by David Sangwell | May 19, 2015 | Rants, Social Media for Bars
So Your Bar is on Twitter… I’ve been running bars for eight years now and I’ve only very recently discovered how good Twitter is for business. It took me a while to get on board because I didn’t really understand it. I thought it was basically...
by David Sangwell | Jan 21, 2015 | Bartender Tools, Opinion, Rants
bahr-ten-der Person who mixes and serves alcoholic drinks at a bar. – Dictionary.com This doesn’t even come close. While Dictionary.com list this as an Americanism, from around 1830-40, Bartender, at least in the UK, tends to be the definition between the...
by David Sangwell | Dec 23, 2014 | Bar Management, News, Opinion, Rants
This article was submitted by a successful nightclub manager, all about the delights of working in the late night trade and how it would seem in any other scenario. If we treated your job the way you treat ours… This year is my 11th Christmas working in bars....
by David Sangwell | Oct 23, 2014 | Drinks Recipes, Magic, News, Podcast, Rants
http://media.blubrry.com/bartenderhq/p/traffic.libsyn.com/bartenderhq/07_BartenderHQ_Podcast_Episode_7.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSOn this week’s BartenderHQ.com Podcast: Back in the Office …and Back to work...
by David Sangwell | Oct 21, 2014 | Bartender Tools, Flair Bartending, Magic, Opinion, Rants
For the flair bartenders out there, I’d love to know what reaction you guys get when you tell people you meet what you do for a living. What do the public think of flair bartending, what do they think of us, and are those reactions positive or is it something we...
by David Sangwell | Aug 28, 2014 | Bar Management, Opinion, Rants
In the USA, it is very much the norm to tip your bartender each time you order a drink, or if you run a tab to tip a decent percentage when you cash out your bill. In the UK however its quite the opposite, and while the UK has some of the most skilled bartenders in...
