Can You Make It Strong?
An Honest (and Funny) Guide to Getting Treated Better at the Bar
by Tideline Press
Funny, honest and a little too true.
Every bartender hears it: "Can you make it strong?"
Here is what we actually think, from our side of the bar. What we need from you, what we quietly want, and what earns the kind of service regulars get.
Funny, honest and a little too true: how to order in a rush, how to get noticed without whistling, and why rounding up the tab beats calculator math every time.
What's inside
- How to order in a rush, get noticed without whistling, and know your order before you reach the front
- What "whatever's good," "impress me," and "surprise me... but not that" sound like from our side of the bar
- Honest talk about tipping, rounding up the tab, last call, and how to become the regular everyone fights to serve
- Pool rules (wristbands, the deck and the sun), a cheat sheet, and the greatest-hits asks bartenders hear every shift
Also on the bookshelf: Can You Make It Virgin?, piña coladas, mojitos and 80 resort pool bar drinks with no rum needed.
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