Pickle Fest with Water Street workers
Employees of Water Street share their thoughts on ‘Pickle Fest,’ a day of binge-drinking and chaos, according to multiple bartenders
Photo by Sam Johnson
Jack Kriegl, Pickle bartender (left), said Pickle Fest was “Pickle-tastic.” Dan Hendrickson, Pickle bartender (right), said Pickle Fest was “profitable and exhausting.”

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