Good vibes

Sean Kenyon stands underneath a black meneki-neko figurine, explaining that the Japanese cat statues are good luck to the recipient and that the black ones are especially for those whose businesses thrive after the sun goes down (it’s obviously working). Flanked by photos of both his father and grandfather (who were also bartenders) at work, Sean chats easily about what it was like growing up in a bartending family.

“I was an overweight kid and I didn’t have many friends—it wasn’t easy for me. But when I went into my dad’s bar, it was the one place