Behind the bar: Inside the lives of bartenders

Bartenders do more than mix cocktails and mocktails.

They’re rubbing elbows with politicians and entrepreneurs, with people celebrating and people down on their luck, with regulars from down the block and tourists from across the world.

Our guests were bartenders at the St. Paul Grill, inside the St. Paul Hotel in downtown St. Paul.

We heard stories and tricks of the trade from their decades on the job.

Guests:  

• Wesley “Wes” Winfield and Jacob “Jake” Zimmerman are bartenders at the St. Paul Grill in downtown St. Paul.

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