Hot Pour | ‘Bartending is bartending’ no matter where you do it

Bartender

▪ Angel Watson, 39

Bar

▪ Tequila Joe’s Bar and Grill

Q: Where are you from?

A: Originally I’m from Georgetown, but I’ve lived in Myrtle Beach for the last 18 years.

Q: Do you ever miss the smell of Georgetown’s paper mill?

A: No, but I got used to it while I was there. My dad retired from the paper mill. He used to say that smell was our bread and butter.

Q: How long have you been a bartender?

A: Also 18 years. I was the bar manager at Fantails before here.

Q: What’s the biggest difference between being a bartender at Fantails and being a bartender at Tequila Joe’s?

A: Bartending is bartending. It’s a good skill to have. I can take it anywhere I go.

Q: What’s your favorite thing the skill of bartending?

A: I get to interact with different people almost every day.

Q: What’s you least favorite thing about bartending?

A: That has to be working the late night hours. I have a husband at home. It usually works out though because he works late nights, too.

Q: What does he do?

A: He’s been a cab driver in Myrtle Beach for almost 20 years.

Q: How long have you two been married?

A: Ten years.

Q: What’s the best thing about being married?

A: Everything, I found my soulmate.

Q: What’s the worst thing about being married?

A: There are those times, every now and then, when you’d like to go out and still be single, but…

By Derrick Bracey, For The Surge

This story was originally published August 11, 2015 at 1:38 AM with the headline "Hot Pour | ‘Bartending is bartending’ no matter where you do it."