Bartender

Langermann's is the new restaurant in Canton's American Can Company space where the Kiss Café struggled for so many years. Extensive renovations have imposed some natural order on this former factory space, which has been softened considerably by a warmer, rust-colored palette. Civilizing touches have been installed throughout - for the irregularly shaped dining room, white tablecloths and wood floors; and for the snazzy-looking bar with bartenders dressed in white jacket and ties, serving classic cocktails.

Bill Bateman's in Havre de Grace presents The Battle of the Guest Bartenders to benefit the Susquehanna Hose Company Saturday, May 19, at 8 p.m. Come support the local fire company as members show off their stuff behind the Bateman's bar. See which house is fastest. There will be a DJ and dancing as well as raffles and auctions. The fire company has some of the best raffle and live and silent auction stuff it has ever offered, including golf packages, concert packages, fishing packages and sports memorabilia including a 16-by-20 Pete Rose autographed framed photo, a 16-by-20 Eddie Murray autographed framed photo, Joe Flacco autographed, framed Delaware jersey, a Ray Lewis autographed helmet, a Super Bowl XXXXVI Giants team autographed football, a Ben Roethlisberger autographed football and Adam Jones autographed bat. Bill Bateman's is at 2021 Pulaski Highway in Havre de Grace.

Christopher "Guido" Whitesel, a bartender who worked at esatablishments in Annapolis and Baltimore, died March 27 of cancer at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis. He was 55. Mr. Whitesel was born in Washington and raised in Silver Spring, where he graduated in 1973 from John F. Kennedy High School. He attended Montgomery Community College before becoming a bartender in the 1970s. Mr. Whitesel was working at a gangster-themed bar in Rockville when a customer christened him with a nickname that stuck for the rest of his life.

If you're like us, you're itching for Tiki Barge weather. If you're bartender Megan Morstein, it's already started. It's the Columbia, MD native's second season serving drinks on the Barge, and she could not be more excited. "[Tiki Barge] is the only place in Baltimore where it doesn't feel like you're in Baltimore anymore. " Now living in nearby Federal Hill, Morstein is also a teacher, but started working at the Barge after spending an entire summer on the opposite side of the bar. When last summer was coming around, she contacted the owner, and management, and the rest, as they say, is history.

CURRENT volunteers' news and needs:The United Cerebral Palsy Bartenders' Contest will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Bay Cafe in Canton. Raffle tickets will be sold and each ticket is worth 10 votes for a favorite bartender. For details of the 1992 Baltimore Bartenders' Charity Ball call Ann Cartenuto, (410) 484-4540.Baltimore Office of Promotion wants volunteers who will help with upcoming events such as the Preakness Parade, Mayor's Easter Egg Hunt and Columbus Parade. Volunteers will work in a variety of functions, including parade marshals, helping with decorations and costumed characters.

B altimore is about to have a situation on its hands. Not just any situation. The Situation. The Situation is the nickname for one of the stars of MTV's infamous new reality TV show, "Jersey Shore." The 27-year-old from Staten Island has a real name - Mike Sorrentino - but that's inconsequential. What matters is, The Situation has six-pack abs so well-defined that he calls them "the situation" (hence, the nickname). Every opportunity he gets - at work, on magazine covers, on the dance floor - he lifts his shirt to show them off. Like the other guys on "Jersey Shore," The Situation is a self-declared guido's guido - with carefully gelled hair, perma-tanned skin and alpha-male attitude.

A dancer and a bartender from The Block lost their bid to collect damages when a Baltimore Circuit Court jury ruled yesterday that state police did not violate their rights during a notorious raid of the red-light district two years ago.The jury deliberated about 90 minutes before ruling against the dancer, Laura Beth Wolff, and the bartender, Joanne Dunay, both of whom had claimed that police were abusive and handcuffed them without probable cause during...

The lunch crowd was gone. It was a slow afternoon in PJ's Pub in Ellicott City last Monday. Then a reporter from National Public Radio stumbled in.Phyllis Crockett was working on a political piece to air before the Maryland primary and stopped at PJ's because she was thirsty, said bar manager Patrick Patterson. Soon, Patterson, being an amiable bartender, found himself being interviewed by Crockett, who said she was working on a story on why the American people are fed up with politicians.

Joyce A. Giustina, a retired licensed practical nurse and former bartender, died of undetermined causes Saturday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She was 69 and lived in Severna Park. Born and raised Joyce A. Monninger in Baltimore, she was a graduate of city public schools. Mrs. Giustina graduated in 1951 from Baltimore City Hospital's nursing course. After raising her family, Mrs. Giustina worked as a bartender at the Sunset Lounge in Glen Burnie, where she was in charge of the restaurant's back bar for nearly 20 years.

William J. "Lefty" Baumiller, an affable bartender who had a 50-year career at area restaurants and clubs, died of heart failure Sunday at the Perry Point Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The Timonium resident was 77. Mr. Baumiller was born and raised in Upper Darby, Pa., and moved to Baltimore in 1940. He got the nickname "Lefty" while pitching during the 1940s for a farm team of the old Philadelphia Athletics. He played baseball in Japan while serving with the Army's special services from 1945 to 1949.

If you're like us, you're itching for Tiki Barge weather. If you're bartender Megan Morstein, it's already started. It's the Columbia native's second season serving drinks on the Barge, and she could not be more excited. "[Tiki Barge] is the only place in Baltimore where it doesn't feel like you're in Baltimore anymore," she said. Now living not far from the Barge in Federal Hill, Morstein is also a Title 1 research teacher and provides Baltimore private school children with extra support in reading or math.

Michael Edward "Mick" King, a longtime Mount Royal Tavern bartender who in addition to pumping beer and pouring shots was an accomplished artist and sometime musician, died March 3 of a heart attack at the venerable Bolton Hill bar. The Govans resident was 47. Mr. King, the day bartender, had reported for his shift last Saturday morning when he suddenly felt ill. He told owners Chris Kozak and Ron Carback he wasn't feeling well and went upstairs...

Appletini. Few words make bartender Doug Atwell shudder as much as that one. Atwell is part-owner and head mixologist at Rye, a new bar in Fells Point that specializes in craft cocktails, the bar equivalent of gourmet meals. These drinks are made with fresh and regional ingredients, homemade syrups and quality spirits. The appletini is the antithesis of that, more often than not made with a bottled mix. It is to cocktails what Rachael Ray is to fine dining and Skrillex is to music.

For over a year, a group of local bartenders have been informally meeting as Baltimore's first guild for mixologists. They've been operating under the radar for most of that time, only quietly launching a website a month ago. But they will make their big entrance Sunday with their inaugural event, a fundraiser and cocktails showcase at B&O American Brasserie. Dubbed the Baltimore Bartenders' Guild, the group includes some of the most well-known bartenders in the city and some of the most high-profile - Brendan Dorr of B&O, Adrian Ross-Boom of Wit & Wisdom , and Doug Atwell of Rye . So far, there are 15 members from 11 bars, including one that hasn't opened yet. It is a working trade group, one where its members talk shop and liquor vendors sometimes present new products.

Of the 11 cocktails on the menu at Wit & Wisdom Tavern at the new Four Seasons, several automatically jump out. They carry unexpected ingredients, like Fernet Branca, a herbaceous liqueur, and bitters with a dominant orange flavor. But before I ordered, I asked my bartender to suggest something. Choosing the Aviation, a gin-based cocktail, she explained every detail about its ingredients. She knew that the Luxardo Maraschino gave it a cherry flavor, and that the creme de violette added a floral element.

Carol R. Hill, a former bartender who was working as an artist, died Oct. 3 of undetermined causes at her home in Triangle, Va. The former 20-year Fells Point resident was 51. Ms. Hill had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis about five years ago, her sister said. "We are waiting for the results of an autopsy and have been told that it may take up until 12 weeks," said her sister, Sharon Bohon of Skippack, Pa. The former Carol Read was born in Shelbyville, Ind., and was raised in Center Valley, Pa., where she graduated in 1978 from Southern Lehigh High School.

"You talk like an old man yourself. He can buy a bottle and drink at home.""It's not the same."-- "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," Ernest HemingwayJim Lerro was new in Annapolis and looking for a home away from home, something with a comfortable stool, a full glass of beer and a lively line of banter.He found it at the southwest end of the bar at McGarvey's Saloon, bartender Larry Armstrong presiding."This is his corner of the bar. They call it the 'Caustic Corner,' " Lerro said yesterday, seated before a noon glass of Budweiser, recalling that first look at the Armstrong congregation two years ago. "People were crowded all around here.

Marcelline R. Quinter, a veteran waitress and bartender, died May 29 of coronary obstructive pulmonary disease at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She was 78. Marcelline Regina Finnerty, the daughter of a maintenance worker and a candy maker, was born in Baltimore and raised on Lakewood Avenue. She attended Catholic High School and worked for years "downtown as a waitress and bartender," said her daughter, Deborah Goralski of Oakland. Mrs. Quinter retired in 1995 from the Midtown Yacht Club on Centre Street.