Season X: Daniel Green, owner, Whiskey & June, Atascadero, California

For years, I’ve driven past the dive bar Whiskey & June in Atascadero and promised myself I’d visit someday. I hate to say it, but I’ve still never gone in, and after meeting its owner, Daniel Green, I want to visit more than ever. Daniel came highly recommended as a good podcast guest by Jenna Congdon, the sommelier I interviewed in Season 1. She told me he’d worked at New York’s famous Eleven Madison Park restaurant and then turned around and bought a whiskey bar in Atascadero. Turns out she was right: Daniel is an incredible interview. We talked about fine dining, early-morning drinkers, and the kind of excellent service that makes dreams come true.

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