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We’re in the midst of a campaign to find LA’s best bartender - table20.strutta.com. Our goal is to find LA’s best by having you tell us who your favorite bartenders are.

We’d like to make the process of submitting your favorite barkeep as simple as possible. So for a limited time you can leave a comment in this blog post telling us who you like, why, and immediately get a chance to be 1 of 10 people to win “How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice”

In addition, at the end of the contest you’ll have a shot at winning a $275 LA Entertainment Package which includes the following:

• • dinner for four at Lazy Ox Canteen
• • dinner for two at Takami Sushi Robata & Restaurant
• • tickets for two to the post-contest party - there will be 25 randomly drawn ticket winners

Enter in two steps.

1. Leave a comment below with the following info about your favorite bartender.

• • first name (full name if possible)
• • place of work (name and location)
• • why they deserve to be named LA’s Best Bartender

2. Then retweet or Share through Facebook “I nominated my favorite LA bartender and got a chance to win ‘How to Booze: Exquisite Cocktails and Unsound Advice’ http://bit.ly/9qcWk1″

Then we’ll jet out to their bar to let them know how much you appreciate them and take their picture for their official entry into the contest.

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Your contest entry will be invalid if we are unable to take a picture of your bartender  or if someone else submits your favorite bartender to our contest site before we can get your entry loaded to the site.

SELECTION PROCESS

Vetting Phase
At the end of the 30-day nomination and voting period the top nominees, by number of votes, will be vetted to ensure they exist, are employed and are interested in participating further.

The top 25 nominees, following the vetting process, will win a custom designed Table 20 t-shirt. The top nominees will be announced via the Table 20 blog.

Finalist Selection Phase
Following the vetting phase, the top vote getter will be named the People’s Choice winner and be automatically included as a finalist.

The judges will each select a bartender to be a finalist from the remaining 24 nominees.  A judge can make their decision based on the why the bartender was nominated, comments attributed, number of votes, and personal experience. Each of the five judges will choose one nominee for a total of five judge-selected finalists.

This phase will result in 6 finalists – 5 judge selected and 1 People’s Choice winner.

Consideration Phase
Table 20 will contact the six finalists for interviews. Judges may visit bartenders to meet, interview and sample a drink.

Winner Selection Phase
The judges, using a ranking system will select the winner of the contest; the aggregated rankings of the judges will determine the overall winner of the contest.

The winner and finalists will be featured on the Table 20 and LA Sates blog.

We’ve created this t-shirt as a special prize for our upcoming Service Props contest. The top nominees from the contest will win this t-shirt. The finalists and winners will win a bunch other cool stuff too.

We’re most proud of this prize because it’s a one-of-a-kind design depicting the day-to-day restaurant and bar industry experience.  We put a lot of thought and effort into it - we hope you appreciate it too.

Printed on American Apparel t-shirt. Designed by Chris Piascik, conceived and directed by Trevor Smith.