Candice Moore doesn’t make a point of telling people she doesn’t drink alcohol. Most customers wouldn’t even think to question it while she pours them a beer at one of the two bars she manages. But it’s true: The Overland Park native has been sober for six years.
Of course, Moore didn’t always forgo alcohol. She jokes that she “sampled plenty” during her early bartending days at The Foundry in Westport (RIP), Davey’s Stagecoach Inn (RIP) and The Blind Tiger (also RIP). Her experience has proven value, as she is now a sought-after beverage aficionado.
She built the beer program at The Riot Room and eventually became general manager at the Crossroads’ Brewery Emperial, where, along with managing the Strawberry Hill dive bar Hillsiders, she still is today. Soon, Moore will also be opening Loretta Jean’s, a restaurant with co-owner and chef Rick Mullins in the historic Seiden’s Fur building…