First Call: Julia's

Establishment Julia’s on Broadway

Bartender Luke Grobe

Pick your poison! How about a Hurricane? Vodka, gin, rum tripe sec, 151, amaretto… I give it to people who come in here and say''Get me fucked up.''

So this is your favorite drink? I drink martinis and scotch. Straight alcohol. But those aren't very creative to make... Can I taste yours?

Um, sure. I guess.

[Grobe grabs a straw, samples the Hurricane, and nods approvingly.]

Are you from Seattle? I moved here from Moscow.

You're from Russia? (question courtesy of drunk guy at the end of the bar) That would have been a lot cooler. I left because it was Moscow, Idaho. I was in school at the time, studying psychology.

Bartenders, psychologists -- same thing, aren't they? They’re close enough.