“A bartender is the aristocrat of the working class”. Douglas Coughlin said that. And he could’ve been talking about Mike McIntyre. Like all great bartenders, Mike is an iceberg: You look behind the bar and you see a guy with a sharp sense of humor and wicked way with a cocktail shaker — but underneath the water is a hustler with gravitas and a shit load of life experience. On this episode we talk to Sir McIntyre about alligators, fishing boats, Mike O’Connell nicknames, 9 Day Wonder, the Chicago music scene of the ‘90s, beating Steve Albini at poker, holding court at Simon’s Tavern, bar jokes, and bon vivants. Good day to you, sire!