Amazing obit for a bartender, from NYT: When a “big-time agent” once argued over a bill, Mr. Carney showed just how much he valued social prestige, a fellow Elaine’s bartender, Kevin Duffy Philzone, recalled in a phone interview. “Do you know who I am?” the agent demanded during a heated exchange with Mr. Carney. Mr. Carney climbed up on the bar, clanged a spoon on a bottle, silencing the restaurant, and announced: “This man does not know who he is. Does anybody know who he is? We need help.”
Thomas Carney, Crusty Bartender at Elaine’s, Dies at 82
Cracking wise, keeping tabs and keeping order, the head barman of New York’s famous saloon was a supporting character in one of the city’s longest-running shows.
nytimes.com