There were about 30 students taking the class, which was run by April Wachtel, who has been tendingbar for the past decade and now works at Soho's Lani Kai and Brooklyn's Lot 2.
In the summer of 2005, Saniewska, who goes by Maggie, happened to be tendingbar at the same West Village restaurant where the 19-year-old soon-to-be star worked as a waitress.