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Sean Murphy

August 28, 2017
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April 17, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

The Stanley Cup and poutine

Canada’s two greatest exports have a shared heritage. I am talking poutine and hockey. I was born in Canada and lived there a good chunk of my life. That means that I can say outrageous thin…
April 10, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

They are leaving… you can come out now

For years now the Beach Bistro runs an ad every May. It shows a flight of geese in V formation heading North. It is captioned, “They are gone… you can come out now.” And every year someone…
March 13, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

The 20th St. Patrick’s Day Parade

The closer we get to St. Patrick’s Day, the more Irish everyone gets. After a couple of glasses the people at the Bistro bar are speaking Gaelic. The annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade started in…
February 6, 2018
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Judy the elephant and the St. Paddy’s Day parade

The best thing about having a parade is watching the kids watching the parade. At the Bistro St Paddy’s parade, their faces are bright with glee and green with face paint and sparkles. Judy, th…
November 1, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Election Day

It is election time on our island. We should be grateful that there are good and honest people running and that our island elections will not be influenced by money and Russians. When I was a kid…
October 10, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Tequila madness

I was young and foolish. It was an evening of bad decisions. The first bad decision was to drink tequila. Salt-tequila-lemon, salt-tequila-lemon, salt-tequila-lemon. As is often the case…
August 22, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

The Beach Bistro’s Beard House adventure

August is a good month to stay inside in the AC with memories. Some of the Bistro’s richest are our August memories of preparing for our first Beard House dinner. The most demanding and most ex…
July 19, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Grumpy Lady and Wasabi Guy

I am in the business of making people happy, of creating memorable evenings for people celebrating special days in their lives. It is the only thing that is going to get me into heaven. Some eveni…
May 15, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Bar Talk… “Warm Florida Coats”

Bartenders are listeners. You sit at the bar. You drink. The Bartender listens. The topics can be tricky. The patron’s ex-wife. This one is real tricky. The bartender has to try to…
March 14, 2017
By Sean Murphy
Sean Murphy

Tales of a craft cocktail bar

People ask me if my mom taught me to cook. Mom was a strict adherent to the Irish cooking maxim, “Take everything that walks, swims or flies across the face of the earth and boil the livin’ bejeez…

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