And the Hottest Bar Staff winners are ...

By KELLY WILSON
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We’ve been inundated with e-mails from readers telling us who their favorite hot bar staffers are. Now it’s time to announce the results.

The winners of our second annual Hottest Bar Staff contest are — drum roll, please — Lyda Moore and Jeremy Jazwinski.

Moore is a bartender at the posh Scottsdale lounge Drinx, and Jazwinski is a co-owner and bartender at Loco Patron, a Scottsdale cantina. The two hotties will each receive a $50 Arizona Mills Mall gift certificate and a massive martini glass trophy.

But before they skip off into the sunset to make hot bartender babies together (wouldn’t it be cool if that really happened?), we sat down with them to find out how winning the contest changed their lives (OK, it really didn’t).

Both bartenders — who say the contest was a good promotional tool for their bars — plan to keep their trophies on display at work. “I’ll keep it up at the bar so all of my friends can make fun of me,” says Jazwinski, 24, of Tempe.

The competition brought the bartenders a little fame over the last few weeks. Moore — who pointed out that she has a “double-jointed pelvis” in our Q&A — says she was even asked to sign autographs.

“I’m recognized more for what I said than anything else” Moore, 27, of
Phoenix, says laughing. “People will say, ‘Show me how that double-jointed pelvis works!’ ”

Jazwinski says he has been recognized around ASU.

“That’s where a lot of your (magazine) racks are,” he says. “People will come up to me when I’m at Oregano’s or Dilly’s Deli.’’

When asked how they plan to spend their Arizona Mills Mall gift certificates, Moore says she’s not sure yet. “I’m sure I’ll spend it on something good,” she says.

And Jazwinski?

“I’m going to buy my father a Christmas present,” he says.

Reader feedback

On Lyda Moore: “She is friendly, yet seems shy with a cute face and smile. She does not wear a lot of makeup, which I like, and looks so sweet.”

On Jeremy Jazwinski: “He is not only the best looking male contestant but he is also smart, honest, sensitive and basically a very good person. He should win hands down!” (OK, this e-mail was from Jeremy's mom, but isn't it sweet?)

Athena Simpson
Age: 20
Bar: Bartender at Jackson's on Third in Phoenix
Daylon Greer
Age: 26
Bar: Co-owner/bartender at Radda Caffe Bar in Scottsdale
Jennifer Nard
Age: 24
Bar: Bartender at Sluggo's in Mesa
Jeremy Jazwinski
Age: 24
Bar: Co-owner/bartender at Loco Patron in Scottsdale
Lyda Moore
Age: 26
Bar: Bartender at Drinx in Scottsdale
Mike Mazzone
Age: 25
Bar: Server/bartender at Caffe Boa in Ahwatukee Foothills
Shelly Gillespie
Age: 21
Bar: Server/bartender at Simply Noodles (sN) in Mesa
Neil Richards
Age: 34
Bar: Barback at Dos Gringos in Scottsdale
Teresa Baca
Age: 29
Bar: Bartender at San Felipe’s in Scottsdale

Rusty and Ryan Tussing
Age: 26
Bar: Owner/bartenders at Cabanas Beach Bar & Restaurant in Scottsdale






























 
 


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