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by TM Petaccia National bartending champion Yolanda Gregg of Mariposa. TM Petaccia/UP “Behind the stick” originally comes from taphouses, as in pulling the draft beer taps, but has been adapted over the years as an industry-wide term for who is working the bar. This series profiles working bartenders in the Charlotte area to learn a bit more about them and what you can expect when they are behind the stick. This week, we spoke with Yolanda Gregg, mixologist at Uptown’s Mariposa. Gregg recently took home national honors as the Classic Cocktail Champion at the United States Bartenders Guild “S ..read more

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