What is a Bar in the Restaurant Industry?
A bar is an area of the restaurant where alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are made, served, and sold to customers. It can sometimes provide food and can also serve as the only table for customers.
Bars are commonly found in:- Full-service restaurants
- Casual dining restaurants
- Hotels
- Sports bars
- Pubs
- Fine dining establishments
The bartender prepares drinks, prepares cocktails, serves the order to the customers, and handles payments.
How does the Bar function at restaurants?
The bar functions as an adjoining area of the dining room and kitchen. It serves as the preparation station that completes all beverage orders as requested by the guest.
This is the manner in which the bar process is performed:
- A guest drinks a cocktail at the bar or asks their server for a mixed drink order.
- Orders are entered into the POS system.
- Bartenders take and mix their drinks.
- They serve them to visitors directly or hand them to a server.
- Payments are recorded by the POS system.
For many restaurants, the bar also has the job of serving up drinks for takeout customers and during parties.