Message 126 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> Whats the fastest way to serve up drinks...what i mean is what order 
> should you do stuff and what are some other tips to being quick that 
> i may have overlooked?

this depends some on where you are and the crowd you deal with.If you are a 
packed service bar making over a thousand drinks in a shift you don't always 
take the time to properly shake or stir a drink, squeeze free lemons or limes 
every drink,you are usinng premadesour mix and chances are most people won't 
notice anyway.if you are in a place where you don't have to make a drink every 
sixty seconds you can take the time to shake a drink for 20 seconds
> 
> what i usually do for drinks is ice in the glass, grab the liqours  

you say grab the glass it should be grab the glasses if you are takeing one 
drink making it and then moving to the next you save time by getting six-ten 
orders in you mind as many you can handle setting the glasses close to gather 
on the mat ,filling them with ice the pour you liquors make a continual pour 
of the vokdas,then the rum ect.work you ways through liquors in the order that 
is most convient to the speed well you have,if you don't have a speed rack for 
you calls and have to walk to the shelf for call brand leave the bottel near 
the work station and don't put back on the shelf as you will just have to walk 
tfoor it fo the next round. after you pour the liquor,the pour you mixes all 
the coke, all the oj, ect. this way you can make the drinks an only have to 
pick a bottle up once to make several drinks


>I don't have a gun at theside-bar i work at

bummer
 
>...so that takes time reaching down and grabing the 
> sodas, but all my juices, triple sec, lime, etc are up top. 

you don't need to keep the sodas in the cooler they don't go bad if they are 
kept warm and you are going to pour them over ice any way and you won't have 
to reach around the juices 
 
>And as I 
> take someones money, I take someones order that makes things quicker 
> to.  Anything else?

start at one end of the bar walking toward the station taking orders as you go 
make the drinks trun around going back down the bar delivering drinks

hope this help. one phrase that speeds things up if management doesn't fire 
you for it is "I'm sorry but the blender is broken"  :}


hope this helps

Dennis