When first hearing the word “bitters,” you may wonder what are bitters? Why anyone would want to use them in drinks? After all, alcoholic drinks are already bitter--who wants to drink something even more sour?

While bitters are botanicals, herbs, and roots infused …

If ordering and looking at your most popular cocktails doesn’t pump you up, then your summer cocktail recipe hasn’t captured the essence of summer.

The best summer cocktails are mixological representations of the season. The winter cocktails focus on warmth and …

At best, it’s boring. At worst, it’s mind-numbing tedium that costs lots of money. It’s manually taking bar inventory. Yes, we are talking about taking a physical count of your bar inventory,

Whichever way you cut it, it’s not ideal.

There are 2 aspects to …

Do you know your restaurant's cost of goods sold? You should.

Running a successful restaurant or bar requires a thorough grasp of accounting principles. Cost of goods sold, or COGS, is an integral measurement that helps a restaurateur increase restaurant sales and …

Like so many flower petals unfurling, we humans mark the end of winter by leaving our coziness behind and embracing the sun. Our clothes become light and colorful. We twirl from place to place accompanied only by good humor and birdsong. And we demand cocktails …

“Pure tedium!” you yell, your fist slamming down on a wine storage rack, dust puffing all over, knocking down your wine aerator decanter. You'd rather buy wine like a wine negociant.

We’re not here to convince you to take your wine or bar inventory. You already …

The 5 Areas of Restaurant Management Mastery

Just to give all of my readers, subscribers, and clients out there a little background into my experience in the bar and restaurant business before we get started.

I started out in the nightclub business back in 1994 …

Getting into the bar business is no easy feat. In addition to saturated markets and steep opening costs, it’s no wonder hospitality businesses struggle to find effective marketing strategies.

One restaurant marketing strategy with year-round appeal is the happy …

These are new and unknown times that we are living in now and for the unforeseen future, and you as a business owner need to adapt to these new times and realize that these are times where failure is NOT an option, but change is definitely going to be required if …

Pros and Cons

Happy Hour Facts and History

A recent survey showed that 38% of adults go out to happy hour at least once a month. In addition, 35% of those will stay for dinner and more drinks. Simple math dictates if you DON’T run a happy hour you’ll be missing …

How to Price Your Food Menu

In this blog I am going to show you how to price your food menu. There are two ways how a menu item’s selling price is determined. They’re food cost and gross profit margin. Both methods involve having a goal and working backwards to …

In this blog we are going to show you the process of how to price drinks in your restaurant or bar.

If you’re looking for information on how to price drinks in a restaurant or bar, you’ve come to the right place.

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Alcohol …

The 20 Most Common Ways Bartenders Rob You Blind

If you think that your bartenders are honest and would “never steal from you” you’ve got another thing coming. Having worked as a bartender for over 27 years, I can tell you that nothing could be further from the …

Happy Hour

Happy Hour is one of the most profitable times for many businesses. In fact, a 2017 study shows that, over the course of a month, bars with happy hours had 33% more transactions than bars without happy hours. They also saw made 26% more in revenue from …

If you are having trouble putting “butts in seats” at your restaurant or bar, you definitely want to try some or all of these restaurant marketing ideas and strategies.

Implementing some or all of the following restaurant marketing ideas and strategies can help …