LA’s longest-serving bartender calls it a day after pouring margs to the world’s biggest stars

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The barkeep at the place Quentin Tarantino filmed the iconic “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” chose to hang it up after shaking up cocktails since 1995

Casa Vega’s beloved bartender Antonio Navarro, who’s served everyone from Sylvester Stallone to Kim Kardashian, poured his final drink Friday after 31 years behind the bar at the iconic Los Angeles Mexican restaurant.

Regulars packed the Sherman Oaks institution to say goodbye and enjoy a final margarita from one of LA’s longest-serving bartenders.

Navarro, 69, dressed in his usual tuxedo and wearing a sash emblazoned with the word “Legend,” served his lunchtime crowd for the final time with a twinkle in his eye.

“This is really hard, you know, but at five o’clock, adios amigos,” Navarro told the California Post.

The veteran barkeep decided to call it quits after mixing cocktails since 1995 at the dimly lit restaurant, which is featured in Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and has long been a haven for celebrities seeking privacy.

“It’s time to visit family,” said Navarro, who came from Mexico to Hollywood in search of a job he loved, and found it at the Ventura Boulevard institution.

He’s watched LA change over the decades, witnessing mayors come and go and Hollywood stars rise and fall, all from a bar where sunlight only creeps in when someone opens the door.

“He’s the longest tenured bartender in LA right now. It’s pretty cool. And a great legendary spot too,” said Jim Piser, who owns liquor distribution company Toast of the Town and has been ordering drinks from “Tony” for 25 years.

Piser recalled an afternoon when he walked in to find Navarro and Sylvester Stallone living it up together.

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