Bar Kitchen Ideas
Your guests want some food options when they visit, but you didn’t budget for a full industrial kitchen. No worries. The following video provides you with a few ideas for cooking and outfitting a kitchen…
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…
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…
Links from Libation
Come one, come all to this piping hot pot of links! A full belly for a full day’s enjoyment of links! A deluxe set of 3 Cobbler shakers for dirt cheap. It’s getting…
Fine-Straining Cocktails
What’s with the kitchenware behind the bar? We’re making drinks back here not prepping pasta for a large Spaghetti dinner! Relax Max what you’re looking at is a fine mesh strainer that is used to…
How to Rim a Cocktail Glass
Bloody Mary’s, Lemon Drops, Sidecars, or Margaritas are just some of the cocktails where you’ll be called upon to rim the serving glass. Some places will have you only rim half the glass so as…
Cocktails Shaken or Stirred
When first learning about cocktails you have to decide which ones you’ll stir versus the ones you’ll shake. Some should always be shaken such as the Margarita, Amaretto Sour, and Mudslide. These drinks involve dairy,…
On Holding a Bar Meeting
There are few things in the service industry that hit more of a nerve than an inconveniently scheduled staff meeting. This is made worse when the scheduled meeting is as unproductive as it is inconvenient…
Garnishing Great Drinks
Garnishes are the most visible ingredient used in the drinks bartenders turn out. When possible, they should be procured and used for bar service the same day. As a matter of cost, you will have…
