<P Marvin J. Allen is the bar manager and bartender at the Hotel Monteleone's Carousel Bar. Voted <I New Orleans Magazine</I 's Bartender of the Year in 2005, Allen has been behind the counter for more than twenty years. A member of the United States Bartenders' Guild, he is a USBG certified spirits professional. Allen's emphasis on classic ingredients and fresh tastes has earned him several honors: his Southern Comfortini won second place in the Tales of the Cocktail© contest in 2003, and in 2004 his Blushing Southern Belle earned honorable mention in the same competition. Allen also placed in the 2010 42 Below Vodka competition with his Peanut Butter and Jelly Martini. A… recipient of the 2010 City Business Culinary Connoisseur award, Allen has been an "adopted native" of New Orleans, Louisiana, for more than twenty-five years.<SUP </SUP </P