The Current‘s entertainment crew recently stopped by Baja at 104 14th St. in Hoboken to talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Baja’s bartender
Name: Yamil Bonilla
From: Jersey City
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Margaritas
What is your favorite type of music?
"Mana, La Ley."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Last Halloween my coworker told some patrons that she was my wife so they would leave me alone.’"
What is your favorite movie?
Scary movies
What is the last book you read?
"Don’t remember."
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Menudo."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Women, cars, drinks."
What celebrity do you look like?
Tino Martinez
What is your favorite TV show?
The Tonight Show
Last words:
"Watch your back."
Name: John Risdon (Hoboken Ski Club president)
From: Hoboken
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Rolling Rock
What kind of music do you like?
"Classic rock."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"Watching my friend in college smash beer bottles over his head."
What is your favorite movie?
To Kill a Mockingbird
What is the last book you read?
A Widow for One Year by John Irving
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Seeing the Dead a hundred times."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Caffeine, nicotine, alcohol."
What celebrity do you look like?
Jon Stewart
What is your favorite TV show?
Law & Order
Last words:
"All you need is love." – John Lennon
Name: Michele
From: Jersey City
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Tanqueray and tonic
What kind of music do you like?
"Classic rock and classical."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"A woman hit on me at a gay bar and I didn’t know how to react."
What is your favorite movie?
Independent movies
What is the last book you read?
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Protesting in college with the student government."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Family, rock ‘n’ roll, red zinfandel."
What celebrity do you look like?
Gwyneth Paltrow
What is your favorite TV show?
The X Files
Last words:
"To thine own self be true/and thow canst be false to any man." – Hamlet
Name: Jason Greco
From: Jersey City
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Don Julio Margaritas
What kind of music do you like?
"Everything."
What is your weirdest experience at a bar or a club?
"A guy spit on me at a club and I beat him up."
What is your favorite movie?
A Bronx Tale
What is the last book you read?
"I don’t read."
What is your favorite memory of the ’80s?
"Playing little league."
What three things can’t you live without?
"Family, friends, love."
What celebrity do you look like?
Vin Diesel
What is your favorite TV show?
SportsCenter
Last words:
"Men are from Mars. Women are nuts."