Jason Littrell of Death & Company
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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Frank Cisneros of Dram and the Drink
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Steve Schneider of Employees Only and Macao Trading Co.
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Kenta Goto of Pegu Club
Know your bartender
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Photograph: Dale May
Jason Littrell
Jason Littrell
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Photograph: Virginia Rollison
Bartender Jason Littrell making an Oaxaca old-fashioned at Death & Company
Bartender Jason Littrell making an Oaxaca old-fashioned at Death & Company
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Photograph: Virginia Rollison
Bartender Jason Littrell making an Oaxaca old-fashioned at Death & Company
Bartender Jason Littrell making an Oaxaca old-fashioned at Death & Company
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Photograph: Virginia Rollison
Oaxaca old-fashioned at Death & Company
Oaxaca old-fashioned at Death & Company
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Photograph: Virginia Rollison
Bartender Jason Littrell at Death & Company
Bartender Jason Littrell at Death & Company
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Photograph: Alex Strada
Death & Company
Death & Company
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Photograph: Roxana Marroquin
Death & Company
Death & Company
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Photograph: Roxana Marroquin
Death & Company
Death & Company
The talent: Jason Littrell
Where to find him: Saturdays and Sundays at Death & Company (433 E 6th St between First Ave and Ave A; 212-388-0882, deathandcompany.com)
Why you'll dig him: In just a year behind one of the city's most demanding bars, Littrell has earned his cocktail-slinging stripes. He has an infectious enthusiasm that comes from being the new kid on the block, and (having cut his teeth at dive bars and clubs instead of cocktail joints) his bartending war stories involve dance-floor sex and box-cutter stabbings, not mise en place mishaps. That said, if you do slice your finger carving an ice sphere, Littrell's your man—as president of the New York chapter of the United States Bartenders' Guild, he spends his off-hours helping his comrades get health insurance.
He says: "I wouldn't consider myself one of the best bartenders in New York. I'm not even the best bartender at Death & Company. I mean, have you seen them? Those kids are monsters. There's always more to learn.... I still get nervous and excited before each shift."
