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Bartender (Down) - Closing Sidework


During Shift:

•Date Red wine bottles as you go

•Make a list of liquors you pulled from the liquor cabinet

•Stock glassware *especially the frosted pints/Stella glasses*

•Push cold glasses to the left and then stock left to right


After Shift:

• Take back any bus bins and recycling

• Take out trash (put in dish’s trash can) and replace bag

o Trash bags can be found under the microwave in the kitchen


• Break down fruit tray

• Take back bar mats, dump sink grate, beer grate

• Wipe coolers, bar top, sinks, around beer grate, around ice bin


• Clean out beer grate:

o Clean out with club soda

o Wipe inside

o Fill with ice


• Stock wine:

o 2 par of house wines

o 3 par of all other wines


• Stock Beer:

o All should have a backup 6 pack

o Top six pack has two or less bring up another six

o Rotate six packs *FIFO*

o Chimay- 4 red and 4 blue


• Stock Beer Cooler in Basement

o If there is less than 2 six packs open and new box and stock shelves

o FIFO


• Stock Ice Base/ Mango Puree:

o Always have 2 of each

o *FIFO*


• Stock straw caddies:

o Black bev naps

o Stirrers

o Straws

 If there are no back up straws unwrapped you must unwrap some


• Stock fruit skewers

o Clean/change fruit skewers glass


• Fill juices: *Clean Bottles/Soak overnight if necessary

o Pineapple

o Orange Juice

o White Peach Cranberry Juice

o Olive Juice

o Milk *Date*

o Lime Juice

o Simple Syrup

o Lemonade

o Cherry Juice


• Fill Sangria bottles *let Cassie know when backup Sangria is low/Empty

• Stock silverware, App plates, paper napkins, togo bags, togo boxes, wet naps

• Double check liquor cabinet and make sure you didn’t miss any

• Pump wine bottles

• Cap bottles

• Soak soda guns in club soda

• Plug beer taps

• Empty sinks when you have gotten all martini glasses and Moscow mule glasses

o *all other glasses can go back to dish

• Wipe beer coolers

• Clean the tracks of cooler doors

• Wipe bar top

• Wipe gray mats on top of coolers

• Vacuum:

o Pull out bar chairs

o Wipe foot rest with damp cloth

o Vacuum in front of chairs

o Push in bar chairs

o Vacuum behind bar chairs


• Print check out:

o Pull out your tips

o Pull out your cash drop if it is positive

 If negative the drawer will be short that amount

o Count drawer (should be around $350 unless your cash drop is negative)

o Write down ending amount under where you wrote your start amount




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