The Lean Kitten

The Lean Kitten is the name of the bar that Nanu used to work at. Its name is not mentioned until chapter 14, as Nanu usually just refers to it as "my bar". The owner's name is Geoffrey Wescott. He gave Nanu the extra keys to the place and declared him the night time manager.

Description
The bar isn’t particularly spectacular, looking like a cliched movie bar. A piano sits in the corner, where patrons can play it. In the opposite corner was a jukebox, and people just pick the same songs repeatedly, ad nauseum, particularly addicted to Voyager’s Don’t Stop Imagin’, much to Nanu's chagrin. The chairs, the barstools and the bar stand are made from the Ohi’a Lehua wood, a beautiful medium reddish-brown wood with an interesting grain, which is dotted with small holes. The lighting is subdued, making the place a lot darker that it really is, but at specific times at night, the moonlight shines through the large windows. Plastered on the wall behind where Nanu usually stands, is a liquor license, several people’s choice and a picture of Geoff receiving the award.

There isn’t a cocktail Nanu can’t make, as he has almost every ingredient known to man. There are also two chefs that are there a little bit before Nanu arrives, that would cook and create everything from scratch, even several days in advance. They would leave everything in an airtight cold storage, so all Nanu had to do was reheat everything in the oven. This cold storage is so cold, that not even bread would stale when inside it. While the food isn’t exactly 100-percent fresh, the patrons don’t seem to care, because heating everything in the oven seemed to make them happy.

The tap itself has many kinds of beers, such as Budew Light, Michaud’s Ultra, Heinemann, Quinnes, Manuel Madams, Krone, as well as some artisan ales from a local brewery just down the street. The shelving was lined with many types of whiskey, vodka, rum, scotch, tequila, gin, cognac, even obscure ones such as absinthe and baijiu. The non-alcoholic drinks included apple juice, sweetened iced tea, sodas from around the world, and virgin versions of the cocktails.

A bit of food is served, such as beer cheese pretzels, clam chowder, fish and chips, and even malasadas in various flavours. The most popular items are the beer cheese pretzels and the malasadas, particularly the ones with the chocolate hazelnut in the middle.

Above the bar lives an elderly couple, Mrs and Mr Fitzpatrick.

Appearances
The Lean Kitten first appears in chapter 7, where Nanu first meets Naomi, where she passes out after her sixth fireball.