The Tales of the Cocktail Basis has named an Alamo Metropolis bar proprietor as a part of its 2026 Cocktail Apprentice Program class.
Yard on Broadway owner-operator Ohio Crawford is the one San Antonio resident named to the esteemed program, which permits bar-industry professionals to work alongside established consultants within the discipline through the annual Tales of the Cocktail convention in New Orleans.
Crawford’s inclusion in this system is one other improvement suggesting San Antonio’s food-and-beverage scene is gaining extra consideration on a world scale.
“Tales of the Cocktail has all the time represented one of the best of what this {industry} may be, and being accepted into the CAP Crimson Coat program seems like a full-circle second for me,” Crawford informed the Present, noting that the announcement occurred concurrently along with his newest enterprise launch.
“Proper now, I’m in the course of opening [my new project] Time beyond regulation Bar in San Antonio, and all the pieces I’m constructing there’s rooted within the perception that hospitality can function at a better commonplace than what most individuals anticipate from it,” Crawford added. “I’ve spent my profession making an attempt to go away this {industry} stronger than I discovered it, and this is a chance to do this on an even bigger stage.”
To that finish, Crawford can be the entrepreneur behind Dibs Mixers, a model of artisan cocktail mixers utilized in quite a few San Antonio eating places and bars.
Whereas Crawford is happy about his position on the Tales of the Cocktail Convention from July 19-24 on the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans, he stated he stays grounded in his objective to pay it ahead.
“The individuals who poured into me early on modified the trajectory of my path, and I wish to be that individual for another person,” he stated. “That’s what that is actually about.”
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