Articles for tag: Bartenders

Pros and Cons of Being a Bartender

I spent more than 22 years in the food and beverage industry, most of them as a bartender. Now that I’ve been out of the business for four years, I look back and see the good, the bad, and the ugly facts of tending bar. If you, or someone you know have ever considered becoming ...

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Bartender 101: Become a Bartender Trainee

Are you ready to learn to be a bartender? Bar tending is an enjoyable and profitable career. To see some of the possibilities, take a peek at A Career as a Bartender: What to Expect from Wages to Advancement Opportunities. I learned early that it’s more than just mixology. Anyone can learn to mix a ...

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Top Five Las Vegas Bartender Secrets

Many Las Vegas travelers will spend hours combing through online trip reports, websites, and books to find out insider information on particular casinos in Sin City. As someone who travels to Las Vegas on a regular basis, I have found that casino bartenders can be a great source of information. These are the top five ...

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Do You Have Flair? Bottle Twirling Competitions

‘Flairing’ is a hands-on sport in which juggling, flinging, twirling, spinning and tossing liquor bottles at mind boggling speeds that leave the customer wondering when in all of that did the twirler slash bartender actually fix the drink. Tom Cruise played a self taught flair artist in the hit movie Cocktail where he dazzled patrons ...

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Ten Fabulous Gifts for Bartenders

If you are looking for a great gift for that bartender on your list, chances are you have already stumbled onto many bartender-themed websites. Overall, gifts for bartenders are not very common specialty items, but with patience, it is possible to find several excellent gift ideas online. If all else fails, consider the bartender’s personality ...

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Sullivan’s Steakhouse – Seattle

We had just finished nearly a week of intensive convention related business in downtown Seattle. It was time for some R & R. As we exited the conference hotel, my wife and I recalled having spied Sullivan’s Steakhouse earlier in the day. So, we checked with the concierge to verify that it was a viable ...