BoozeNation The Podcast

Hi, I'm Traci Ramos, and this is BoozeNation, the Podcast where I talk to members of the bar industry of San Francisco about all things bars and all things San Francisco. BoozeNation is available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartradio, Spotify, and other listening places. Also, BoozeNation is on the socials of Instagram, YouTube and Threads. It's January 2024. Happy New Year! By the time this episode is out, it will be at the end of the mo...

Hi, I'm Traci Ramos, and this is BoozeNation, the Podcast where I talk to members of the bar industry of San Francisco about all things bars and all things San Francisco. BoozeNation is available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartradio, Spotify, and other listening places. Also, BoozeNation is on the socials of Instagram, YouTube and Threads. I want to give a special shout-out to The Uptown Bar on 17th and Capp St. I'm so sorry that this ba...

Hello and welcome back to BoozeNation The Podcast. I'm Traci Ramos, and this is my podcast, where I talk about all things related to bartenders, the bar industry, San Francisco, and beyond. I want to give a solid shout-out to Rosamunde, West of Pecos, Media Noche, and the Uptown Bar. I am so sorry to see these establishments closing. I wish the best for everyone involved, and please know that so many people in this city appreciate ...

This is BoozeNation, the Podcast. I talk to members of the San Francisco bar industry about all things bars and all things San Francisco. BoozeNation is available on Apple Podcasts, iHeartradio, Spotify, and other listening places. Also, BoozeNation is on the socials of Instagram, Shitter and Threads.

Here's an update about the last episode with Patrick Machel of Anchor Brewery: Anchor Brewery has raised over $100,000 on its GoFund...

• Hello, and welcome back. I'm Traci Ramos, and this is BoozeNation, the Podcast. Where I speak with people from the bar and restaurant industry of San Francisco about all things bar-related. 
• It's August, and it's still freezing in San Francisco. Sorry to the rest of California. And devastating news about Maui, please keep Maui in your thoughts I'm assuming there will be a lot of fundraisers in th...

Hello, and welcome back to BoozeNation the Podcast where I speak with people from the bar and restaurant industry of San Francisco. It's July and freezing in San Francisco; sorry to the rest of California. And there's probably another surge of covid headed our way, so please be careful.

My guest today is Calvin Landrum. When I met Calvin, he was the GM at Sluts the Wine Bar - in SOMA. I went to Sluts back in March. It was fairly...

Hello, and welcome back. I'm Traci Ramos, and this is BoozeNation, the Podcast. I talk to bartenders, servers, baristas, and owners in the bar and restaurant industry of San Francisco about all bar-related issues - especially since the pandemic hit and almost decimated our lively hood. You can find BoozeNation on Spotify, iHeart radio, stitcher, and Apple Podcast. Also, Boozenation is on the socials on Instagram and Twitter or Shit...

This is my first interview as podcast host to podcast host. I love it. My guest, Sara Payan from the Planted With Sara Payan podcast, is up next, and we talk about the possibility of a cannabis cafe opening in San Francisco and many more topics. Sara and I met long ago when we drank at a bar in the mission. We spent so much time drinking, figuring out the world's problems, and fixing the world's problems, which happens when you've ...

Hello and welcome back. Introducing - Olga Boiko, she is the co-owner of two coffee shops in the mission appropriately called Coffee Shop. I first read about Olga and her cafes in May 2022 when Mission Local ran a story about the fundraisers Olga and her Coffee Shops were promoting to help aid Ukraine as they had been invaded by Russia. Yes Olga is originally from Ukraine and as we know Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. (mos...

It’s February, and we are in Black History Month, technically still in a pandemic, so wear a mask and get vaxxed.   A shout-out to one of the first renowned African American bartenders Tom Bullock. He bartended at the the St. Louis Country Club. Tom is responsible for about 150 cocktail recipes, and he wrote a guidebook that contained these recipes  - the Ideal Bartender, which was Published in 1917. The book has now been republish...

Happy New Year!

Happy Dry January - However, there is more of a mindful drinking outlook. The term mindful drinking is a term that I learned from my guest, Joshua James. Josh owns Ocean Beach Cafe, one block away from the ocean on the Richmond side of Golden Gate Park. Josh uses the term mindful drinker or mindful drinking when he speaks about nonalcoholic beverages and a nonalcoholic lifestyle. I started hearing about Josh and Oce...

It’s New Year’s Eve 2022. I hope this past year has been a good one for you all. I hope you’ve been safe and healthy. For me, I was back behind the bar; it had been almost two years away from bartending for me. It was a little weird slinging behind the stick but overall a good feeling. I want to thank my guests of 2022 for taking the time to be a part of BoozeNation. Thank you, Fredric, Krystal, Sydney, Scottie Jeanette, Lauren, an...

Today's episode is about #TheBear. It's on #Hulu, and so many restaurant and bar industry people have been talking about this show. I have to say I was late to The Bear. Basically, I don't trust anything on TV to get it right. There have been a few movies and a few TV shows here and there about the restaurant industry, and they miss it by a mile. You know every chef is spotless, the kitchen is super clean, no one is dirty, no spill...

Welcome back; this is BoozeNation The Podcast.

Happy July - which means we are in a post-Roe world right now. I don't know where to begin with about the decision and what it will mean for the future of women in this country. I'm saddened, disgusted and pissed!!!

Having said all that, I will now switch gears and switch this on a positive note. And talk about the highlight of my week. And the highlight of that awful week was my discu...

Happy Pride and Happy Juneteenth. And yes, we're still in a pandemic, and on June 2nd of 2022, Alameda county has issued a mask mandate, so please wear masks; I mean, it's the least you can do. Thank you!

My next guest is bar owner Lauren Jamieson owner of Lofi Laboratories, from my old neck of the woods, where I grew up - Modesto. Yes, Lauren is my first guest with an operating business in the Central Valley. And since I started...

My next guest is my first out-of-town guest—Los Angeles resident – Sydney Croskery. Sydney is a server at a five-star hotel in LA, can’t and won’t say which one. She is also an awesome artist who has a show coming up in Santa Monica and we’ve been friends forever. We met way back in the day in San Francisco when life was good and gas was cheap kind of time frame. And we had so much fun with the group of friends that we hung out wit...

Welcome back to BoozeNation The Podcast!

In honor of Women's History Month - I'm talking to bar manager Krystal Jackson. Krystal is the bar manager of Victory Hall in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood. We talk about our early days in the restaurant business, what it's like to work in a corporate restaurant, and the lack of diversity of bartenders in San Francisco.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!

It is a big day for drinkers and a big day for bartenders!!!!!!

Listen up as I give a very brief history of St. Patrick, shout out a few facts about the day and listen to a few of my friends recount their St. Patrick's Day memories.

Also, an Irish proverb is in the episode for my friend EB. Happy St. Patrick's Day EB.

Have fun and drink a lot for me, I won't be going out this year!!

Remember no blood, n...

Happy New Year!!!!

OK, I'm a bit late. So what!

My guest today is sweet Frederic Tarmis!! We chop it up about growing up in Paris, vacationing in Guadeloupe, traveling to Montreal, and crossing the border from Canada.

I met Frederick when I was working at this bar called the Buck, which was on Market Street, it's no longer there, and it was long gone before 2020, so it was not a casualty of the pandemic. Frederic lived above the ba...