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…
Managing Bartenders Effectively
The job of a restaurant manager, or bar manager for that matter, is never an easy one. Tonight you’re having to expediate food to a bunch of impatient guests from a crowded kitchen window. The…
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…
On the Joys of Drinking
A wonderfully narrated journey into the land of drinkie-winkies. Liquor stories with Jim Lahey. Language Warning = 1 F-Bomb.
How to Remember Names and Faces
There you are wishing you could crawl under the backbar and hide. A wonderful guest who you recall works as a creative executive at a well known magazine has just returned to your bar. Oh…
Links from Libation
The drink truck has pulled up to the curb and it’s overflowing with links for all you scamps! F. Paul Pacult is an authority on spirits and is putting out a newly revised…
Personal Hygiene for Bartenders
Your appearance behind the bar speaks volumes about the way you conduct yourself while running the show. I don’t care if you work at a club, saloon, or dive your personal hygiene and work attire…
A Little Advice
May 12, 2016 Patrick, I read through the business proposal checklist you filled out. It needs some work. Your lack of relevant experience owning or operating any bar should give your potential partners pause. …
A Word Concerning Journey
Some bars sit out on beaches and serve up drinks amidst a jungle of tiki, and some sit atop skyscrapers offering up views from on high. There are resort bars, bars on cruise ships, and…
