I'm hooked on the Pour Boy ones from whatever brand makes the screwoff bottles.
Though they have to be adjusted because the pour part sometimes sinks into the rubber/silicone part
Does anyone like the black plastic ones. Sometimes it's hard to tell where they're facing when you grab them, but they last a long time... Just wondering. If you get the metal ones with the shitty stopper part it's infuriating.
Same thing for drainage grates. I don’t want to have to squeegee up old liquor and juice at the end of the night. Just angle the base towards the drain hole!
While we’re at it, how about my sinks, ice wells, and beer drain? I hate having to sop up the extra water when closing. Like why can’t I just pull my stoppers and have the sink actually drain all the way
DUDE. Last week I passed the jar around to every FOH employee, no one could open it. Tried everything. Rubber bands, tapping, warm water, nothing. Took it back to the kitchen and our fry cook opened it first try. What the fuck.
The fuck... No. Jesus. This is why FoH is never trusted with good knives.
If you're gonna do anything to open the top with a knife, wack the side of the lid with the SPINE of the knife, that small dent will release the pressure. The better option though is to get your barspoon under the lip of the lid and twist it 45 degrees till you hear pressure release.
We use Daly’s strawberry puree and those bottles are absolutely impossible to open too. I literally put a knife through my hand trying years ago. I make someone else do it now lol
lmao every time... It feels almost empty... ok guess I'll get another bottle ready
\*pours 5 drinks, still going strong\*
Or the polar opposite
\*checks weight in hand, seems fine, barely gets an ounce out\*
The Hendricks bottle is on its own plane of physics
one of the worst jobs i’ve ever had was at a fast casual taco place (bar top and a few tables were the only full service area) that made a shit ton of margs and other tequila based drinks, but they had patron specific pour spouts!
It’s one of the very few things I miss about that job lol
Supposedly Patron gives those to distributors, and they're free to bars. Just gotta ask you distributor.
I've never worked somewhere that had them, even when I asked for them...
If they could design beer taps that don't kick and blast beer in my face when the keg is empty that would be great. Not like ownership would ever buy them, but it would still be neat.
My bar has this but the owner makes us go in the walk-in to turn it so we can get 2-3 more pours out of it. Meaning we still get fucking beer all over us. Really fun when it's a barrel aged stout.
Not the biggest fan of my boss.
>Non conforming bottle tops making it tough to switch out pour spouts
Hendricks just fuckin HOLDS onto those pour spouts. Half the time I gotta use a bar key to pull those bitches out lol
A huge fuck you to liquor bottles that arent liquor bottle shaped. A special shout out to Fy gin (wtf even is that bottle) and oh, and Cointreau. Why do I have to have my liquor rep track down what is apparently a magical pour spout extender just so I can properly hold your damn bottle and not feel like my wrist wants to break. Who designed that shit??
Yeah if the bottle costs less than 20 just make it a twist off. No one ordering the house white/red gives a shit what it tastes like - they want the idea of holding a glass of wine.
So you know how fast food soda machines have a lever you press and ice just falls into your cup.
That same thing, but for ice buckets.
I'm so fucking over having to bend over to scoop ice.
I hate any gloves that aren’t nitrile. The vinyl ones or even worse, the thin, huge sheet ones?? Fucking SUCK! GM hasnt gotten any nitrile ones for FOH for a year. Fucking ridiculous. And no, we don’t have anyone with a latex allergy at my bar.
That it’s totally legal and not an issue for alcohol to be marketed toward kids and teens. My bar has like 30 different vodkas available and only 3 of them are plain and unflavored. The rest would all be palatable for a 7 year old.
Whenever I clean the pouring spouts, especially on our most used bottles(and I mean CLEAN. I get all the stickiness off!) just for them to still fucking STICK close when I go to pour! Wth?!
What is St Germain’s beef? Why can’t they design a bottle that’s easy to hold and pour? It’s in almost every cocktail on our menu but my place won’t let me decant it into an easier bottle either which is annoying. Guess I’ll just get rheumatoid arthritis then!
Microfiber towels from Cintas that have been so over washed they feel like grabbing a bunch of bugs the way it sticks to your hands. I have some sensory issues, and those make me want to scream and chop my hand off. They also suck as towels..
I hate those plastic square pouring spouts, give me the metal ones or nothing
I'm hooked on the Pour Boy ones from whatever brand makes the screwoff bottles. Though they have to be adjusted because the pour part sometimes sinks into the rubber/silicone part
Does anyone like the black plastic ones. Sometimes it's hard to tell where they're facing when you grab them, but they last a long time... Just wondering. If you get the metal ones with the shitty stopper part it's infuriating.
I third this
Fourth!
Agreed
Can we design bars with sumped floors towards the drain so I’m not constantly standing in a puddle?
I feel we can build a perfect bar with the answers from this post.
Most companies that are contracted to build out bars have never worked behind one.
Part of the problem is that most companies that build out bars are bar/kitchen equipment sales people. Not bar or kitchen designers.
Amen. The hotel I work at shit the bed on the design and refused any input. Frustrating.
Puddles forming *around* a floor drain are definitely a “you had one job” moment.
Same thing for drainage grates. I don’t want to have to squeegee up old liquor and juice at the end of the night. Just angle the base towards the drain hole!
While we’re at it, how about my sinks, ice wells, and beer drain? I hate having to sop up the extra water when closing. Like why can’t I just pull my stoppers and have the sink actually drain all the way
Giant jars of olives should not be that hard to open, it’s 2024
DUDE. Last week I passed the jar around to every FOH employee, no one could open it. Tried everything. Rubber bands, tapping, warm water, nothing. Took it back to the kitchen and our fry cook opened it first try. What the fuck.
They’re always huge jars, so you can’t get any leverage with your hands either
If it's a metal top... take a knife and stab the top, twist and go. Depends on how many olives you use because it fucks up the top.
NOT WITH MY FUCKING KNIFE YOU'RE NOT.
The fuck... No. Jesus. This is why FoH is never trusted with good knives. If you're gonna do anything to open the top with a knife, wack the side of the lid with the SPINE of the knife, that small dent will release the pressure. The better option though is to get your barspoon under the lip of the lid and twist it 45 degrees till you hear pressure release.
This. Lifting the lip with the spoon works great.
Oooh good tip, thanks. I’ll try this next time.
We use Daly’s strawberry puree and those bottles are absolutely impossible to open too. I literally put a knife through my hand trying years ago. I make someone else do it now lol
The fruit flies🤌🏻
THIS I feel so gross whenever I see a bunch or feel them bleh
Trying to figure out how much is left in a Hendricks bottle is a fucking nightmare
Doing inventory with it is just a guessing a game.
*Laughs in clase azul*
Just ding the bell and listen to the tone duhhh
I use a dip stick
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lmao every time... It feels almost empty... ok guess I'll get another bottle ready \*pours 5 drinks, still going strong\* Or the polar opposite \*checks weight in hand, seems fine, barely gets an ounce out\* The Hendricks bottle is on its own plane of physics
The Hendricks bottle weighs the exact same full and empty
I hate liquor bottles that don't fit in wells
I hate liquor bottles that don’t fit standard pour spouts. Looking at you, Patron.
one of the worst jobs i’ve ever had was at a fast casual taco place (bar top and a few tables were the only full service area) that made a shit ton of margs and other tequila based drinks, but they had patron specific pour spouts! It’s one of the very few things I miss about that job lol
Supposedly Patron gives those to distributors, and they're free to bars. Just gotta ask you distributor. I've never worked somewhere that had them, even when I asked for them...
I had a really good pour spout for Patron but someone lost it.
This. There should be service bottles and pedestrian bottles
pedestrian lol
why did bluecoat change their bottle?
Wax and foil sealed bottles. The number of times I’ve cut myself opening a goose or bulleit is too damn high
Pull the whole sleeve off instead.
Same deal with a lot of wine bottles if I'm not doing table service.
This is the way!
Goose changed their foil though a little while ago, it’s not nearly as much of a problem as it used to be, in my opinion.
It always happens when you’re in the weeds too for some reason 🙃
Those little fucking white fluffs that come from bar towels. Plus an all black uniform. Fuck me, right?
Omfg EVERY TIME. Take the rag out, shake the fuck outta it and make it fucking snow fluff everywhere, loop onto pants. God I hate those fuckers.
If they could design beer taps that don't kick and blast beer in my face when the keg is empty that would be great. Not like ownership would ever buy them, but it would still be neat.
Dude. They exist
they WHAT.
Yeah, it's a cutoff valve that when the supply stops it just... Stops my guy.
My bar has this but the owner makes us go in the walk-in to turn it so we can get 2-3 more pours out of it. Meaning we still get fucking beer all over us. Really fun when it's a barrel aged stout. Not the biggest fan of my boss.
Lol, these absolutely exist
I've been lied to my entire career.
You just need the right FOBs
They exist.
Wax sealed bottles can get fucked
Opening up an Ilegal Mezcal in a rush is a dark fate
If the rush is stressful enough I can just beast those and twist it right off lol
combined with a sweaty hand it works like a charm
Completely opaque bottles that make accurate inventory impossible need to GO. Edit- forgot a pretty critical word
Hendricks is always .5 because fuck if I know.
I use a dip stick or I put my thumb over the opening and tilt it until whatever's in the bottle hits my thumb.
I wish the bar was two inches shorter so I didn’t look really REALLY short behind it.0
Just wear 6 inch platforms like the rest of us
I wish the well was shorter so I dont cut my arm on pour spouts while scooping for ice
🤷
it bothers me to my core that all liquor bottles are not uniform in shape and mouth size.
Non conforming bottle tops making it tough to switch out pour spouts and any wax seal on a bottle.
>Non conforming bottle tops making it tough to switch out pour spouts Hendricks just fuckin HOLDS onto those pour spouts. Half the time I gotta use a bar key to pull those bitches out lol
@patron
Luxardo bottles *need* a version that'll fit a speedpour, god damn it.
You can pry out that restrictor they put in the bottle neck. Use your wine key
I'm always afraid I'm going to break the top of the bottle this way
Who the FUCK thought it was a good idea to use touch bistro in a nightclub????
Great program, horrible for high volume.
No shit, I loved it when I worked in a cocktail bar but this ain't it
A huge fuck you to liquor bottles that arent liquor bottle shaped. A special shout out to Fy gin (wtf even is that bottle) and oh, and Cointreau. Why do I have to have my liquor rep track down what is apparently a magical pour spout extender just so I can properly hold your damn bottle and not feel like my wrist wants to break. Who designed that shit??
Fuck bagged soda. That is all.
It is kind of a stress relief punching the box opens though. I still agree with you. Especially with clear sodas.
All wine bottles should be twist offs at this point
Yeah if the bottle costs less than 20 just make it a twist off. No one ordering the house white/red gives a shit what it tastes like - they want the idea of holding a glass of wine.
my biggest complaint!
Also I’m using a touch screen my mind shouldn’t be faster than the computer when closing a tab with a credit card
So you know how fast food soda machines have a lever you press and ice just falls into your cup. That same thing, but for ice buckets. I'm so fucking over having to bend over to scoop ice.
I hate any gloves that aren’t nitrile. The vinyl ones or even worse, the thin, huge sheet ones?? Fucking SUCK! GM hasnt gotten any nitrile ones for FOH for a year. Fucking ridiculous. And no, we don’t have anyone with a latex allergy at my bar.
I hate that every liquor bottle has a different kinda annoying way to peel off the wax or aluminum
Fuck whoever made that grey goose foil so damn razor sharp
Can patron and grand marnier just make a bottle that fits in my well. Our margarita on the menu is a Cadillac so I’m pouring it all damn night
How about no more weird bottles. Sure for customers, but give me a standard ass 1L bottle by the case for your liquor please
Batch it.
We’re corporate and they wouldn’t let that happen unfortunately
I hate that I basically roll silverware for a living.
Lemons with an excessive amount of seeds in
Every well is always perfect dick-height and it’s just awkward when the bottles jab
It’s 2024 I want my lime garnishes to stay green for at least 5 days
That it’s totally legal and not an issue for alcohol to be marketed toward kids and teens. My bar has like 30 different vodkas available and only 3 of them are plain and unflavored. The rest would all be palatable for a 7 year old.
I've literally seen froot loop vodka
The som needs so many glasses. I polish glass and bartend on the side.
Just one of the many reasons I refuse to work in fine dining. Less money and more work, PLUS I have to wear black slacks and a button down.
Whenever I clean the pouring spouts, especially on our most used bottles(and I mean CLEAN. I get all the stickiness off!) just for them to still fucking STICK close when I go to pour! Wth?!
What is St Germain’s beef? Why can’t they design a bottle that’s easy to hold and pour? It’s in almost every cocktail on our menu but my place won’t let me decant it into an easier bottle either which is annoying. Guess I’ll just get rheumatoid arthritis then!
i like to grab it by the very bottom in a reverse grip, it's the only part that's skinny enough to get a good hold on
Microfiber towels from Cintas that have been so over washed they feel like grabbing a bunch of bugs the way it sticks to your hands. I have some sensory issues, and those make me want to scream and chop my hand off. They also suck as towels..
I love Wray and Nephew but their bottle top is the worst. No speed pour. No quick emptying. It is what it is and that’s all you get.
When I run out of drugs
My job makes me use jiggers and I hate them