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The Bar of Tomorrow
Back-of-house beverage prep is table stakes today
The success of modern dive bars is fueled in large part by their value proposition—craft cocktails at affordable prices. To pull this off operationally, many of these bars are relying on pre-prep and batching. Of course, this strategy has merit outside of dive bars, too. Across the bar landscape, we all face an ever-changing situation with labor and talent, costs and the drive for innovation. Consistency, consistency, consistency—setting up a back-of-house cocktail kitchen is going to be paramount moving forward to streamline the bar of tomorrow. Batching and pre-prep not only lessen the labor needed to execute at the bar but also assist with cost control.
A well-run cocktail kitchen/batching program can revolutionize your cocktail menu, enabling creativity without sacrificing quality, and with just a few simple steps for service. If space and time are a concern, off hours can be incorporated into the bar prep schedule. For operators seeking solutions in an evolving industry, moving all your bar prep BOH just might be the perfect cocktail of innovation and efficiency.












