Services

Whether you’re preparing to open a new establishment and designing a beverage program from scratch, aiming to elevate your house cocktails, or working to solve a particular operational challenge, we are here to help. All of our services are tailored to meet your unique needs.

Creative & Operations

  • Whether you are preparing to open a new establishment or want to overhaul your existing bar program, we offer full service beverage program design from the ground up. From developing your creative concept through training your staff and opening your doors, we’ll be your guide through the entire process.

  • If you’re looking for new ways to improve your beverage program but aren’t sure where to start. We’ll perform a comprehensive assessment of your menus, operations, guest behavior and financials to identify areas for improvement. From there, we’ll propose a customized set of services to help you set and reach your goals.

  • Curation of beer, wine and spirits menus based on your property’s unique character. We’ll consider your style preferences, historical guest behavior, financial performance data, price point and margin goals, storage capabilities and local product availability to provide tailored product recommendations.

  • Custom cocktail recipe creation tailored to your establishment’s individual style. We’ll take into account your property’s personality, price point and margin objectives, staff skill level, product availability and existing glassware to create a completely custom cocktail menu to suits your goals.

    Cocktail creation includes recipe cards with preparation instructions, garnishes and photos, as well as cocktail costing, pricing recommendations and names if desired. Non-alcoholic and low ABV cocktail recipes, seasonal cocktail menu refresheshment, à la carte cocktail recipes for banquets and special events also available.

  • Establishing bar standards helps you control your beverage costs and elevates your bar by creating consistency for guests drink after drink, visit after visit. We’ll develop bar standards based on your preferences, pricing and margin objectives, glassware availability and other considerations. Bar standards include pour sizes for beer, wine and spirits, recipe standardization for common and classic cocktails, glassware and garnishes.

  • After establishing your margin objectives, we’ll assist in setting beer, wine, spirit and cocktail prices that meet your goals and position your establishment appropriately against your local competitive landscape.

  • We’ll assess your bar layout, equipment, storage and refrigeration capacity, and existing staff workflows to design improved procedures behind the bar that help your staff move quickly and comfortably. We’ll create customized SOP guides, side work lists, training guides and other tools to keep your staff on track. If you’re considering making upgrades to your bar, we’ll recommend equipment and layout improvements.

  • We’ll perform an in depth assessment of staff scheduling practices and historical guest traffic data to provide scheduling recommendations that maximize labor efficiency.

  • If you’re experiencing a particular operational pain point, we’ll assess the problem help develop sustainable solutions to get you back on track.

  • We’ll provide on-site staff training to accompany menu launches, operational change introductions, or to integrate any of our other consulting offerings. Other training offerings include basic and advanced beer, wine and spirits education sessions for staff, ongoing manager mentorship, and personalized professional development programs for leadership level personnel.

  • If you’re looking to streamline your events offerings, we’ll design of a tiered banquet menu including beer, wine, spirits and cocktail offerings based on your establishment’s particular character, historical banquet sales, price point and margin goals, and local product availability.

    • Selection and procurement of bar equipment, tools and glassware

    • Menu layout advisement

    • Non-alcoholic and low ABV product selection

    • Beer, wine & spirits selection and sourcing for weddings and private events

    • Custom cocktail recipe development for weddings and other private events

    • Beer, wine & cocktail pairings

Specialty Services

  • Production of highly polished photo and video content in collaboration with our network of professional photographers and videographers. Content may include images designed for specific purposes such as a website rebrand, or a library of content for future use in social media posts, press opportunities, event promotion etc.

  • Home bar guidance for the entertaining enthusiast. We can provide home bar design consulting, bar equipment, tool and glassware selection and procurement, beer wine and spirits selection and any other assistance you may need to create a well equipped and well stocked home bar. We’ll even help you develop a signature cocktail to impress guests at your next gathering.

  • Book a class to learn bartending basics, try your hand at advanced skills, master classic cocktail recipes or refine your beer or wine palette. We offer both one-on-one lessons and group classes, and will customize lessons just for you. Bartending classes make wonderful gifts, birthday and holiday parties, and company team building events. Classes can take place at your home or office, or at one of our partner establishments.