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Subject: Re: Micros setup for the bar?
From: Stardust
Posted: Sun Nov 20. 2005, 01:36 UTC
Followup to: "Re: Micro's setup for the bar?"  by Natrone  (Fri Nov 18. 2005, 05:48 UTC)
>  
> > > 
> > > products.  For a Black Russian I hit: "Cocktails A-G", "Black 
> > > Russian", "Well Vodka" - three buttons.  
> > 
> > Now that, my friend, is a stroke of genius. :D Being able to select 
> > 
> > what KIND of spirit is in a cocktail would have made me the happiest 
> > 
> > man alive, especially when dealing with something like the Martini. 
> > 
> > 
> > AC
> 
> 
> Oh yeah, on the cocktails list I had "Martini, Gin" and "Martini, 
> Vodka" and when you hit one of those buttons the appropriate list of 
> spirits came up - hit one and you get the price you need for a Bombay 
> Sapphire or Tanqueray Martini.
> 
> I'm going to tack on a reply to the Captain as well:
> 
> I'm not surprised to know that Aloha can be set up that way but the 
> management at this restaurant gave the Aloha people the specs on how 
> they wanted things set up and this is what they ended up with.  It 
> works fine but I think it's a bit awkward to have to ring in a base 
> spirit (the same I would as a highball or rocks drink) in order to 
> utilize a higher cost product in a basic drink (e.g. Absolut 
> Baybreeze, Ketel One Citron Cosmopolitan).  

I have used Micros for a couple years, mainly for food as I worked as a 
server.  Now I'm tending bar and using it.  Examples: Absolute tonic - hit 
'Absolute' then 'tonic'.  If I were to hit 'vodka' it would price it at the 
well price.  I just got them to change that where I work last week after 
asking "How come the Absolute is priced as a well drink?"  Our well drinks are 
$4, call is $5 and premium is $6.  Micros has a lot of flexibility.  If 
someone orders a margarita, I hit the margarita button, but if they want it 
with a call tequila, I hit the Up$ button which adds $1.00 then type in which 
tequila.  Or I could hit the preferred tequila button, which is correctly 
priced, then type in 'margarita'.  When I'm on the bar and ringing in a well 
rum and coke, I just have to hit the 'rum' button.  I can do that with any 
one-alcohol drink; just hit the base spirit.  Of course the servers can't 
otherwise I wouldn't know what mixer they want.  Another example: I hit Black 
Russian it's a well drink, I hit Black Russian that the customer wants made 
with Kahlua and well vodka, it's the drink button, then Call$ and same thing 
with premium vodka and Kahlua, it's "drink button, Up$, Call$".  Up$ adds 
$1.00 and Call$ adds $.75.  Think I got this right :-)
Star


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