Young Gun bartender with good-body philosophy knows a great drink

It's after midnight when I sit down at the bar at Anvil , where Alex Negranza, in a red satin bow tie and blue short-sleeved button-down is tending to the dwindling post-fireworks crowd. A man with a loud voice and red shorts is sitting two seats down; he's talking frequently and excitedly to Negranza, asking about Scotches and bourbons and all manner of glassware.