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We Asked 11 Bartenders: What’s Your Most Controversial Cocktail Take?

VinePair

At Sanjh, we value both technique and hospitality. I’ve seen coworkers with true reverence cite service as the sole driver behind their craft and then roll their eyes in a guest’s face for ordering a ‘Tito’s and vodka’ [instead of ‘Tito’s and soda’]. We forget why we are doing this. Nic Wallace, 2025 U.S.

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Tales Of The Cocktail Foundation (TOTCF) Announces the2025 Cocktail Apprentice Program® (CAP) Class

Bar Magazine

Since its founding in 2008, the Cocktail Apprentice Program has offered rising bar professionals the opportunity to work side-by-side with hospitalitys most respected minds during the annual Tales of the Cocktail conference in New Orleans. Tales of the Cocktail Foundation is proud to announce the 2025 Cocktail Apprentice Program (CAP) Class.

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The Most Egregious Scams Pulled by Bartenders, According to Reddit

VinePair

The Double Drop Allegedly a fairly common scam in the hospitality industry, this strategy involves a server or bartender reprinting checks from early in the shift to give to current tables when they’re ready to pay. The server walked away with an extra $500 per week before they were found out.

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Employees Only Turns 20: An Oral History of the Iconic NYC Speakeasy

VinePair

Twenty years ago, a handful of roommates and Dale DeGroff disciples bound together to turn their hospitality-forward house parties into their life’s work. Excellent craft drinks, yes, but ones that were free-poured, doled out with haste, and in high volume. Employees Only (EO) came into the world on Nov. It was amazing.

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At Modern Cocktail Bars, It’s Every Drink, Everywhere, All at Once. Is That Such a Bad Thing?

VinePair

Harrison is the founder of Rachel Harrison Communications, a publicity firm that is prominent in the food, drink, and hospitality world. She believes the rising cost of every aspect of doing business in the post-pandemic hospitality sphere was a wake-up call for many bars, both old and new. “As You need an element that is high-volume.

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Gen Z and spirits: a golden opportunity?

Just Drinks

The data analytics group found Gen Z tends to be “underrepresented in traditional, high-volume categories” like beer but are “more likely to be over-represented in spirit-based RTDs, cocktails, liqueurs, and aperitifs”. Vodka meanwhile is holding steady, he adds. “It’s It’s kind of a bit timeless.

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10 Unexpected Cities to Visit This Year for Top-Tier Cocktails

VinePair

The distillery is part of the Banff Hospitality Collective , a group behind well over a dozen bars and restaurants in the heart of downtown. Cocktails like a Porcini Martini with porcini-infused vodka, sherry, and mezcal highlight a devotion to nature and the abundance of ingredients it provides, always served in pristine vintage glassware.

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