The Current‘s night crew recently stopped by The Goldhawk at 936 Park Ave. in Hoboken to sit down and talk to a few people and make new friends.Here’s what they had to say:
Goldhawk bartender
Name: Butch Kaps
From: Hoboken
Status: Taken
Favorite drink: Jack Daniels on the rocks
Most popular drink at the bar: flavored vodkas
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"I was working in a hotel in Baltimore and a fight broke out between professional football players and rappers during a VIP party."
What are you doing for New Year’s Eve?
"I’ll be working. It’s a good night to work. Good money, and people are in a good mood."
Last words:
"Beers for breakfast – drink or go home." (From the movie Cocktail.)
Name: Vanessa & Liz
From: Hoboken
Status: Single
Favorite drink: Beer & Stoli raspberry club sodas
How drunk are you now?
"Not at all."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
Vanessa: "I saw one of my guy friends from high school hook up with another guy who I didn’t think was gay three months ago."
Liz: "I saw a girl fall from a balcony into the bushes in South Carolina two years ago."
What are you doing for New Year’s Eve?
"Our friend is throwing a party in the city."
Last words:
Liz: "All that glitters isn’t gold."
Vanessa: "Laugh. Out loud. Often."
Name: Genevieve Villani
From: Hoboken
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Ketel One Citron & Tonic with a lemon
How drunk are you now?
"Not drunk at all."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"Dancing at the bar at Onieal’s last summer."
What are you doing for New Year’s Eve?
"Dinner at Helmer’s and a party at our apartment."
Last words:
"Live, laugh, love, enjoy what you have and plan for the future."
Name: Peter Holczinger
From: Hoboken
Status: Dating
Favorite drink: Crown Royal on the rocks
How drunk are you now?
"A little buzzed."
Weirdest experience at a club or bar?
"At Key West five yeas ago, I watched two lesbians go at it."
What are you doing for New Year’s Eve?
"Have some friends over the apartment."
Last words:
"There’s no such thing as a normal life. It’s just life." – from the movie Tombstone