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10/08/2024

Hey All – We wanted to share this with you and ask if you can help our good friend, Touré Folkes (pictured at far left). Unfortunately, his place of residence was destroyed in a recent New Orleans fire, costing him greatly. Touré, the founder of the amazing organization, Turning Tables, has always been a supporter of and collaborator with The NOLADrinks Show. In fact, we have been following the Turning Tables story from the very beginning (and have always been proud and honored to do so)!

If you can, please help get Touré back on his feet! Here is the link - https://givebutter.com/Q38t7M

Thank you!

Cheers and Be Well!
~ Bryan

07/19/2024

Hey All! Looking forward to seeing old friends and making new ones at this year's Tales of the Cocktail! If you're interested, check out some of our recent episodes of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias focused on the drinks business and the hospitality industry.

Shows include:

Our annual Tales preview.

The Ada Coleman Project - Advocating for women+ in the drinks business.

Bartender Community Urban Gardens - With Atlanta's A Sip of Paradise Garden and Toronto's .

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United - Advocacy for hospitality workers and the issues they face with Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United) and Restaurant Opportunities Center of New Orleans

Tales of the Cocktail Policy Initiative - Creating tangible policy supporting drinks business professionals.

The 2024 Nola SpiritsComp - Learn about the unique New Orleans Spirits Competition culminating at Tales this year.

Speed Rack - A terrific organization with their all-female national bartending competition supporting women+ in the industry and supporting breast cancer charities (and their new cocktail book!)

All these episodes can be found in our linkin.bio - https://linkin.bio/thenoladrinksshow

Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

07/18/2024

It’s our last show before Tales of the Cocktail 2024 and our short summer break! This time, we welcome Kaitlin Wilkes and Kristine Bo****no, founders of The Ada Coleman Project! It is a terrific non-profit that supports women+ in the drinks business and hospitality industry. A core part of the program is a database they developed that allows hospitality venues, organizations, and others to identify talent for events, seminars, and much more. We discuss how they got started, the need they saw, and other programming they do.

To see more on this show and to get the podcast from our site or your fave podcast platform, check the link in bio below! Hope to see you at Tales! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

https://linkin.bio/thenoladrinksshow

07/13/2024

We always look forward to bringing you our annual Tales of the Cocktail preview show! As always, we are joined by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation’s CEO and friend of the show, Eileen Wayner. We let you know everything you need to know about this year’s event – the most important drinks business conference and showcase on the planet! We discuss the events, activities, programs, and much, much more!

Thanks, as always to our friends at the Southern Food and Beverage Museum for hosting us!

To see more on this show or get the podcast from our site or your favorite podcast platform, click the link below! See you at Tales! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

07/03/2024

We’re back with a new show! On this edition of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we are talking about two projects spearheaded by two talented bartenders and hospitality industry veterans. Both projects involve community gardens for and by the industry. We chat with Keyatta Mincey-Parker, founder of Atlanta’s “A Sip of Paradise Garden,” and great friend of the show. Also joining us is Elise Hanson, who recently won Bombay Sapphire Gin’s “Most Imaginative Bartender” competition with her project, “Higher Harvests,” that will transform Toronto rooftops into hospitality venue driven gardens.

To see more about this show, including links to our guests, and to get it from our website or your favorite podcast platform, click the link below! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-hospitality-industry-community-gardens-2024ep09/

06/05/2024

This time on The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we talk with Anthony Advincula, National Communications Director, and Brandon Arnold, Community Organizer for New Orleans, of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, aka ROC United. We discuss this national organization that advocates for members of the hospitality industry. Among other initiatives of theirs we cover; we highlight their effort to pilot a mandatory training on sexual harassment and violence in the industry here in New Orleans.

Connect with ROC United -

To see more on this show and get the podcast directly from our website or your favorite podcast network, just click the link below! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-restaurant-opportunities-centers-united-2024ep08/

05/09/2024

On this episode of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we talk about the policy initiative being undertaken by the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation supporting bar professionals in the US. The effort is designed to bring about tangible policies and approaches for dealing with critical issues facing individuals in the industry. Our guest is the foundation’s Government Affairs Manager, Tammera Catchings.

To see more on this show and get the podcast directly from our site or your favorite podcast platform, check the link below! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-tales-of-the-cocktail-foundation-policy-initiative-2024ep07/

04/18/2024

This time around, we’re bringing you a preview of the 2024 New Orleans Spirits Competition, now in its 3rd year. We chat with Head Judge and noted cocktail author, Wayne Curtis, and Director of Operations and spirits industry veteran, Matthew Sharpe. They let us know about the competition, how it works, and lots of new and exciting things coming this year! We discuss how it all culminates with the final judging at Tales of the Cocktail with much of it open to attendees to observe. If you are a spirits producer, we let you know about how to submit your stuff with the deadline to do so looming soon!

To see more on this episode and get it from your favorite podcast platform or our site, just click the link below! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍸️

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-new-orleans-spirits-competition-2024-2024ep06/

04/09/2024

We’re happy to bring you our annual French Quarter Festival preview show! This terrific event starts this week on Thursday, April 11 and runs through Sunday, April 14. Featuring more than 20 stages scattered throughout the historic French Quarter along with dozens of food and drink vendors and other special offerings, there is sure to be something for everyone! We chat with Emily Madero, President and CEO, and Kenneth Spears, Director of Food & Beverage and Hospitality, of French Quarter Festivals, Inc.

To see more on this show and get it from our site or your preferred podcast platform, just click the link below! Cheers and Fest Well, You All!☮️❤️🎵

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-french-quarter-festival-2024-preview-2024ep05/

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04/04/2024

On this edition of The NOLADrinks Show with Bryan Dias, we welcome some of the folks behind Sorel Liqueur! We chat with founder Jackie Summers, along with Josh Davis and Crystal Lilly. Aside from telling you about Sorel, a Caribbean inspired liqueur connected to Jackie’s family history (and more!), we also talk about Brown and Balanced, an organization started by Josh advocating for black bartenders. Along the way, we discuss diversity, equity, and inclusivity in the drinks business.

Quick programming note – we will back really quick with a show early next week – our annual French Quarter Festival preview! To get the latest episode from our site or your favorite podcast platform, just click the link below! Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍹

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-team-sorel-2024ep04/

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03/21/2024

We’ve got a new show for you! We welcome back Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix, co-founders of Speed Rack! We talk about that terrific organization and about their upcoming cocktail book, A Quick Drink: The Speed Rack Guide to Winning Cocktails for Any Mood!

To see more on this episode and get the podcast from our website or your favorite platform, just click the link below! Cheers and Be Well, You All!

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-speed-rack-and-winning-cocktails-2024ep03/



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02/23/2024

We’ve talked beer a lot here on The NOLADrinks Show over the years. But this time around, more of our focus is talking about pairing beer with food. We’ve touched on it before but here it is a little more focused on the topic. We welcome Chef Richard Papier and proprietor and brewer of Calliope Beer Works, Rich Szydlo.

Please note – the featured interview portion of the show was taped a couple of weeks back before this news broke. Unfortunately, Calliope Beer Works has closed due to today’s difficult hospitality environment here in New Orleans. We wish Rich the best in his future endeavors! There is still a lot to this interview as it relates to understanding beer pairing. Check it out!

To see more on this show and get it from our website or your favorite podcast platform, just click the link below!

Cheers and Be Well, You All!☮️❤️🍺

https://noladrinks.com/broadcast/the-noladrinks-show-with-bryan-dias-beer-pairing-2024ep02/