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If you missed the Tiger Tail’s Iron Bartender contest, never fear. You’ll have another chance to offer up your liver to the spirit of competition on Thursday, February 12 at the Hi-Life.

The’ll have a menu of specialty cocktails, one concocted by each bartender, and a panel of judges, who will start sipping and hand down their judgment beginning at 9 p.m. The mixologist responsible for the winning drink will get a paid day off work (which they’ll probably spend unofficially judging other bartenders’ concoctions). There will also be a People’s Choice Award to the winner of the most-ordered drink of the night.

Here is the charming Kathleen Manley, who has dreamed up a lively combination of gin, sake, cucumber, Thai basil and lime:

And just to get one more plug in (I admit it, I used to work here), don’t forget about the Closing Bell Blues special they’ve been running at dinner Sunday through Thursday, where the price of that night’s Blue Plate Special corresponds to the day’s closing numbers on Wall Street at the end of trading. That means that if the Dow closes at 8650, dinner costs $8.65. The worse the economy, the cheaper your pork roast!