fish, or beer to a hand in our case.

 

YOU'RE A LEGEND, REID!

 

 

SEE YOU AT THE BAR