I’m not sure even Bradley remembers that TV show. So, come on in and raise a glass to your own favorite American legend.When we think of TV cooking shows, the titles that spring to mind are the reality-competition series such as “Top Chef” and “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Cupcake Wars,” as opposed to mostly forgotten dramatic and/or comedic efforts, e.g., Starz’ “Sweetbitter” and AMC’s “Feed the Beast” and did you know Bradley Cooper played a fictionalized version of Anthony Bourdain on Fox’s short-lived “Kitchen Confidential” in 2005, a decade before Cooper played a chef in the feature film “Burnt”? I’ve come to believe that no matter who you are or where you’re from, we’ve all learned a lesson or two from our own Big Whiskey. He could still be sitting in a tavern somewhere with his one drink in hand, captivating a crowd. He was never around long and always left the other patrons longing to hear more. As my grandfather tells it, Big Whiskey was the kind of man who always had the right thing to say at the right time, whether it was a joke, story or toast. He would belly up to the bar and say, “I’m only going to have one, so make it a big one.” Thus, the legend of Big Whiskey was born. He had his regulars but none quite like the man who came to be known as “Big Whiskey.”īig Whiskey only came in a few times a week. Small town, middle America is where my grandfather ran a modest corner tavern for almost 30 years and where the Big Whiskey’s American Restaurant & Bar story begins.
An American restaurant origin story - Big Whiskey
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