95 year old bartender to retire…
Slinging drinks for over 76 years, Angelo Cammarata has decided to retire.
MSNBC:
WEST VIEW, Pa. – Only minutes after Prohibition ended in 1933, Angelo Cammarata, 19, served a 10-cent bottle of Fort Pitt beer to a customer in his father’s neighborhood grocery.
Ever since, except for a 30-month hitch during World War II, the son of Italian immigrants has been tending bar and serving drinks. Guinness World Records dubbed him the longest-serving bartender a decade ago, and he’s earned induction into Jim Beam’s Bartender Hall of Fame and numerous other honors. (more…)
September 2, 2009 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Angelo Cammarata, bartender | 2 Comments »