12 Steps to Getting to Know Your Bartender: Rich Gornick of the Yucatan
Nickname: Nothing I’ve heard in a long time except Richie Rich.
Astrological sign: Libra.
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana.
How long serving locally? Two-and-a-half years.
Pepsi or Coke? Coke.
Skittles or M&Ms? M&Ms.
1) What’s one of your funniest moments while behind the bar? I’m working one night. It’s busy. The cash register drawer comes out all the time. Hearing something fall, I leaned down to pick whatever it was up, and, while coming back up, my head bashed into the bottom of the drawer!
2) Who was your celebrity crush when you were a young teen? Suzanne Somers.
3) What’s your drink of choice? If it’s beer, Bud Light. If it’s a mixed drink, Bacardi and lemonade or vodka and tea.
4) Do you have a collection or hobby? Scuba diving.
5) Who would you want to play the role of you in a movie of your life? One of three: Brad Pitt, George Clooney or Russell Crowe.
6) What’s the last thing you Googled? Google Maps.
7) Where do you go after-hours or on your days off? The Dek (Cape Coral), the Tiki Bar or Crossroads (Cape Coral).
8) When you were younger, what’d you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to own my own bar by the time I was 35. And that’s a few years back. Now I’m just a bartender.
9) What’s the dumbest question you’ve ever been asked? While standing in front of the taps, a guy asked me if we have draft beer.
10) What cartoon character do you most relate to? Jerry on Tom & Jerry. He’s got the brains, but he still has the friends. Or Sideshow Bob usually the blunt end of the joke.
11) If you were a wild animal, what would you be? A monkey. He’s flexible, versatile and he always gets the job done.
12) Describe yourself in one word. Stoic.