Bartending Flair
I know, I know flair bartending seems pretentious and needlessly self-aggrandizing, but incorporating aspects of it would benefit any bartender’s game behind the bar. Flair calls on one’s sense of showmanship and sleight of hand…
The Art to Being Funny
Every bar is a stage. A stage that puts you on display for guests to interact with for eight, ten, twelve hours a shift. Stephen Kittredge Cunningham, author of The Bartender’s Black Book, discusses creating…
A Guide to Stop Bartender Theft
A busy bar’s bartenders handle a large amount of cash transactions and buckets of cash tips. Often these activities are outside the watchful eye of management making them ripe for the bartending thief. But what…
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…
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…
Saving a Thousand Dollars
It’s great that you’ve started a rainy day fund by saving your first $500 from bartending. Great work! If you missed our prior article about how to save your first $500, you can find it…
Saving Your First $500
So you’ve been put behind the bar for a few training shifts. You’ve probably already begun to form an idea of what bartenders earn during various shifts. So all you’ve got to do is wait…
