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"  Billy Nauchman, 37Bar Ilegal Austin, Texas You only serve mezcal. How was that decision made? Originally the idea was to do a high-end scotch and bourbon bar, but then the owners developed a relationship with a gentleman who started the label of mezcal that we now serve at Ilegal and decided to make mezcal the theme of the bar. Mezcal has gotten a lot more popular in the past few years, too, so it just made sense. What&amp;#039;s your most popular cocktail? The Mexican Mule, which is muddled pineapple and jalapeno, the joven mezcal, lime, and ginger beer. That&amp;#039;s the magical potion. Even though I&amp;#039;m tired of serving it, people aren&amp;#039;t tired of drinking it. Besides the unique drinks, why do people come to Bar Ilegal? One thing that we consistently get from our customers is that it&amp;#039;s the most unique drinking experience in Austin. When you walk through the door, you feel like you&amp;#039;re in a different country. It allows people go on a little mini-vacation, even if it&amp;#039;s just for thirty minutes.  What would you be doing if you weren&amp;#039;t bartending? I actually do a couple other things. I&amp;#039;m an architect, and I also have an apparel company, which has been my primary focus. What kind of clothes do you make? We make 100-percent organic cotton golf and polo shirts. Have those other jobs helped your bartender? In architecture, there&amp;#039;s a lot of back and forth with different disciplines. You have to learn how to deal with people. To me, the most important part of bartending is how you treat the customer. The best bars are ____ bars. Sipping bars. A place where people go to sip and enjoy, as opposed to chug and slam. It&amp;#039;s a struggle to find bars like that in Austin because it&amp;#039;s a college town. It&amp;#039;s a place where people come to party. If you could share a drink with anyone, who would it be?  Unfortunately, I don&amp;#039;t think the people I&amp;#039;d like to share a drink with are drinkers, but I&amp;#039;ve always been fascinated by Muhammad Ali and Bob Marley. I don&amp;#039;t know how interesting they would be in a bar. I think Muhammad Ali would be pretty fun, but I don&amp;#039;t think Bob Marley&amp;#039;s a drinker. PLUS: Read More Bartender Questions on Eat Like a Man &amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;gt; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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