Time for another Chicago guest on Libations for Everyone! Derrick Tung is the owner/operator of the spectacular Paulie Gee's Pizza (Charles' fav pizza in Chicago). He joins LFE to detail future plans for more Paulie Gee's locales, a brewery food service collab, a new bar concept, smashburgers, traveling to a Shaolin monastery in Hunan province to study kung fu (SRSLY), and a heck of a lot more, in addition to these six topics of the week:

🍝 What’s your favorite thing to serve someone that’s vegan?

🎷 What new-to-you genre of music have you explored more fully recently?

🎗️ Where does your drive to do good come from?

🧭 Name somewhere that you have traveled, that you absolutely adore, that you are well overdue to visit again.

🍕 When it comes to creating and eating pizza-- is anything off the table for you?

🏙️ What is your favorite thing about living in such a vibrant city?

Grab yourself a slice of LFE!

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This week's featured spirit, courtesy of our sponsors at Beam Suntory:

• Basil Hayden Kentucky Straight Bourbon

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Jessi Pollak is one of the most apropos individuals to join Ben & Charles in their pursuit of sometimes-inspiring, oft-weird, libations-laden, bar-style conversations, as a one-time World Class US Bartender of the Year, Speed Rack national finalist, and the commander of all of the wonderful things you lift to your lips and sip for Soigné Hospitality (they, of the heralded Spoon & Stable, Demi, Mara, et al).

Quam whipped up a lovely, light, neutral sherry based cocktail, which was shared alongside neat cordials of gin, and homogenized within a chat containing these six topics of conversation:

🧊 Name a bartender that had a lasting impact on your life.

👂 What is a sound that will make you smile no matter what mood you’re in?

🍸 Name a classic cocktail that’s being modified a lot these days, that you believe is perhaps better left alone.

🪞 What is your favorite room or space in or around your home?

🍄‍🟫 What is an ingredient that you adore, and want to make more people love?

🛏️ Name the steps you take to make your bed.

Let's shake things up!

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This week's featured spirit, courtesy of our sponsors at Beam Suntory:

• Sipsmith London Dry Gin

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Friend of the Podcast, Gustavo Romero, returns to Libations for Everyone, and not a moment too soon, as his absolutely spectacular restaurant Oro was recently named a finalist for James Beard's Best New Restaurant in the US.

The fellas talk about culinary accolades, the bizarre phenomena of leaving the last piece, weird things that beets and asparagus do to your body, the continuing evolution of Nixta and Oro, the versatility of peanut butter, and these six topics of the week:

🌶️ Name an odd or surprising staple in your pantry.

🎁 What is a tradition that many people celebrate that you would like to see done away with?

⏱️ Name a place that you’ve been where you can go to feel like you’ve traveled back in time.

📺 What TV show cancellation are you still mad about?

🔥 What's your go-to beverage on a hot day when you're sweating behind the stove or a grill?

🗺️ You've just been awarded a James Beard award. You can go anywhere in the world to celebrate. Where do you go?

Let's dig in!

Beverages of Choice

This week's featured spirit, courtesy of our sponsors at Beam Suntory:

• Tres Generaciones Tequila Reposado

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