Me, Josh and a bunch of other people (including Julio Bermejo and Mauro Mahjoub) were together in Yerevan for Yerevan Cocktail Week (YCW), so I took the chance to tape an episode with Josh, who I always run into at Tales of the Cocktail, but never get to sit down and chat with.

Josh is best known for Trick Dog cocktail bar in SF, a perennial award winner and two-time World's Best Cocktail Menu winner at Tales; in fact, Josh taught a class at YCW on cocktail menus.

It was a special trip for Josh, whose grandparents fled Armenia for America; he is the very first member of the entire family to return to Armenia, ever.

Over some remarkably pungent Armenian string cheese, and a beer on my part and possibly some Mount Ararat brandy, we talked bars, menus, awards, travel, the industry, his new bar and a lot more. Enjoy!

Josh on IG: https://www.instagram.com/josh_the_bon_vivants/?hl=en

Trick Dog: https://www.instagram.com/trickdogbar/?hl=en

The forthcoming Quik Dog: https://www.instagram.com/quik_dog/?hl=en

Pig 'n' Punch: https://www.instagram.com/pig_n_punch/?hl=en

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