> what does it mean to serve a drink "up"?
Serving a drink "up" is the same as serving a drink "straight-up". They both
mean the same thing.There are only four ways traditionally to serve a drink,
Up or Straight-up, neat, blended, on-the-rocks. Examples: Up or straight-up
would be a martini or shooter, neat would be a shot; like a shot of
tequila,blended is pretty obvious, and on the rocks would be tropicals(
mai-tai, hurricanes), and about 75% of all the drinks you serve, highballs(rum
& coke, seabreeze, margarita...).