Michael Guzman

The Path

At Borough of Manhattan Community College, the groundwork for Michael Guzman’s hospitality work was built around precision and pace. That kind of training matters in bartending, where the essentials are practical: move fast, stay composed, and keep the service looking seamless when the room is at full volume. Those habits carry into his role as Bar Manager of Joe & The Juice, where pace is part of the job and structure has to hold inside it.

The Work Today

As a bartender and bar director, Michael Guzman holds a position that requires both direct service and oversight of the room’s overall flow. The work asks for attention to the glass in hand and to the rhythm of the bar around it. In shaping service, managing energy, and refining the guest experience through movement and timing, his approach stays anchored to one principle: the details matter. The bar director title also points to a wider responsibility for tone and organization, while still staying close to the tactile work at the counter.

Career - Bar Manager, Joe & The Juice, United States Education: Borough of Manhattan Community College

Signature

Hi-Dive is among Michael Guzman’s signature cocktails, and it functions as a marker of style as much as of technique. A signature drink is a bartender’s shorthand: it shows what gets repeated, what gets remembered, and how a maker wants the work to read at the bar. In that sense, Hi-Dive sits inside Guzman’s practice as a named expression of taste, execution, and presentation.

Acclaim

Flair bartending is the specialty attached to Michael Guzman’s name, and that association defines how his work is read in the trade. It identifies a bartender whose technique is built not only for function, but for visible control under pressure. In a field where much of the skill can disappear behind the counter, flair bartending brings the craft into motion, and that motion remains central to how Guzman is known.

FAQ What is Michael Guzman's current role? Michael Guzman is Bar Manager of Joe & The Juice. Where did Michael Guzman train or study? Michael Guzman trained at Borough of Manhattan Community College. What is Michael Guzman known for? Flair bartending.