Ruben Rueda, who tended bar at Musso & Frank’s for 52 years, died in April. When one of his grandchildren once asked what he did for a living, bartender Ruben Rueda was forthright in his reply: “Grandpa makes funny drinks for grown-ups.” Those so-called grown-ups included director Orson Welles, L.A.’s poet laureate Charles Bukowski and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. …
