Buy Back Podcast

John and Alex interview Stephen at The Cabin in Alphabet City. Find out how the mathematical equation for breadsticks at Olive Garden works, why Stephen gave up the life of a circus ringmaster for bartending, and what happens when a just released Bellevue Hospital patient wanders into Stephen's bar at noon on a Monday. Plus this is only part one of two!

On this special episode of The Buy Back John and Alex interview a bookie at an undisclosed location... you know, because what he does is not technically legal. Find out what it means to be a bookie, what the risks are of bookmaking, and what could happen if things go very wrong. 

John and Alex interview Paddy at The Mad Donkey in Astoria, Queens. Find out why a bartending license will never get you a bar job, what a stolzle is, and why if you're a regular at The Mad Donkey you're considered family. And guess what... we got a new mic!

John and Alex interview Carolann at Jack's Fire Department in Woodside, Queens. Find out about the grossest shots we've ever heard of, what OTB stands for, and why Carolann had the door locked when the councilman of Jackson Heights tried to enter her bar. Oh... and if you didn't already know, there's a ghost in this episode.

John and Alex interview Siobhan at The Grisly Pear on MacDougal Street in SoHo, Manhattan. Find out what time shots o'clock is, what to do when a bar fight breaks out on Cinco de Mayo, and what happens when one of The Buy Back hosts drinks a little too much during the interview.

John and Alex interview Aly at Born This Way in Oceanside Long Island. Find out what drink you'll get if you leave it up to Aly, if trees are legal to grow in bars, and what happens when a customer chugs a bottle of vodka in a freezer room at a Soviet style bar.

John and Alex interview Brock at Beauty Bar in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Learn about Brock's journey into bartending from a young age, which celebrity was thrown out of the bar, and why Cocktails and Dreams is the actual dream.