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Tag Archives: bar
Craft Beer + Dark Chocolate = Bliss
Here’s a trend that’s sure to make you lasting friends: beer and chocolate pairings. When you consider all of the amazing domestic craft beers available coupled with local or imported chocolate, this is an event that you can safely repeat time after time. While there are obvious days to promote beer and chocolate pairings, like [...]
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Do You Have a Reservation?
Driving home one day I noticed a cute new restaurant that had just opened in my neighborhood and I made plans to try it out. A few days later I arrived around 6 pm ready to savor their atmosphere, cuisine and alcoholic beverages. Stepping in, I noticed the place had a full bar and also [...]
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Attention Bar and Restaurant Owners: Is Genevers on Your Radar Yet?
Attention cocktail and spirits lovers, a Dutch style of gin known as genever is getting more popular than Dutch tulips. The English word “gin” derives from Genevers. Served chilled and in the traditional tulip-shaped glasses found in Amsterdam’s genever bars, this cocktail is sure to please your regulars. Pair with Dutch cheese, slow-braised oxtail, stews [...]
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What is ‘Cause Marketing’ and Why Should I Care?
According to Wikipedia, cause marketing or cause-related marketing refers to a type of marketing involving the cooperative efforts of a “for profit” business and a non-profit organization for mutual benefit. Do you have a special area of interest, such as saving the whales, that you’d like to promote? If so, cause marketing is an ideal [...]
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Liquor To be Sold From Pushcarts at O’Hare International Airport?
If Mayor Richard Daley gets his way, the answer is yes. “The goal is to bring in more money for the city.” Eve Rodriguez, city Aviation Department Taking a page from the carts used by airlines, the plan is to create a new type of liquor license allowing “the sale of alcoholic liquor from pushcarts [...]
Posted in Liquor License News | Also tagged alcoholic liquor, beer and wine license, full liquor license, liquor, liquor license, restaurants | Leave a comment
Why You Should Consider Using a Consultant When Getting a Liquor License
A recent article in the Washington Post illustrates why it’s important to have qualified representation when you file for your city zoning permits and your alcoholic beverage applications. Most neighborhoods empower community boards to ensure that residents rights are protected, which is a good thing. However, community activists are increasingly placing major roadblocks in the [...]
How the iPod May Revolutionize the Restaurant Business
iPod’s aren’t just about music anymore. There are two guys from Canada who think they can start a revolution in the restaurant industry using the device. Michael Benaroch and Emanuel Vintila, owner of Cluster Systems and Technologies, are now selling point-of-sale terminals to restaurants using an iPod Touch. Waiters enter the order on the iPod, [...]
Arizona Rolls Back its Sunday Liquor Sales Hours
Arizona is rolling back the hours that liquor can be served on Sunday mornings from 10 a.m. to 6 a.m. The new law takes effect on the first Sunday in August. Most bar owner feel the early Sunday alcohol sales could bring in several more hundred dollars a day. According to the Arizona Department of [...]
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Do You Need a Fixed Bar to Serve Your Customers Cocktails?
Answer: No. All you really require is a competent bartender, a state issued full liquor license and a portable bar. Bingo, you’re now offering your customers a full complement of alcoholic beverages. If your restaurant is too small to accommodate a fixed bar, the table-side cocktail service is made to order. “When you don’t have [...]
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The Alcoholic Beverage Industry Sails Smoothly Over the Recession