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Kat Linscott is new to bartending, but she knows what she likes. The 21-year-old former daycare worker is now babysitting bigger kids, so to speak, but she picked Leff’s Lucky Town because it was close to home – and the kind of place she, herself, likes to visit.
We caught up with Linscott to talk about the time she served a customer a shot from the bar mat, as well as what it’s like pouring drinks for the Brewers. "They’re always super-friendly when spotted," she says.
OnMilwaukee.com: How long have you been a bartender?
Kat Linscott: Over two years. I was working at a daycare and looking for a night job. It kind of turned into being my full-time job.
OMC: How does working with children compare to working with drunk adults?
KL: It’s almost the same sometimes. Bartending is more fun, though.
OMC: Why Leff’s?
KL: It’s close to where I live. It’s a popular, local bar.
OMC: The kind of place you’d go to, anyway?
KL: Yeah.
OMC: What’s your signature drink?
KL: I like beer, but Kettle seltzer with a splash of cran.
OMC: How about to make?
KL: Stoli Blueberry and Robinade. It’s super delicious in the summer.
OMC: Your least favorite?
KL: Bloody Mary. After 6 p.m., there should be none.
OMC: What’s the craziest things you’ve seen as a bartender?
KL: I was asked for a shot out of the bar mat.
OMC: Did you pour it?
KL: Oh, I did it. I asked him if he was sure. And no, I didn’t charge him.
OMC: Have you ever broken up a bar fight?
KL: Me, personally? No. I send the bigger guys over. I steer clear.
OMC: Do you drink when you bartend?
KL: Occasionally. It usually makes it easier. If it’s early in the night, it makes for a long night, though.
OMC: Where do you drink when you’re not bartending?
KL: Down the street, and I love Brady Street.
OMC: What do you want to do when you grow up?
KL: I still don’t know.
OMC: Who are better tippers, men or women?
KL: Men, but here, more guys come here than women. The biggest tip I ever received was a $100 tip on a $200 tab. Two couples, older, super nice, and they said it was hard to find good service.
OMC: Have you ever bartended for any celebrities?
KL: Shaun Marcum, actually. He was super nice and racked up a big tab.
OMC: Is it weird that players come to Leff’s and hang out with the fans?
KL: They come in with their friends and are always super friendly when spotted. There are so many fun workers here, and it’s a fun bar to be at.
OMC: What’s your Somersby recipe?
KL: The Somersby Sipper. Two shots of Rehorst vodka, four ounces of Somersby, topped off with Robinade and a splash of cran.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
