Bartending a Lifestyle
Late nights filled with people, drinks, and unforgettable memories, and you’re the acclaimed host of all of it. The offers for you to join in never cease for the crowd’s favorite bartender. That’s why I…
Free Bartending Swag
They show up once every few months and then only when your bar is closed. They don’t drink, don’t tip, and don’t take ‘No’ for an answer. They take up your prep time by requiring…
Some Shifts BE Like…
We’ve all been there. The shift that leaves you feeling shot out and dawg tired. The ones that leave you with more questions than answers. These are the shifts that try bartenders’ souls. Don’t fret…
Social Media Marketing Template
Your bartending Instagram account, Corked Wine, is blowing up! Who would have ever thought that people would be interested in a bartender adding flair techniques to bottle service!?! Now you get the biggest D.M. of…
Set the Tone: Moving with Intention
It’s time for another installment of set the tone. Today, we will address the wider application of this mantra to how you carry yourself behind the bar. As you progress through a shift, pay attention…
A Reminder About Hygiene
Slow night. The floor seems to be busy. Wonder why no one is sitting at my bar?
Bartending for the Lost Generation
What would it be like to bartend for such legendary figures as Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Pablo Picasso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and various European Counts and Princesses? Well, Jimmie “The Barman” Charters did…
Bartending’s Universal Truth
You connect to many of the people you serve in ways beyond drinking building. So today’s article is a simple reminder of that by way of a poem from Thom Bishop. If we want…
Drink Like the French
From his memoirs of Montparnasse Jimmie “The Barman” Charters explains the best way to consume and enjoy alcohol. I wish someone would’ve told me about this years ago. The following passage is taken from his…
Teamwork for the Win
The more you make others you work with look good, the more you look like a f*&king Pro! Otherwise you look kinda like…
