Barfly Podcast

Send us Fan MailMeyer's bestselling book "Setting the Table, the Transforming Power of Hospitality in Business" certainly helped set the tone for modern hospitality. Michelin stars, James Beard Awards, the Julia Child Award, Meyer has them all. He joins us to talk about his upcoming talk at Book Passage in Corte Madera (moderated by Michael Mindel, CEO of Restaunomics, and managing partner of Poggio) and his book: "What Could Possibly Go Right? The Essential Journey to Scale an Enduring Culture." 

Send us Fan MailBeau Blanchard, Associate Director of Institutional Giving at the California Film Institute, joins us to talk about the Mill Valley Film Festival and its impact on local hospitality

Send us Fan MailWe welcome Sausalito Historical Society Board Member Rip Hunter to talk about his new Sausalito Whiskey Trail App or iPhones, which takes the user on a cultural tour of Sausalito with whiskey!

Send us Fan MailWe are joined by Kenneth Andresen, manager of the new Lighthouse Bar and Grill in Sausalito to discuss the 21-month journey to get to opening of the new location. Andresen also manages the Lighthouse Bar and Grill at Harbor Point, and the Andresen family owns both of the Lighthouse Cafes; in Mill Valley and in Corte Madera.

Send us Fan MailWe welcome Carrie Peters the founder and CEO (and fixer) of ABC License Co. to discuss the trials and tribulations of getting a liquor license. 

Send us Fan MailWe welcome Max Perry, one of the two new local co-owners of the Silver Peso in Larkspur to talk about the impending return of the Peso. Perry and his partner Conor Flaherty are also partners in Tiburon's Sam's Anchor Cafe. 

Send us Fan MailLeanne Battelle (Marin IJ food writer and editor at The Real Deal Marin) and Daedalus Howell (editor of the Pacific Sun/Bohemian and host of The Drive on Wine Country Radio 95.5 FM) join us to talk about the state of the restaurant business in Marin at the end of 2025.

Send us Fan MailWe welcome Lou Lesko, the man behind the scenes at "Tale of a Barfly," our dramatic collaboration at the Marin Civic Center's Showcase Theater on Nov. 20

Send us Fan MailWe welcome Larry Mindel and his son-in-law Steve Reinertsen to talk about the restaurant business in general, and the new memoir "Lorenzo: the restaurateur who revolutionized an industry" in particular.

Send us Fan MailRob Lightner, one of the co-founders of East Brother Beer Co., joins us to talk beer, and their two brand new locations: Tam Tavern in Mill Valley and a taproom at the Metreon in SF.