With it's Long Island Location, New York Bartending School is raising the bar in bartending training having being rated the best bartending school in1 Vote(s)
This week, Cookthink is featuring a conversation about the Cocktail Renaissance. The participants are Greg Boehm, the publisher of CocktailKingdom.com and Mud Puddle Books; Rob Chirico, author of The Field Guide to Cocktails and Cookthink’s Hair of the Dog columnist; and AJ Rathbun, senior editor at Amazon.com/kitchen and the author of several books, including Good [...]
Unfortunately there is no pic to go with this story but, I bet you can imagine why! LOL DELHI, Ill. - Here's a tip: Bartending nude can get you arrested. Sheriff's deputies doing a routine check this week at a southern Illinois bar say they discovered a not-so-routine sight. Authorities allege that 33-year-old Janet Brannon was naked while serving bar patrons at the Cabin Tavern in Delhi (DEL'-ee
Have you ever dreamt of having your own bar? If you like alcohol then it may be your dream to have your own bar. However setting up a bar is not as difficult as it sounds. Like every other field you will here also need to learn some things which will help you run your bar smoothly as a bartender. If you want to make your bar a grand success than you will more than just the right wines, liquors and
Another job bartenders have is knowing their drinks. Bartenders are responsible for serving and mixing drinks, which is a wide variety to say the least. It can be nearly impossible to know every possible drink mixture, why is why most bartenders use mixing lists hidden under the bar to help them know what goes in each drink.Bartenders don't have a lot of time to mix drinks, which makes it nearly i
Last night, I kept my word and served as guest bartendar at The Common Share. The only problem was, my two days of training did not prepare me to deal with the amount of people who actually came to the bar that night. The place was packed! After about an hour of making drinks, I was starting to break a sweat.
You hear me? Me! Leon! Mr. Cool Breeze himself! I worked up a few beads of sweat trying to make all those damned drinks! Chris, the bar’s owner, saw that I was not going to serve any faster than the rate that I was accustomed to, because sweating at my own event is not covered under the definition of cool. She let me off the hook and gave me an excuse to ask myself “What would Rick James do?”
Since there were no couches around for me to stomp my muddy boots on, I figured “Rick James would probably make himself a drink, and then leave from behind the bar and party.” So as you see, I had no choice but to abandon serving, in order to party the way that R
You’re probably reading the headline and asking yourself “What the heck does this have to do with running?”
“What does bartending have to do with being a good coach?”
Well, I have news for you. Whether you are a Doctor, Starbucks Barrista, Bartender, Technology Consultant, Personal Trainer, or Coach, these are all careers in the service industry. Lets face it, you have to be good with people to excel in these careers.
I reflected on my early years as a bartender, and came up with my top 25 list. Some may not apply to coaching:
1. smile & use eye contact
2. look people in the eye; greet them with their name
3. you will meet all walks of life
4. alcohol does strange things to people… CEO’s become regular people, and regular people act like CEOs
5. when your shift starts at 5pm, arrive at 5pm or earlier, not 5:01pm
6. no shoes, no shirt? easy, no service!
7. remember free samples in an ice-cream shop? Same goes for wine.
Bartending can be the highest paying food service career out there. Me, being the positive person I am, I try to always find the benefits and lessons in everything, so this is, in my opinion,a list the best benefits of bartending. I personally, make more money than anyone else, including the other bartenders & managers. The Benefits:Freedom... Forget about working the 9 to 5. I have freedom to sleep in and get up whenever I want. My shifts are generally four to six hours MAX. So I make twice the cash in half the time of most people out there. Flexibility... I could get a full-time gig at a nightclub, casino,restaurant, bar, or sports venue. Or hire out my services part-time for weddings, yacht parties, banquets, etc. The ridiculous amount of flexibility in bartending gives me time to work on my internet business. I can arrange to have my shift covered anytime, there is always someone willing to make some extra cash. Connections...Celebrities, business owners, and movers & shakers! I
So, you want to be like Tom Cruise in Cocktail? No, you don't have to join a cult. What you do need to do is learn how to get people to hand over tips when you hand them their drinks after all, you're not living on your hourly wage. But what do people want from you, besides alcohol? That's the question.
