Karin Stanley of Little Branch and Dutch Kills
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
Karin Stanley
Karin Stanley
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Photograph: Jolie Ruben
Karin Stanley at Dutch Kills
Karin Stanley at Dutch Kills
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Photograph: Jolie Ruben
Karin Stanley at Dutch Kills
Karin Stanley at Dutch Kills
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Photograph: Jolie Ruben
El Diablo at Dutch Kills
El Diablo at Dutch Kills
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Photograph: Roxana Marroquin
Cocktails at Dutch Kills
Cocktails at Dutch Kills
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Photograph: Roxana Marroquin
Dutch Kills
Dutch Kills
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Photograph: Roxana Marroquin
Dutch Kills
Dutch Kills
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Photograph: Roxana Marroquin
Dutch Kills
Dutch Kills
The talent: Karin Stanley
Where to find her: Mondays and Saturdays at Little Branch (20 Seventh Ave South at Leroy St, 212-929-4360); Fridays at Dutch Kills (27-24 Jackson Ave at Dutch Kills St, Long Island City, Queens; 718-383-2724, dutchkillsbar.com). She takes occasional shifts at Milk and Honey, too.
Why you'll dig her: She's a lifer. Stanley got her start working at a tiny, packed Ontario bar on Christmas Day in 1998 (she was 17) and never looked back. By 2008 she was mixing drinks in New York City for Sasha Petraske. She's brought both grit (taming rowdy patrons) and levity (ask her about her cat) to some of the most vaunted bars in town, all while executing flawless classics and thoughtful off-the-cuff creations. Stanley is as swift, knowledgeable and obliging as any bartender, but she's also social, goofy and a little salty—an electric combo that makes her one of our favorites in town.
She says: "I love when people ask for a bartender's choice. It's very rewarding when someone says, 'Wow, I've never had anything like this.' Being open is the way to my heart."
