An anonymous bartender from the suburbs I'm a bartender in a dive bar in [redacted]. My daughter has high-risk disabilities. A virus in January 2020 (possibly COVID-19) nearly killed her.

Restaurant Diaries is a weekly series featuring four different people working in the industry. Each week, you’ll hear from one of them, from a line cook in Denver to a farmer in Winters, California.

The bartender’s role has grown at older, more traditional restaurants, too. There's no specialty cocktail list at Clancy’s Restaurant, a Creole bistro tucked deep into its Uptown neighborhood.