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Brenda Riepenhoff
Bartender / bar director
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i. Biography
Brenda Riepenhoff’s bar work at Manhatta in New York, since 2023, sits inside a career built across service rooms, broadcast spaces, and front-of-house operations. The through line is technique under pressure: reading pace, keeping timing tight, and working with the room as part of the service itself. At Manhatta, Brenda Riepenhoff’s practice lands in a setting where glass, light, and sequence all matter, and where the bar has to carry the same discipline as the dining room around it.
Where They Are Now
Training at Kent State University preceded a run of roles that moved steadily through the practical layers of hospitality. Brenda Riepenhoff started as a Food Services Assistant at Trilogy Health Services, LLC (2008–2013), where the basics of consistency, timing, and care define the work. From there, a turn as Production Director at Black Squirrel Radio (2012–2014) brought a different kind of discipline: live coordination, immediate response, and comfort with a fast-moving environment. That same operational range shows up in the Westville Hudson years. Brenda Riepenhoff worked there first as Phone Person (2014–2015) and Studio Assistant at the end (2014–2015), then moved behind the bar as barback at Westville Hudson (2015) and bartender at Westville Hudson (2015–2018). Alongside that progression, she also served as Booking Representative at the end (2015–2017) and as producer and host at BalconyTV Brooklyn (2016–2017), roles that required timing, presentation, and steady control of the room. Leadership behind the bar came next. Brenda Riepenhoff became Head Bartender at Westville Restaurant Group (2017–2018), then bartender at Westlight (2018–2021), and later Head Bartender at Thief (2021–2023). Each step reflects a career that moved by accumulation rather than rupture, with responsibility building through increasingly central service roles. Since 2023, Brenda Riepenhoff has been bartender at Manhatta, where that span of experience resolves into one polished service environment.
In Their Words “I personally think this is a lifelong journey.”
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Brenda Riepenhoff's current role?
As of 2026, Brenda Riepenhoff is Bartender.
Where did Brenda Riepenhoff train or study?
Brenda Riepenhoff trained at Kent State University.
