Mixologist of the Month: Tori Pierce, 701 Eateries

I’ll bake you some bread.

Tell us something no one knows about you.

I swam competitively for 12 years.

Favorite ND experience or event:

Getting to drive through three hours of a lightning storm.

Have any famous people come to your bar?

Not that I know of.

What’s the best thing about bartending?

Getting to watch people enjoy something you made for them and being able to hear different stories from so many unique people.

What was the craziest thing you have seen happen in your bar?

Thankfully, I haven’t had to experience anything too crazy yet! Having to close down a bar with the power out is probably the craziest.

If you could do anything else, what would it be and why?

I would love to be able to travel for a living and get to see the world and all the different food and cultures in it.

Do you have a hidden talent/talents?

I would love to be able to travel for a living and get to see the world and all the different food and cultures in it.

Do you have any sage bartender advice?
Always keep learning and trying to improve. You’ll never be the best and there is something great about that.

Lemon and Sage Gin Martini

Ingredients

• 2 oz Sipsmith Lemon Drizzle Gin
• 1/2 oz Cocchi Americano Vermouth
• 1/4 oz housemade sage syrup
• 3 dashes Miracle Mile Castillan bitters
• 2 dashes Bittercube Trinity Bitters
• Lemon peel for garnish