A Speakeasy Home Bar?

We recently got to catch up with my friend Jesse Smyth of the Stubborn Nail who showed us around her (Super Secret) Speakeasy, made us a few drinks and chatted with us about how she got started in Bartending, how she had to immediately pivot her business due to COVID, what she's doing now, and what the future holds. For you longtime Barfly viewers, the Stubborn Nail will be familiar to you. Jesse graciously allowed us to film episodes there while my own kitchen was under construction and we had no space.
I met Jesse while we were both bartending at a bar in the Downtown Los Angeles Arts District called Tony's Saloon. It really took no time at all for us to be thick as thieves and really have some pretty Rip Roaring weekend nights behind the bar. Jesse went on to work at some of the best bar programs in the city, was a Bombay Most Imaginative Bartender finalist and it's been really cool to watch her define her own unique cocktail style. And I am not kidding when I say that each and every drink she conceives is goddamned delicious!
If you want to check out Jessie’s awesome business and all the great things she’s doing, you can check that out here:
www.thestubbornnail.com
Here's The Ingredients list for the cocktails included in this episode:
Green Goddess
1oz (30ml) Gin
1oz (30ml) Green Chartreuse
1oz (30ml) Green Goddess Shrub
1oz (30ml) Lemon Juice
Green Goddess Shrub:
Olive Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, Wildflower Honey, Celery, Parsley and Dill
Carlyle Street:
1.5oz (45ml) Tequila Blanco
1oz (30ml) Campari
.75oz (22.5ml) Honeybush Tea Syrup
Honeybush Tea Syrup:
Honeybush tea, Honey, Orange Blossom Water
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[@TheMatthewcota]

Back in days before Leandro leaned how to smile. The bar with the garden, what a one two punch.

[@AccursedSlug]

Wow so cool to get the deep Barfly lore!

[@linoid85]

I love this episode. So different from all of the other cocktail KZbin channels, in the best way. I’d like to see more at home cocktail bars.

[@Robdoesitall]

Hey man! I’m an American bar manager in Norway and I just wanted to say I LOVE seeing people’s home bars. Thank you so much for this. 🙌🏾

[@EvolutionMedia29]

I always wondered why there was such a different bar in the early barfly videos! Deeply satisfying video, and a very well shot and edited mini-documentary!!

[@elizabethgeorge168]

Idk what I'm more jealous of: the bar or the garden!

[@mattronan2746]

Incredible interview and behind the scenes look at this amazing space!

[@boozeontherocks]

This is great. I remember watching videos with this bar. And its great to see so much behind it, and that garden is excellent.

[@ralphkennedy5744]

My names Kennedy as well and I have also had a Kennedy's Pub in my basement since 2008! Great job

[@thatdudebro]

now THIS is the kinda place i would go out of my way to support.

[@EvilTwinShell]

How Cool!! 🥃 I love her vibe. Lots of beautiful plants, love the bar ! Very nice!!

[@maksymilianreiter3111]

this is probably the best barfly freepour video to date

[@margefoyle6796]

Most excellent! When I was first watching, I thought that bar was Cole's. But then I went to Cole's (Leandro wasn't there, unfortunately), so I knew it wasn't. I've always wondered where it was so this is great to know. And that garden! Oh my, oh my! That's an inspiration!! So........ What's the password? How does one wrangle an invitation? I can drive south easily enough, lol! ♥️

[@shnepper]

Love this! What a cool property and setup!

[@alexanderhammes4284]

Love this video! I was hoping for some videos like this and here we are! Thank you

[@joseurena7116]

I’m starting to love this channel, taking the time to hear the story of how the bar was build and ideas behind it…sweet

[@Trader_span]

great bar! especially the jar of green buds at 3:37!

[@YEAIMSURE]

Basil Candle ;)

[@missti9012]

What an amazing episode, congrats! I’m impressed, nice edit, nice story, great guest…. Loved it

[@robtastic84]

Dude you have to do more of this type of content. I think there would be a lot of appeal for professionals and non-professionals, for these mini doc type films going into the human side of bar tending.

[@freepour]

There will be more! Glad you liked it!

[@robertkeeler6211]

Great video/story. While I’m not a trained bartender, I can certainly hold my own as a home bartender, and love to host friends for cocktails. I even purposefully have reduced the amount of beers I used to have to focus more on cocktails. Great space!

[@stonerman15]

That false picture was such a cool idea love this speakeasy style.

[@calebjay390]

Wow, I remember this bar! Crazy to think back to that. Super cool!

[@vani11abearr]

I’d love to have a proper home bar like this. Very inspiring!

[@MrMoney331]

Wow that place looks amazing! It is what every home bar person strives to have! Also loved the video, shooting and info was so great.

[@mauricioalves8860]

I really like this kind of episode. I mean, really !!

[@DavidRamseyIII]

Wow what a great video!

[@peterverdon645]

That looks so nice. Wish it was in my neighborhood

[@renaudduquette7238]

By the way I just started in the bar buisness, I am getting much praise (from having studied your videos and books you reference). (I am a barback or service bartender.) Thanks for everything I love you Leandro! One day I will come see you even though I am from Montreal wich is kind of as far as it goes for US-CA haha 🖤🤘

[@csongorkakuk5871]

OMG I just LOVE this entire thing, the bar, the garden, the story, the process. This entire video made me fantasize about having my own little bar haha.

[@freepour]

Great. That's why we make the videos, to inspire people to make their own

[@SanTM]

Looks a cool and different place! Nice

[@supernando1000]

Incredible Episode

[@farilevan884]

U 2 have a nice time!

[@stonehenge313]

that was very cool, thanks!

[@peterpatrician]

I remember the Chartreuse episode shot at this bar. Great video and great story-cannot wait to build my home bar (which will also be a speakeasy style).

[@tomassanchez376]

Cocktail community is the best!

[@michaelpurbrick3115]

I would love to visit from the UK, very inspirational

[@johnb3948]

Great vid guys

[@carl_busch]

Love this bar. Been working on my basement bar to hopefully be like this one day.

[@carebearstare5000]

such an amazing little bar

[@RonR]

Jesse is and lovely and interesting person in my opinion, the Stubborn nail is super cozy.

[@vonimagery]

this video was a great Idea!

[@grapetonenatches186]

I had always wondered about this location from those vids. Cool to learn about the background of it.

[@TorkildKahrs]

What a throwback!

[@weaf27]

Very cool!

[@mariannakump8857]

I would love to have access to this type of bar. Very cool and welcoming.

[@stacky512a]

She's adorable

[@lxxwj]

ayyy the jar of weed at 3:36. i envy california

[@farilevan884]

My great grandmother had old bar bottles she collected they look so different from now

[@pnwesty7174]

This was where the previous host - Angry Surfer Leandro - started EB.

[@freepour]

😂 yep

[@ogreenius]

OMG, yes, lemon verbena is the forking best. I actually didn't want this to end as soon as it did. A bit funny to give the ratios for the drinks, but not for the house ingredients. It's like "Here's how to make this drink! Oh, except you need to experiment to get the key ingredient right, and you have no idea how it should taste." 🤨 Any chance of some ratios/measurements on those?

[@Faralli]

Seconded on providing the house ingredients specs please and thanks! That Green Goddess sounds amazing.

[@Gallasl666]

If my basement looked like this. Id be sooooo happy

[@amarpalsahota6727]

I love her home speakeasy bar I prefer to drink at home i do like going out but I feel more relaxed drinking at home more And if I get my own place I what to make my own bar and then will stop going out because of bullies And when ever I get my own place I definitely will make my own bar at home Am grown out of going out I loved your video

[@trevermccall6762]

👍

[@willbrown9290]

Lol. Not sure what it is but that sure looks like a jar of weed at 3:36 😁🌲

[@AngryCocktails]

I'm going to sound like a hipster but Melbourne has lots of bars like this

[@chrisgeorge2717]

Honey bush syrup? Please do tell! Or a substitute?

[@swainer25]

Hey genuine love for the videos, but maybe as a constructive improvement, can we run De-Essers on the audio?

[@freepour]

we had some recording level issues on one of the mics on that one. Tried De-esser, but it didn't help :( Sorry. Didn't catch it on the day

[@swainer25]

@@freepour no worries! Super enjoyed the video anyways... Just a small note :)

[@corbinholmen8634]

Anybody see that basil candle by the glassware @ 3:36

[@coreymcmillen381]

I died laughing at 3:36

[@freepour]

California :)

[@farilevan884]

When u don't want to go to the bar u don't have to!

[@cobylyons4439]

Where are y'all located?

[@freepour]

Los Angeles

[@renaudduquette7238]

Is it just me or next to her glasses there is a jar of straight weed with basil candle written on the lid

[@amarpalsahota6727]

I prefer to wear leather coats and suits and hats I prefer to drink at home am done going out like I said when I get my own place am making my own bar I hate bullies and negative people 😢 I never will ever be like everyone else no I what to be my self .

[@amarpalsahota6727]

Speaking about Speak easy bar I love wearing leather coats and suits and hats because I love dressing like a original gangster Mobster from the movies And I like wearing leather coats because they're was a UK show called most haunted yvette fielding from the show used to wear leather coats and wearing leather coats are the real clothes that makes me happy Bam always crying because I always get bulled and laughed i have been bulled all my life since childhood because I was always different even when I used wear normal clothes but I don't want to wear normal clothes even if I did dress normal I will find it hard to cry because no one is bothering and that's why I would dress normal so that no one bothers me for wearing leather coats I guest love wearing leather coats and suits. I love her home bar

[@paulbouquinet2910]

Guys I need help ! I am getting into the world of cocktail crafting and therefore, bitters. The only thing is that I don’t find Angostura Bitters not even the basic one… But I often the brand « Fee Brothers » is it roughly the same thing if I take their « old fashioned bitters » ?

[@margefoyle6796]

Have you tried Amazon? It may have to do with where you live and what their shipping rules are. Fee Brothers, well delicious, is not at all the same. Angostura and all other bitters that I'm aware of have a high alcohol base, but Fee Brothers do not.

[@freepour]

where do you live? Angostura should be readily available most places.

[@aknorth1053]

Another good alternate are the bitters from Woodford reaerves