Adventures in Glassware Unique and Creative Glassware Helps Pour On The Profit
By Erin Bubenhofer
The maraschino cherry has been a long-time companion of the mixed drink. As the figurative sidekick to both Roy Rogers and Shirley Temple, the brightly colored garnish has seen a lot of lonely barflies through some difficult times, but according to some bar owners and managers, the cherry's days in this industry are numbered.
Take Your Best Shot Bars Aim For Top Profits With Shooters
By Brenda Owen
When the hero downed his drink in one swallow and slammed his shot glass on the bar in those old Western movies, it usually meant trouble for the bad guys. But these days, the drinkers downing the shots are young professionals and college-age adults, and the only trouble they are looking for is a good time.
Customize and Optimize Create the Ultimate Bar Environment and Profits
By Taylor Rau
The excitement is palpable. Funds have been secured. Management and staff have been interviewed and are as anxious as you to see the construction and opening of this new venture –– this fun foray into on-premise entertainment. Still, one key element begs serious attention: the bar itself. How much time and budget has it received? Have you gone down the checklist for its components? Does the bar truly fit with the venue's concept and will it meet service needs now and in the future?
Direct Shipping Threat to Three-Tier System, Entire Industry, CEO Says
By Brenda Owen
Through illegal direct shipping of beer, wine and spirits products to consumers by some in the industry, alcohol beverage retailers and wholesalers face a systematic and coordinated attack on their businesses from within their own ranks, says Juanita Duggan, president and CEO of Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America Inc., speaking at the organization's 61st Annual Convention & Exposition held recently in Las Vegas.
The name, Bigfoot, invokes images of a legend that has loomed large throughout Northwest America for centuries. It was master of evading capture — mysterious sightings left us to fill in what popular lore left out with our wild imaginations.
It's Sink or Swim, And South Beach's Club Deep is Free-Styling to Fortune
By Taylor Rau
Lamborghinis and lingerie. A-listers and all-night club circuits. An oceanfront view and big-time revenue. It's great to be the owner of a successful nightclub in South Beach, Miami's quasi-domestic answer to international wayfarers wanting to expand their entertainment horizons beyond Berlin, Paris, Tokyo or Ibiza –– not to mention a nocturnal destination to which eyes turn for influence from L.A., Las Vegas, Chicago and New York City, to name a few.
