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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Ask/Tell > Ask me about Bartending - The Revenge
 
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Coco13
Jun 6, 2004

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

Frozen Horse posted:

Clearly, you are not in Wisconsin. It's the regional drink it seems. I had been scouring the city for someone who had even heard of one and then I moved here and ordered one and got asked back "whiskey, brandy? Do you want it sweet or sour?"
Korbel has 2 trucks: Wisconsin, and Everywhere Else. For one Madison bar, The Old Fashioned, on their 100,000 Old Fashioned Served celebration, the president of Korbel came out to the party.

Also, they were a buck apiece. All the bartenders went home to file OSHA claims afterward.

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Coco13
Jun 6, 2004

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
What's wrong with water or Diet Coke? If you're at a bar and people are giving you poo poo about not drinking, they're the one with problems, not you.

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Coco13
Jun 6, 2004

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

blowingupcasinos posted:

Google search: how to develop a late night bar crowd.

We just opened a farm to table restaurant to rave reviews. The food is phenomenal, and the bar is stocked with whatever we want. The chef/owner really wants to turn us into a late night joint as well. I think we're on the way to making a late night bar crowd happen, but I'd like to hear your guys' experiences with this thing.
I'm also in Madison, and if you're working at the place I think you are, the big problem is location. Nobody walking around the square goes down that street, and there's no signage that announces 'Hey, cool spot you should check out and grab a drink.' I live a few blocks away, and could not have guessed you had a late-night menu. You'll need to figure out what separates your bar from people's usual hangout. You probably want to sell the hell out of specialty cocktails, or food & cocktail pairings. There's not a huge amount of competition around there for a quiet spot to grab a really great drink - Graze is the only one that comes to mind. Maybe Forequarter if you want a detour. Everywhere else is either a beer bar (Great Dane, Old Fashioned, Coopers Tavern), dance / music place (Merchant, Natt Spil, Ivory Room) or college bar (Argus, Tipsy Cow, Rigby).

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Coco13
Jun 6, 2004

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

mooyashi posted:

Unless you're a twenty three year old dipshit. "I'll have an Old Fashioned" 'Preference on your liquor, sir?' "Nah, gimme the well."

The correct answer to this question is Korbel.

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