The Restaurant Guys
The Restaurant Guys is one of the original food and wine podcasts, launched in 2005 by restaurateurs Mark Pascal and Francis Schott.
With roots as a daily radio show, the podcast features in-depth conversations with chefs, bartenders, winemakers, authors, and hospitality professionals—offering the inside track on food, cocktails, wine, and restaurant culture.
New episodes and vintage conversations because the best stories, like the best bottles, age well. Expect insightful, opinionated, and entertaining conversations about food, wine, and the finer things in life.
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Philip Duff: Liquid Solutions
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The Banter
The Guys revisit an incident involving an older Burgundy, a decanter and a difference of opinion.
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys have Philip Duff on the show to hear about his genever. The conversation winds into Irish whiskey, Batavia Arrack, and a special vodka endorsed by an action film star whom Philip is teaching to bartend.
The Inside Track
The Guys have crossed paths with globe-traveling Philip Duff for decades. Philip has had his hand in many aspects of the bar world and here is what he thinks is the key to making it in this wild and wonderful industry.
“You build something, be it a brand, be it a bar and people are right to tell you it's crazy because if it was a good idea, well, why didn't anybody else do it? But without lunatics, we don't get Teslas and Stage Left Steak and Old Duff Geneva and Door 74, right? A certain degree of lunacy has to be baked in,” Philip Duff on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2025
Bio
Philip Duff began bartending at 15 in his native Ireland. In addition to working behind bars, he became an educator of spirits, bartending and cocktails and teaches at many spirits and cocktail conventions.
He began Liquid Solutions, the on-trade consultancy. He founded Holland’s first speakeasy bar, Door 74 in Amsterdam, and owns the award-winning Old Duff Genever brand.
Philip has published articles in Drinks International, CLASS magazine, Imbibe UK, Mixology (Germany), Australian Bartender, and Reuters.
He also served as the educational director for Tales of the Cocktail and judged for the IWSR, the World’s 50 Best Bars, and the Spirited Awards.
Info
Old Duff Genever
http://www.oldduffgenever.com/
Philip’s podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-philip-duff-show/id1614308846
February 25 George Martinelli of Martinelli Winery
https://www.stageleft.com/event/22526-wine-dinner-w-george-martinelli-of-martinelli-winery/
March 12 Anthony Beckman of Balletto Vineyards
https://www.stageleft.com/event/31226-balleto-winemaker-dinner-w-anthony-beckman/
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