Brad Farran of Clover Club
Thu Jul 14 2011
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Jason Littrell of Death & Company
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Greg Seider of the Summit Bar
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Brad Farran of Clover Club
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Karin Stanley of Little Branch and Dutch Kills
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Sam Ross of Milk and Honey and Little Branch
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Meaghan Dorman of Raines Law Room and Lantern's Keep
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Jeff Bell of PDT
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Steve Schneider of Employees Only and Macao Trading Co.
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Know your bartender
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Photograph: Dale May
Brad Farran
Brad Farran
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Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson
Brad Farran at Clover Club
Brad Farran at Clover Club
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Photograph: Caroline Voagen Nelson
Brad Farran at Clover Club
Brad Farran at Clover Club
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Clover Club
Clover Club
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Snacks at Clover Club
Snacks at Clover Club
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Clover Club
Clover Club
The talent: Brad Farran
Where to find him: Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at Clover Club (210 Smith St between Baltic and Butler Sts, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn; 718-855-7939, cloverclubny.com)
Why you'll dig him: In New York City in 2011, the cocktail bar and the neighborhood spot are rarely the same place. There's the joint you visit because the atmosphere is rarefied and the drinks are perfect. And then there's your local, where the staff knows your poison and your favored stool. That Clover Club covers both territories is a credit to its head barman, Brad Farran, who moved from North Carolina to take a gig when the Club opened in 2008. Farran is intuitive: He gauges whether you've come to get tweaked up for a night out or to geek out over bitters, and he lines them up accordingly. He's also a forward thinker: With co-Clover barman Nick Jarrett, he's working on a green mobile pop-up bar to explore ways to reduce the environmental footprint of saloons around the country.
He says: "Make a good drink. Serve it well and with a smile on your face. That's a philosophy I can agree with."
