Crying in the Walk-in Podcast

Join us as we chat with Ahmed Suliman (nicknamed Suli), the owner of Cafe Suliman in the Melrose Market in Capitol Hill, Seattle. This episode we covered a lot of ground, between bar ownership, sustainability, hospitality, and of course, the most important thing -- our responsibility as good citizens of the world to use our voices to advocate for those on the margins. You know us, we love to laugh...

Bar decor, music, hobbies, the importance of regulars and home town bars… this episode has a little of everything! In this episode Sam chats with Erik Flatten, one of the owners of Black Cat, our favorite neighborhood bar! This one’s a good one if you’re feeling like a good chat with a friend, or if you just finished our Mind Eraser episode and need something a little less… insane? 😅 Thank you Er...

This one is just unhinged chaos that defies explanation. @isten to Sam and Ky chug mind erasers at random intervals with Naz and Brady, the boys behind the bar at Vindicktive Wings for the best day of the week, mind eraser monday! Stay tuned as we slowly lose our minds, the plot, and probably also our dignity. —————— Music: Holy Moly by Shane Ivers — http://silvermansound.com

Hi friends! Enjoy this episode with our friend Milton Toledo! We're posting this ahead of the pop up this Monday 9/1 at Bad Bishop -- Fuck ICE, a Collaboration of Bartenders Against ICE. Both Milton and our very own Sam Fisher will be bartending, along with many other industry friends we know and love! Check out Instagram for more details (Sam's instagram @fish_sammy_99). Donations will be...

Hey friends! We’re back! Join us this week as we chat with our most beloved and wonderful Alexis about her experience building a bar menu sober, her deep love for music, and her rotating catalog of special interests! Thank you Alexis for chatting with us, we love you!!! Wanna be featured in an episode? Send us your stories via DM (@cryinginthewalkin_pod), email (podcryinginthewalkin@gmail.com), or...

What bar behaviors give you the ick? This week our episode focuses on the things that give us the all-too-familiar, skin-crawling ick - not necessarily things that are gross, but the small and trivial things that are absolutely unfounded and unexplainably horrifying to witness! Plus, Sam and Ky get drunk and (predictably) go on a bunch of tangents. Special shout out to Sam's cat Hendrix for a...

Howdy friends and welcome to season 2's first education episode! Join Sam as they chat with Kyton Blair, bar manager at Roquette and enthusiastic agave aficionado! This episode we dive into all things agave; traditional drinking methods, ~terroir~, some of Kyton's mezcal-fueled drinking stories, and quite possibly the top contender for the best walk-in story we've ever heard! Buckle up...

Join us for episode 2 of this season, featuring our esteemed guest Matt Pachmayr. You likely know him from the GLORIOUS chartreuse program at Le Coin here in Seattle, bartending up a storm at the Streamline Tavern, and creating the beloved industry night pop-up series No Call No Show! We're chatting all things pop-ups, gossip, and of course, chartreuse - don't miss it! We love our listeners here a...

Hello friends and welcome back to the pod! Come along for the ride as we kick off season 2 of Crying in the Walk-in with an absolutely GLOWING (🥴) review of the at-home bartending machine extraordinaire, the Bartesian.  Don’t know what a Bartesian is? It’s okay, we didn’t either because it’s crazy talk. Think Keurig but for booze. Sounds like a good time, right? Well, we’re not so sure!!! Listen...

Hello sweet Crybabies! Welcome to this week's episode of CITW, featuring the one and only Erik Hakkinen! Erik has been a mainstay in the Seattle bar industry and a prominent name in the bar and hospitality industry as a whole for many years - from Zig Zag to Back Bar Project to Roquette and a whole lot of things before, after, and in between! Join us as we chat with Erik about bar ownership, good...

Happy birthday to us!!! (A month ago, sorry we're fashionably late) And we couldn't have done it without all of you, our Crybabies!!! Join us on this episode as we reminisce on the first year of the pod, plan for the next year, and in true CITW fashion, go on about a million tangents! Thank you all for all the support this last year - every like, comment, share, and listen did not go unnoticed and...

Are you curious about the world of N/A cocktails? Are you sober, sober-curious, or just a fan of a good ol' booze-free beverage? Are you sick and tired of soda water and juice being the only N/A drinks available? If you answered yes to any of these questions (or if you didn't, we don't care lol), join us as we chat with Kayleigh Blome, the incontestable monarch of all things N/A here in Seattle! K...

Hello sweet listeners! Welcome back! This week we have the wonderful beautiful and beloved Annie joining us for a shift drink episode! Annie has been a bartender in Seattle for quite a bit of time now so trust she's got all the tea! Tune in to hear us yap about our hot takes, tales from our storied pasts, sobriety, and so much more (we're all over the place lol)!!! PS the hot takes are HOT...

YUCK!!! This one's an episode about gross stuff in bars! Rats, bugs, unidentifiable squishy stuff... and more!!! Listen at your own risk!! Icky episode ahead!!! Have a story for us? DM us at @cryinginthewalkin_pod or check out our Linktree for our story submission form! ----- Track: "Bus2 130", T-Pain Music provided by https://slip.stream Free Download / Stream: https://get.slip.stre...

This week we're joined by the one and only Adam Aly (aka bar manager supreme, Camp Runamok Daddi, USBG head honcho, karaoke god)! Adam's here with us to talk about community - a subject near and dear to his heart - and the role we all play in it in the bar industry! Also featured is a walk-in story for the ages... and its a shitty one (iykyk)! FYI if you didn't catch that there's a...

Hi friends!! This week we have an incredible guest, the wonderful Caroline of the much-loved Bar Bathroom instagram! Join us as we chat about all things bathroom - some *potty talk* if you will! Don't lie... we know you've sneaked selfies in the bar bathrooms all over Seattle! From the famed bathroom of Neon Boots (RIP) and the Christmas bathroom of Vindicktive to the dive-iest of dive bar...

HAPPY PRIDE Y'ALL!!! It's the most wonderful time of the year (that's right Christmas, we said it)!!! Joining us for our Crying in the Walk-in *PRIDE EDITION* is the wonderfully magnificent and amazing bartender John Fry! In this episode, John takes us through a short history of Pride through the lens of the bar scene. We're chatting about Stonewall and the Black Cat, some dope all...

Do you work around alcohol? Do you have to ask people for their ID to purchase said alcohol? Does it drive you absolutely fucking crazy when people don't know how to act normal when you just ask for their ID? Then I have great news for you, this is the episode for you!! Join Sam and Ky as they wax poetic about the subject of checking IDs and effectively beat the subject into a pulp! As always,...

Hello sweet friends! Surprise, you get another episode this week! We've got our one and only Sam with Cel and Milton from the Seattle-famous, super amazing and much-loved bar pop-up, Fortify the Culture! Vibes abound as they chat about the origins of Fortify the Culture, the importance of representation and building community in the bar world, and of course, maybe even some stories about cryin...

What's up babes! Comin at you with a doozy this week! This one's all about dating coworkers (which I'm sure NONE of you have done right?!) and the resulting messiness that inevitably ensues. Sam and Ky reveal WAY too much about their lives on this one, so if you're our moms... maybe stay away from this one lol. We've also got some listener submissions that we blind read to each...

Hello sweet friends!! We’re back and BETTER THAN EVER with a conversation with our very own hostess-with-the-mostest, Mary Fisher!!! Listen to us yap about side work, proper seating techniques, hosting horror stories, and the woes of dealing with people who ask for free birthday things! Also, Ky is shamed for never having hosted before. Yikes, embarrassing!!!  Send us your hosting stories! Link is...

Hey gang! Joining us this week is the wonderful and lovely Amber Aristy, here to bestow upon us her wealth of knowledge of all things whisk(e)y! Amber is a brand ambassador and an incredible storyteller and we were so lucky to be able to learn from her and share a few glasses of Irish whiskey! Listen in for some history, laughs, whiskey-sipping ASMR, and of course: our harrowing tales of the whisk...

Did you miss us?? We're finally back and accompanied this week by the fabulous, wonderful, brilliant (and a million other things) Jen Akin! Jen is the former GM of Rumba here in Seattle and has been a huge influence on the Seattle bar scene as a whole for many years. Join us as she gives us a little Rum 101; we're talking (BRIEF) history, a discussion of varieties, a wee bit of tiki talk,...

What's poppin' friends? We're back from our brief hiatus (sorry!!!) to talk about bar regulars! Having regulars, whether good, bad, or somewhere in between, is an undeniable aspect of working in the service industry. Listen in for our takes on the regulars we love, we loathe, and love to loathe. Also, what makes a good regular? As industry folk, are we good regulars (spoiler alert: per...

Howdy friends! Welcome to episode three of Crying in the Walk-in: the mental health edition! Expect lots of chatter about tipping, server dreams, eating food over a trash can, and plenty of our experiences of dealing with our own mental health in the industry. Additionally, wait till the end for a walk-in story from our own Sam that will likely make your blood boil. Want a shout out in future epis...