Shift Drink

Shift Drink

Welcome to Shift Drink! Long hours on sore feet and wearied coworkers cramped side-by-side in the pursuit of perfection is typical in the service industry. But it isn’t until the final diner has gone and the last tab is closed; when there are no more pots to scrub or glasses to polish; that’s when the first shift drinks are poured and the stories start to flow. Every week, Eddie Kim and Mathew Ramsey will share a shift drink and swap war stories from behind the line with chefs, bartenders, bakers, brewers, and anyone who touches this all-encompassing industry. Un-edited, no-holds-bar, and personal, these brief moments bleed into life stories, past and future aspirations, philosophy, life lessons and every shot in between. This show records and broadcasts LIVE on Full Service Radio from the lobby of the LINE DC in Adams Morgan, Washington DC.

Episodes

Opie Crooks & Jill Tyler: #ShutUsDown, But Not Out

March 16, 2020 • 49 mins
This week, notorious locavore Opie Crooks - executive chef of A Rake’s Progress, and hospitality hero - Jill Tyler, co-owner of Tail Up Goat and Reveler’s Hour, join us from the frontlines of what’s been an emotional week, to discuss their closings of their restaurants in response to the COVID-19 emergency. We call for action and legislation that will affect D.C.’s restaurant industry in the interim (#ShutUsDown). Opie dabbles in b...
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Rising Star Paola Velez’s Passion of the Fruit

March 9, 2020 • 58 mins
This week, Executive Pastry Chef and confection Domini-queen of Kith and Kin, Paola Velez, joins us in our Corona-free recording bubble to discuss how she caught baking fever. From a cacao-farming family to fine chocolatier, Paola draws upon her Dominican roots and NYC training to simplify and showcase childhood ingredients. Rum cake, arroz con dulce, and ugli fruit get honorable mentions, Eddie runs into a “Florida man,” and Math...
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Ruben Garcia: Can’t Fight Nature

March 2, 2020 • 56 mins
This week, Shift Drink alum Boby Pradichith continues to do the heavy lifting by bringing us chef, and mentor, Ruben Garcia. Freshly funemployed, we look back at Ruben’s 16-year legacy with Think Food Group and how that translates into future plans (think mezcal), “fighting nature,” and the cycle of culinary maturation and creativity. Ruben goes all George Clooney, Boby goes all Benjamin Button, Eddie goes all Julia Roberts, and Ma...
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Francesca Arienzo: Baking the Law

February 24, 2020 • 46 mins
This week, we are joined by Francesca Arienzo, mother-baker and dough-puncher of the Mexican-German — Filos Bakery. Francesca pinches off a piece of her therapy dough over Putin’s favorite shifty, dives into the universal love language of freshly baked breads, and mediates dueling doting grandmothers. Eddie Kim hones in on the perfect concha and Mathew gets some much needed assistance in German phonetics. Powered and distributed by...
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Ann Limpert: The 101 on D.C.’s 100 Best

February 3, 2020 • 54 mins
This week, Ann Limpert, Executive Food Editor of the Washingtonian keeps it cool on the hot seat, as she divulges her pastry past, serves up some “crispy” personal pizza predilections, and offers a deep dive into some of the food-critique-calculus behind the recently released “The 100 Very Best Restaurants.” Eddie buddies up with Hippocrates and Heisenberg, and Mathew apes out over wet martinis. Powered and distributed by Simplecas...
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Robin Ha: Korean Hand, American Girl

January 30, 2020 • 52 mins
This week, the kimchi jar lid is popped on Korean food and the American experience with comic illustrator Robin Ha — just ahead of the release of her new graphic novel, Almost American Girl — and guest host Peter Chang of No Kings Collective. We geonbae (cheers) over some unexpected mezcal as we parse out the meaning of Korean son-mat (hand-taste), the commonalities between Mexican and Korean cooking, and the disparities between th...
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Lane Harlan + Carlos Raba: Homies where the heart is

January 24, 2020 • 37 mins
This week, arbiters of Charm City cool — Lane Harlan and returning guest Carlos Raba of Clavel, sit down with Mathew and poeticize everything from breakfast wine and the “hand of the maker,” to fishing for real estate on craigslist and even… well, Malort.  Eddie follows the sun west, and Mathew “bullet time dodges” a well aimed lie. Powered and distributed by Simplecast.
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David Batista and Soung Wiser: Around the Corner and Back Again

January 13, 2020 • 55 mins
This week, David Batista and Soung Wiser of All Souls, General Design Co, and the soon to be; The Little Grand, drop “the” formalities AND raise the Jaleo bar to discuss the origins of an iconic combo, alley appeal, and the many ways one can Eddie Kim. Soung and Eddie incept the ‘Bad Korean Klub,’ and Mathew keeps it dushi. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
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Mr. Rovine Goes to Washington: The Fight Against Tariffs

January 9, 2020 • 55 mins
This week we light a fire on the new season of Shift Drink to illuminate the impending U.S. tariffs on French wines, possibly going into effect later this month. Representing a cadre of importers and producers set to testify on Capitol Hill is natural wine figurehead and importer Zev Rovine, who explains the ins and outs of the 100 percent tariff, the destructive impacts it will have across the domestic wine industry (but particula...
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Felicia Colbert’s New Wine World Order

December 18, 2019 • 61 mins
This week, we round out the season (and year!) with a clarion of D.C.’s wine community — Felicia Colbert — Wine Director at A Rake’s Progress. We discuss navigating to the peak of the wine world while “mastering” one’s destiny, the added baggage of intersectionality in hospitality, and wine as a field guide to sociology. Alexya dons her graduation cap, Eddie squeezes into his cake fairy tights, and Mathew hulks out of his apron. Bu...
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Clementine Thomas Gives a Fork About Cookbooks

December 9, 2019 • 44 mins
This week, Clementine Thomas joins the studio to boldly fork where no book has gone before. We’re talking Bold Fork Books, a culinary bookstore pop-up in D.C.’s Pear Plum Cafe. Clem covers some cookbook chronology from personal favorites to neo-classic standards, purrrloins her cat’s name, and sets a local literary table for chefs and home-cooks to commune over. Mathew and Eddie bond in their aversions to the continental apple, the...
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Dave Coleman’s “Three Star Method to Motivation”

December 2, 2019 • 48 mins
This week, Dave Coleman of Three Stars Brewing joins our post-Thanksgiving breakdown because that’s how he green-bean-casser-ROLLS. From Colt 45 to Peppercorn Saison, Dave opens up on the cost of integrity, swinging for those “two extra stars,” and staying motivated in a “Big Apples vs. D.C. Oranges” kind of world. Mathew mucks horse stables on the cheap and Eddie raises a glass to a favorite shirtless barman. Powered and distribu...
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Adam Bernbach: Part Duh

November 26, 2019 • 52 mins
This week, tune out the family drama and turn up the awkward with three friends, live mics, and a healthy dose of sherry for some stimulating, turkey-stuffing background noise. We welcome back Adam Bernbach of the upcoming Oyster Oyster, who’s keeping it lazy with an upcoming Mega-Mandy-Death-Moore Omakase, betrays his cranberry roots, and opens up on “closing the loop” and sustainability in restaurants. Eddie supersizes his Starbu...
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Konbi’s Laminated Layers with Nick Montgomery and Jen Yee, and Akira Akuto

November 21, 2019 • 46 mins
This week, it’s ‘three’s company’ in the studio with the crew from LA’s pastry and sandwich darling, Konbi. Akira surfs the couch while co-owner Nick Montgomery and pastry chef Jen Yee take to the mics to discuss caffeinated indulgences, seasonal sensibility, and exercising a healthy restaurant balance. Akira makes coffee a black or white issue, while Mathew and Eddie go lowbrow on Thanksgiving plans. Powered and distributed by Si...
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Johnny Spero: Cooking Reveries and Life’s Realities

November 5, 2019 • 61 mins
This week, cuisenaire cosmonaut Johnny Spero of Reverie daydreams of San Sebastian and butter burgers, connects his life’s valleys and peaks, and checks our table for gum over some Dragon Whispers. Eddie chews fondly on Txuleta and Mathew takes a “New American” approach to villainy. Powered and distributed by Simplecast
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Genevieve Villamora: Freaks and Geeks Class President

October 21, 2019 • 55 mins

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Coast to Coast, Host to Host: Eddie and Mathew

October 9, 2019 • 54 mins

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Owen Thomson and Ben Wiley Navigate the District’s Tradewinds at Archipelago

September 30, 2019 • 60 mins

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Pushing Tien: Chef Kevin Tien finds his voice while recognizing his past

September 17, 2019 • 49 mins

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Shochu Shorty Monica Lee Unleashes Her Claws

August 26, 2019 • 56 mins
This week, we’re all aboard the Shochu choo choo with Monica Lee, beverage director of the Daikaya Group, and “Hennything is possible.” Monica rhapsodizes on the artisanal hard seltzer movement, mouth garnishes, and fruit sandos from beyond the Keto Zone™. Eddie stokes the flames at Room 11, and Mathew bemoans his Fail-eys Irish Cream incident.
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