in its small way, facilitates that need as well as a creative need. In those quiet hours where it is just me doing prep and listening to Bowie, I get to pose those introspective questions and moments you see in the videos. A lot of the videos are just me talking to myself. Sometimes the videos are not menu drinks, but riffs of me just playing around. MORGAN: It’ s his inner dialogue. My working theory is that the videos are Brian’ s brain on camera. He’ s so pop-culture focused, it comes out in the Reels.
Your head bartender, Justin Brody, has a background as a chef. How do you think his understanding of ingredients plays into his mixology? MORGAN: It influences his mixology skills. His knowledge retention level is incredible. We ran out of Nonino [ a type of Italian herbal amaro ] one time and he improvised. He loves getting people excited about what we do.
BRIAN: Morgan and I are more into conceptualizing while Justin is more scientific. I joke with him that he’ s like C-3PO. He understands ingredients and is so passionate about it.
What do you think makes Juniper different? MORGAN: Our uniqueness stems from the fact that we don’ t think we’ re unique. We’ re just trying to have a good time and create a good atmosphere with genuine hospitality. Treating everyone like they’ re the most important person in the room goes a long way. BRIAN: It’ s a space for all people. With our other jobs, we don’ t have connection like we get to have here. It’ s a place where I personally can be myself and relax and let what happens happen.
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