@TheHungryBartender_

@TheHungryBartender_ offers a look into the life of a furloughed restaurant employee during the midst of a global shutdown. After being laid off from a Union Square Hospitality Group flagship restaurant with a 20-pound bag of meat as severance, I created this account to show followers how their favorite bartender was surviving the pandemic.

A fellow former-USHG bartender quarantined in my studio with me for a month as we created meals from the leftovers dumped on us by our former employers. While the flagship Blue Smoke and Jazz Standard did not survive the pandemic, we did. Here’s how.

All content created and posted by Caitlin Hites.

it’s been a minute ! hungry bartender has still been hungry & eating lots but also funneling energy into other things because we’re STILL in weird times, guys. . anyway, i’m back to share some fun i had last night — a litt
vegetable soup!!!! . this is the last recipe i’ll rip off of @dorittabak for awhile. onion, carrot, celery, butternut squash, zucchini, some crushed ramen noodles at the end and LOTS OF DILL (that’s what the little green pod is - 2/3)!!!!
quarantine has brought me back to an era of pre- @bluesmokenyc cooking. working in the service industry means less cooking at home, but this is a meal that used to be in my frequent rotation. i hadn’t prepared tofu in WEEKS so i was very excite
open faced sandwiches >> . i love yummy stuff on bread. i love @traderjoes unexpected cheddar, i love avocado & turkey & horseradish & salami! and i love this loaf of bread provided by @olmstednyc! yum!
never got around to posting this matzoh ball soup!!!!!! man i don’t have much to compare to but i thought it was pretty good.
when it’s ya mans birthday week, you gotta make the favorites !!!! turkey burgers with cheddar, avocado, sriracha, & greens on gf toast. the mac is baked with cheddar, gruyere, & swiss, and topped with @dotspretzels & corn chip &ldq
my first year doing the passover seder with my gf’s family (via zoom). we were very lucky that her mom delivered to us a full meal of brisket, potato kugels & green beans! . seriously delicious stuff. thanks @dorittabak !! i appreciate you!
birthdays hit different in quarantine, but at least we don’t have to share our cake. 🥕🧁🎉 . my girlfriend was forced into seeing only my face on her birthday so i made her a carrot cake to make up for it! . how has everyone else been celebrat
i’ve never really made *proper* french toast but my girlfriend’s dad made us a loaf of chocolate chip bread last week & we still had a few pieces on their way to being quite stale so we made chocolate chip french toast for a 4:30 pm s
dinner was fully provided by @olmstednyc! the folks at this prospect heights restaurant (just a few blocks from my place) are offering bags of food and toiletries to furloughed restaurant workers daily from 4-7 pm. thanks to @whiskey_pixie for lettin
“make a babka” was one of two things on my bucket list until last night when i completed this 36-hour beauty. it is delicious and has inspired me to add a new item to my bucket list: “make another babka.” now the list is back
i used to hate chili because beans are just tiny shitty potatoes but they’re CHEAP & i’m unemployed, so i love chili now, guys!!!!!!! . i had a jar of pumpkin bisque soup from @traderjoes & zero tomato products in house, so i used
roasted potatoes (sweet:golden — 3:1), scrambled eggs, soyrizo (vegan chorizo substitute) and homemade pico de gallo by @zacharywade, all over a bed of greens!
blondies!
hello fresh has my girlfriend feelin like a chef hehe. 😋 . we’ve been eating a lot of easy-prep, cost effective meals this week (which unfortunately have not always been very photogenic) so we have been so grateful for beautiful & tasty me
strata!!!! breakfast for dinner!! at midnight! nothing makes sense anyway!!!!! . made w/leftover beer bread, ham, baby kale, orange pepper, 4 cheese blend and eggs!
a week ago, when we all found out that @bluesmokenyc was closing for the time being, my best friend told me she was going to send me a @hellofresh box. to say i’m lucky is a huge understatement. ❤️ i love you @catiecorina. . plus i was so excit
another day in quarantine; another functional, mimosa-less brunch!! . from the bottom: GF toast, sliced deli ham, cheesey scrambled eggs, pickled red onions (@cedricsattheshed), and scallions! simple but one of my favorite quarantine meals so far. 🤤
about a week before ‼️the end of the world‼️ i told @astaci0 that i had never actually eaten “real” ramen, and he told me to head to @ippudo. unfortunately, i wasn’t unable to check it out and now it looks like i’ll have to wa
well it wasn’t the st. patrick’s day i had hoped for, guys. my mom always makes a special meal, but the stores in brooklyn were out of almost all of the ingredients necessary for her delicious corned beef, cabbage, rosemary potatoes, and

@SmileintheCity365

My objective with this account was to build an established dental practice’s Instagram account from the ground up. I was working as the Administrative Assistant for Smile in the City Dental Group when I asked the doctor who was running their social media accounts. She revealed that no one was currently spending time on their social media marketing (a lucrative tool).

My position quickly evolved as I continued to work as an Administrative Assistant while developing the practice’s role of Social Media Manager. I developed all content, took all photos, created all art, headed all marketing campaigns, spearheaded all patient-communication campaigns, and took charge in creating waivers and requiring all patients to sign photo releases for our social media usage.

All content prior to July 2019 was created and posted by Caitlin Hites. All rights to photos, text, and posts belong to Smile in the City Dental Group.