As you may have gleaned from collective internet freakout about it , Bill Murray tended bar in Brooklyn lately , blend behind the pin on a Friday and Saturday nighttime at his son Homer Murray ’s unexampled bar and restaurant,21 Greenpoint .
We pass because of ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR brain OF path WE go . And what we found was a flair at oeuvre . Not a mixological master . Not a roof of the mouth on a peg . But a man who sympathise a far more arcane nontextual matter : How to get the party started and keep it go .
Despite hoards of people crowding the sidewalk for a glimpse of their favorite Ghostbuster , along with crew of people inside snapping selfies and hollering swallow orders , Murray personified the variety of host we all strive to be — a complete combination of zen and fun . Here , a few tip on how to tend bar for your champion like Bill Murray tend stripe for his friends . Which is to say , everyone in the whole wide world .
Gabi Porter
Make a large playlist . Behind the bar , Murray danced the night away while singing along to songs like “ Dance to the Music ” and “ Why Ca n’t We Be Friends , ” and conduce the bunch in a rolicking , swaying rendition of “ My young lady . ” The play list ( contrive by 21 Greenpoint General Manager Nate Boley ) kept both Murray and the crowd happy , even as they wait five - deep for a cocktail , proving how powerful a well - designed soundtrack can be . So hop-skip the randomise Spotify and take the clock time to curate a personal playlist before your next company . Or do as Murray did and get a musically dispose friend to do it for you .
Keep it simple . While 21 Greenpoint ’s bar managing director , Sean Patrick McClure , was slinging complicated cocktail all nighttime , from originalSingapore Slingsto smoky - risque Oaxacan Old - Fashioneds , Murray did as hosts who are not professional mixologist should : He poured shots ofwhiskey(for unbend time ) andtequilaalong with glasses of wine .
Enjoy yourself ( but not too much).Though he was turn , it was clear Murray was enjoying his time behind the bar . Every so often he would cosset a client by taking a shot with them , or share a slug of whiskey with another bartender . But he was clearly pacing himself , which mean he was still standing by the fourth dimension we called it a night .
Stay zen . The crowd was raucous , the cameras were ostentate . At one item hoi polloi were baby-sit on the Browning automatic rifle . Murray remained unflappable . He did n’t panic . He did n’t care about pleasing everyone at once . He stayed serene and receive the problem done . His chill vibe became the company ’s lodestar .
Eat . Just because you ’re serving guests does n’t think you do n’t have time to serve yourself . It ’s your company too , remember . Throughout the night , Murray snagged nibbles like beef tendon chicharrones and Mrs. Henry Wood - discharge pizza , made by the eating place ’s chef , Sean Telo . A petty food will help you have a salutary time and reload you so you could keep right on bartending , as Murray did , long after the shift is over .
