New York City Bartenders & Patrons

If you can only count on death and taxes, what makes life worth living?

How about, your favorite bartenders?

Two more things you can count on: Melanie and Kimmy working together at the sublime Red Rock West Saloon (17th St. and Tenth Ave). That's why this little news item knocked me out of my boots: this Wednesday, the 27th, the bar is celebrating their 500th shift. Can you believe that? FIVE HUNDRED shifts!! Amazing! That's more time than Mike Bloomberg puts in as mayor! Did you know the average NFL player only plays 3.2 years? Kimmy and Melanie top all others!

Over some whiskey, we did the math about this staggering feat, which I hope you will all celebrate by marching over there on Wednesday and thanking these two awesome bartenders.
500 shifts @ 8 hours = 4,000 hours;
If they did 10 1-oz shots per shift, that'd be 5,000 shots;
5,000 shots is 205 bottles of 24.5 oz bottles of whiskey or tequila;
If Melanie did the Water Song every night with 10 pitchers, that'd be 5,000 pitchers; if they hold one gallon, that's 5,000 gallons of water (or 200 bathtubs of water, if a bathtub has 25 gallons);
If the jukebox played "One Bourbon, One Shot, and One Beer" 6 times a night for 500 shifts, that's 3,000 times they listened to it.

For all you do, we salute you!

And mark your calendars, Thursday, April 11, is the bar's 6th anniversary bash. Don't miss it!