From an NYT article on having bartenders at your party, even in tiny little flats.
In my opinion, if you don’t have a bartender at your party, you’re a loser, said Dustin Terry, who lives a floor below Ms. Argiro and said his job was to get models and Saudi royalty into hot clubs. The bartender brings class and sophistication.
If you can’t afford to hire a bartender,he added, you shouldn’t be having a party.
Ugh. What a bunch of pretentious twats. That said, credit to the bartenders for putting up with them and taking their money.