The Bar Patrol Blog
10 Interview Questions for Hiring a Rockstar Server/Bartender
Here’s a fact: In the past three years I have asked approximately 50 owners and managers what their #1 pain point is in running their
Liquor Inventory: The Double-Whammy Effect
You remember that game show, Press Your Luck, where the contestants hovered over a giant button with two hands while hollering, “No Whammies! No Whammies!
Bar Patrol Inventory App Announces New Menu Item Costing Feature
Bar Patrol Inventory App and liquor inventory tracking system announced a new menu item costing feature in the recipe section of the website that will allow
Liquor Inventory Management: How Accurately do Your Bartenders Pour?
As a bar manager tracking inventory (I’ll assume you’re on top of that), you have to remember that if you’re bartenders aren’t properly trained on
The 7 Biggest Cost Control Black Holes for Restaurants
Cost control, cost control, cost control. As a manager that’s all you hear from the owner is to control the costs, and you do your
How to Calculate Prime Cost for Your Bar or Restaurant
Perhaps you have heard of prime cost for quite some time but were never quite sure what it was, or maybe you just heard about
How to Read a Restaurant Profit Loss Statement
The biggest difference between successful bars/restaurants and the ones that struggle is how closely you watch the numbers, and part of that is analyzing profit
Powerful Facebook Targeting Techniques for Bars & Restaurants
If you’re looking to drive more traffic to your bar/restaurant, you need to do more than simply boost your post to people in the surrounding
The Remarkable Power of Monitoring Employee Actions
Wait, don’t tell me. You don’t like the idea of “spying” on your staff because you want to create a trustworthy environment full of respect and camaraderie. Bullshit! You
How to Spot a Fake ID
DON’T BRING THAT SH#% IN MY HOUSE!!!In this episode, my good friend and security guy Tony shows us his methods on how to spot a fake
How to Calculate Pour Cost Percentage
For those of you new to this whole bar managing thing, or if you’re a bartender who keeps hearing, “Goddammit, the pour cost percentage is
Bar Inventory in 15 Minutes, My Ass!
I have a standing challenge to any bar inventory software company who claims their app and software can count inventory in 15 minutes: Come do
SUBSCRIBE & LEARN
