As restrictions slowly loosen around the country, it’s only a matter of time before bars and pubs get the green light. Your favorite gastropub or cocktail bar with sexy small plates is surely starting to look at what it will take to open their doors and welcome back the public. This pandemic is unprecedented and […]
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Music and lighting are the two most important factors in determining the ambiance of a bar or restaurant. The problem is that those things are often an afterthought and aren’t discussed or managed as well as they should be. How many times have you been in a bar where the music was blasting so loud
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I had been a bartender for just under three years when I was promoted to run the bar program at the historic Public Hotel in Chicago. Originally known as the Ambassador East Hotel, it housed the world famous Pump Room, an exclusive restaurant and favorite watering hole for countless celebrities and captains of industry from
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