Emily Hanna Mayock

After its opening in mid-June, BOA Sunset in West Hollywood, Calif., has found success operating as an upscale steakhouse during the recession.

To make your bar the place to be, you’ll also need to have plenty of cold beer, creative cocktails, good food and attractive deals to get the fans to come through your door and keep them in the house for all four quarters and beyond.

Atlanta’s Second Annual Bar & Service Industry Awards were held at Opera Lounge on July 28. The awards, touted as an “awards show extravaganza” by Ais York Almahdi, director of operations for the show, were developed to highlight the hard work of the front line staff.

Mixologists across the country are experimenting by combining a range of ingredients with the storied spirit to create contemporary cocktails, making green even more fashionable at the bar.

If you’re paying top dollar for a celebrity DJ to get more guests through your doors, the last thing you need is people to be turned off by the look of your dance floor.

Traditional Sangria, usually made from a combination of red wine, fruits, spirits and sweeteners, still remains a classic, but white-wine-based Sangria is creeping up the popularity scale, as are flavored Sangrias, from pineapple to pomegranate.

At each of the 32 participating PT’s tavern locations and the three Sierra Gold locations in Nevada, one guest will win a Canon Powershot digital camera each day of the month.

The capability exists for iPhone and other smartphone users to order food and drinks through their mobile devices, using programs like myOrder.

Southern California comedy institution Laugh Factory and owner Jamie Masada are doing whatever necessary to lift people up, and keeping his club top of mind in the process.