Episode #84 - Joe Briglio of Nine Bar

What happens when a hockey-loving finance major turned firefighter hopeful decides to trade in his gear for a shaker tin? This week we're exploring that trajectory with Joe Briglio, co-owner and beverage director of Chicago's Blade Runner-inspired cocktail den Nine Bar. We journey along Joe's unexpected career path that led him from college summers slinging drinks at concerts to designing some of the city's most interesting neon-tinged cocktails. Joe tells us about emerging reinvigorated after a shocking diagnosis, Tim and Joe reminisce about their time on the trading floor, we learn all about the genesis of Nine Bar, and so much more.