Bartending in Beantown
In March, ESPN The Magazine sent me to The Four's, one of the biggest and most famous sports bars in Boston, where I was assigned to spend several days doing all the things a regular employee does – cooking wings, washing dishes, serving Bud Light to Bruins fans. The goal was to see how a big-time sports bar operates, and what kinds of hidden secrets I could pick up during a four-day immersion.
Between St. Patrick's Day, the Hockey East tournament, and a Celtics game, it was one of the craziest weeks at The Four's all year, and one of the wildest experiences of my life. Thanks to Peter Colton and the rest of his staff for letting me invade their place for a long weekend, and to Mark Peterson for taking the only-slightly-mortifying photographs of me working the late shift.
