Warwick woman, 82, still tending bar after 55 years

WARWICK, R.I. (WPRI) — Gloria Griffen never went to bartending school.

“I didn’t know anything about being a bartender,” the 82-year-old told 12 News. “I didn’t know how to make a drink or anything.”

“I just learned as I went along,” she continued. “This is where I landed and this is where I’ve always been.”

Griffen has been tending bar at Sam’s Inn in Warwick for more than five decades…

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