Drink

Is It Time to Hire a Production Professional to Manage Your Bar Prep?

Tyler Zielinski

At the birth of contemporary cocktail culture in the mid-90s and early aughts, bartenders took pride in crafting drinks à la minute with fresh ingredients. The stage was set for them to exhibit their mixing skills and newfound spirits knowledge in the hopes of proving that bartending can be an actual career. But a lot has changed in the past two decades, and one of the most significant shifts has been volume and guest expectations. People want quality...