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    Utlizing ‘AI’ Artificial Intelligence Software in the Hospitality Industry

      Have you ever wanted more time and more help in your hospitality career… Imagine a world where your customers never have to wait for a bartender’s attention or struggle to...

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    Clearing Up Clarifications

    The first time I saw clarification techniques being used was years ago, as a budding young chef in Toronto at Splendido Restaurant. I was watching a stock be clarified into a...

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    Long Time Coming

      Being a bartender is so much harder than most day-walkers will ever realize. Being a flair bartender in America (outside the surreal bubble that is Las Vegas) is doubly hard....

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    Batch Cocktails the Right Way!

    Pouring drinks is a piece of cake.  Mixing basic cocktails is a cinch.  Well balanced cocktails is somewhat difficult.  But the truth is, making drinks is definitely a part of bartending...

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    Fire in the Sky

    FIRE IN THE SKY Becoming one with Performance Fire Flair by Robbie Flair   Fire. The ultimate source of energy. It makes up the sun, which gives us warmth and life....

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    Love me two times…..

    That’s what the bartending industry has told me.  My first love was Flair bartending, my second was Mixology. I started tending bar a few months after turning 18 as a fun...

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    Be the Bartender Your Guests Want at that Time…

    I recently had the pleasure to work with an up and coming passionate bartender at a new high-end high volume bar that is only open Sunday nights during the winter season....

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    Letters to a Young Bartender – Jackson Cannon

      We came across this gem again recently from a seminar at Tales of the Cocktail awhile back entiteled “Letters to a Young Bartender” from bar director Jackson Cannon, training manager...

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    Have We Sacrificed Service For Progress?

    We have all strived to become better at our craft, or else, I’m assuming, you wouldn’t be reading this! With each new nugget of wisdom and learned lesson, we apply it,...

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    Is TGI Fridays Hurting or Helping Flair?

    I pose the question… is the global chain TGI Fridays hurting or helping Flair? The earliest know competition for Flair bartending was held by TGI Fridays in Marina del Rey, California...

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