The Bar Patrol Blog

Why Your Bar or Restaurant Will Fail Without This One Factor
November 17, 2017 |Dave Allred I do my best from day-to-day to offer advice, information and resources to help bar owners and managers succeed at

20 Ways Your Bartenders Are Robbing You Blind
November 10, 2017 |Dave Allred I say it to every owner and manager I sit down with, or during a screen share demo, and I’ll

How to Take Your Bar Inventory – The Right Way!
November 6, 2017 |Dave Allred For starters, if you have just Googled “How to take a bar inventory” I’m going to assume you are dwelling

How to Increase Your Bar Profits $67,875 per Year
October 30, 2017 |Dave Allred This past Friday I had the pleasure of being on Nick Fosberg’s “Bar & Restaurant Breakthroughs”podcast. We have become friends recently

How to Start a Kickass Trivia Night in Your Bar – In 7 Steps
October 13, 2017 |Dave Allred For nearly 7 years now, every Tuesday night in my bar we have had what I like to call: N.W.A. night.

How to Use Bar Patrol Liquor Inventory App in Any Country With Any Currency
October 11, 2017 |Dave Allred For all of you who from abroad who keep contacting me and asking if Bar Patrol Inventory App will work

Bar Inventory: Should You Weigh or Point Count Your Bottles?
October 4, 2017 |Dave Allred Last week I got in a debate with a bar manager named Trevor who contended that his point counting ability

The Perfect 10-Step Customer Service System for Your Restaurant
September 12, 2017 |Dave Allred My most recent question from The Ask Dave Show comes all the way from Fort Wayne, Indiana where I am

Bar Management Tips: The Power of Perceived Value
I wasn’t aware of this very important concept during my years as a bar manager. It wasn’t until I started Bar Patrol that I started
How Many oz. Should Go In a Martini?
Do you have any idea how many oz. your bartenders are pouring in their martinis? You’d better find out or you might just go broke.
How to Revive a Struggling Bar
Welcome to The Ask Dave Show. Today my question comes from Joyce in Lusaka, Zambia, all the way down in Africa, and she wants to

How I Make $10,000 Per Month As a Bar Inventory Auditor
I have no idea who you are, how happy you are with your current career right now or how you got here, but what I