Message 6512 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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> > Methinks you are giving this belly aching fellow way too much credit. 
> > 
> >  That isn't the tone of the original post, nor did he offer up that 
> > 
> > information.
> > 
> 
> It still stands, though. The only bars that can get away with being 
> "any drink to anybody, anytime" are bars in high-tourism areas, hotel 
> bars, and other places where every week or so new people come in and 
> old people leave.


Not my bar.  I will forever believe that Cleveland, Ohio is NOT a high tourism 
area.  We are a small city and new people don't move in, nor leave.

We have the whole realm to know -- and I'm serious.  Any drink, any time.

Tis my job.


> In other areas, one has to cultivate regulars and 
> suit their tastes. This tends to give bars certain "atmospheres" and 
> ways of doing things which sometimes include not making drinks of a 
> certain type, or serving people who act or dress a certain way. 

We lack neither.

> And 
> this isn't just flip flops and t-shirt man invading the local martini 
> bar; it happens when johnnie suit-and-tie goes to a bar where they 
> strain shots with their fingers into plastic cups and tries ordering 
> a Manhattan.


We have many sorts, and both that you noted stand next to eachother and 
patronise our bar(s).  And anyone that strains a drink with their fingers 
should be drawn and quartered, if not fired at the very least.

We happily serve up a Manhattan right next to the dreaded Jager or Cherry 
Bomb.  Because it is our job.


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"Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ...
well, I have others."  -Groucho Marx