by Bar Ninja | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Practices, Maintenance, Soft Skills
1. Deep clean your bar – When you step back from the bar and really look at it from a patron’s standpoint, you might be surprised. In addition, when was the last time you cleaned the back side of the beer cooler? (Probably not this week) This step might...
by Bar Ninja | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Practices, Soft Skills
Remember last call is your last opportunity to impress your patrons. Never treat last call as running everyone out to finish your night. Treat it as a celebration of the evening and make sure you keep your attitude behind the wood light, personal and have a lot of...
by Bar Ninja | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Practices, Bill's Tips, Maintenance
Bill’s Tip- run water over pourers before placing or replacing them in liquor bottles. It makes them much easier to remove especially with Baileys and other thicker liquors. You should clean pour spouts between each bottle change. Keep a bucket of fresh spouts...
by Bar Ninja | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Practices, Bill's Tips, Soft Skills
Tip: Always placing a cocktail napkin underneath the beverage sends a message that you are a professional and organized Bartender. If you have heavy humidity and are having trouble with the napkins sticking to the bottom of customers’ glasses, throw one shake of...
by Bar Ninja | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Practices, Bill's Tips, Soft Skills
As bartenders, we are occasionally the line of defence for beautiful women that sit at our bar. Over the years, I have developed signals for women to let me know a customer may be bothering them (that will go unnoticed). If anyone is bothering you or being too...
by Bar Ninja | Apr 10, 2023 | Best Practices, Bill's Tips
1. Measure It! If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.
Bar Managers should be keeping a detailed beverage cost report. This is an easy report to generate.
Opening Inventory (Value in dollars) + Purchases (Value in dollars) – Returns/Credits/Waste...
