Bar Management

This section of the website is targeted at those individuals who are actively managing craft cocktail bars or who aspire to. Although the home bartender may find this information interesting, most of the content won’t be applicable to a home bar situation. If you are running a bar and have a question or issue that you would like answered, please drop me a line and I’ll be happy to send you a reply and/or write a post about it if I think it would be useful for others to know as well. Click the links below to get more information on the ins and outs of running a successful bar.

Running a Bar: Day to Day Concerns

Scheduling Your Employees Successfully

How to Set up a Service Well

How to Design A Menu

Requiring Non-Slip Shoes in Your Establishment

Batching Cocktails Overview

Successful Bar Culture

Building Hospitality into Your Bar’s Culture

Building a Sense of Ownership in Your Employees

Review Sites Are Your Friend

Profitability: Increasing Revenue

Fairly and Profitably Pricing Drinks

Advertising Do’s and Don’ts

Loss Leaders: Are They Right for Your Bar?

Increase PPA: Train your Servers and Bartenders to Upsell without sacrificing hospitality

Profitability: Controlling Costs

Costs Associated with Running a Bar

Monitor and Control Inventory

Decrease Your Pour Cost Percentage

Decrease Labor Costs

Controlling Theft

Lower Your Insurance Premiums

Lower Your Rent