David Kaplan

Topic: Finding Focus and Creativity Within Limitations

Channel: Tiki by the Sea

Host: Peter Nevenglosky - Co-Founder Tiki by the Sea

What You'll Learn:  Originally a bartender in Death & Co’s early days, Alex became an owner in 2010. Since then, he has co-formed various businesses in partnership with David Kaplan and Devon Tarby, including the global hospitality consulting company, Proprietors LLC, as well as the notable cocktail bars Nitecap, Honeycut, The Normandie Club, The Walker Inn,Death & Co Denver, and Death & Co Los Angeles. In the process, Alex has trained hundreds of bartenders, designed dozens of bars, and along the way, has fallen deeply in love with the process of turning the idea of a bar into a reality. Alex focuses primarily on company operations, planning, and logistics, process improvement, design, and systems. Passionate about education, he is a regular speaker at industry conferences and specialized events, a member of the Tales of the Cocktail Education Committee, as well as a contributor to various publications as a writer and expert commentator. Alex is the co-author of Death & Co: Modern Classic Cocktails, as well as the James Beard and Spirited Award-winning book, Cocktail Codex: Origins, Fundamentals, Formulas. Alex lives in Portland, Maine with his husband, Andrew.

About Tiki by the Sea: Tiki by the Sea is a trade-focused educational and immersive cultural experience into the culture, spirits, and drinks of the Tiki era.

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