Restaurateur & Mixologist Julie Reiner: Women, don’t second guess your ideas and their validity

Trust your instincts, believe in your ideas, and know that you have a place at the head of any table in any board room in the business world. I find that women will often second guess their ideas and the validity of them, but they shouldn’t.

As a part of my series about strong female leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Julie Reiner.

Julie Reiner has been elevating the cocktail scene in NYC for 20 years most notably with the opening of the Flatiron Lounge in 2003 which helped change the way New Yorkers drank! As co-owner and beverage director of Flatiron, Reiner drew much of her inspiration from her native Hawaii by utilizing the freshest fruits and premier quality spices & spirits available in her original cocktails. In 2008, she ventured to Carroll Gardens Brooklyn to open up Clover Club, a pre prohibition cocktail bar and restaurant. Julie’s award winning beverage program at Clover Club is highly focused on classics, and furthers her signature style of superior quality and green market ingredients.