Sustainability – you hear that a lot these days. From farm-to-table menus in restaurants to the elimination of plastic straws in coffee shops, achieving sustainability and eliminating food waste is a common foodservice trend year after year. While reducing food waste makes sense back in the kitchen, what about reducing cocktail waste with sustainable cocktails?
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Every few years, we seem to have a new conversation about the nuances of the next generation. Well, it’s time to have that talk again here in 2018 as we examine Gen Z.
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How do you build a more profitable bar? How can you create a bar and beverage setup that is more efficient, more appealing to customers, and easier on the staff? What do operators need to think about before they design their bars or before renovating them?
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For many sports fans, October is arguably the best month of the year. The football season is in full swing, basketball and hockey start back up, and playoff baseball has entire cities worked into a frenzy. We know that postseason baseball means packed stadiums on crisp autumn nights, seas of rally towels waving in unison, and […]
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We all do it. In the morning on the way to work, we stop in our favorite coffee shop for that jolt of caffeine. At the end of the day, we meet up with friends for happy hour or a post-dinner cocktail at a local bar. Now, what if we could do both at the […]
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Your beverage program is all set to serve draft beer, draft cocktails, or wine on tap. You’ve got the kegs, but they are locked by a keg valve. In order to extract these beverages from the kegs, you need the “key” to that lock. That key is a keg coupler. And the right coupler can […]
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With so many quality bars around the country, it means a great deal to be labeled as “the best.” From the menu and cocktail quality to the atmosphere and bar teams, a lot goes into being recognized at the top of the industry. Tales of the Cocktail’s Spirited Awards have become one of the most […]
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“Whoa. That’s Instagram-worthy.” In today’s digital age, there’s no higher compliment. That’s especially true in bars or restaurants. When a colossal-sized cheeseburger, an artistically presented slice of cheesecake, or a glowing craft cocktail arrives in front of us, our first instinct might be to reach for our phones and share these creations with the world.
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Keeping wine at ideal temperatures is obviously a critical element to success for any operations featuring a wine list. That being said, there are different ways to refrigerate wine, and this requires refrigerant.
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