After winning an award such as Tales, you will always find you have increased sales, but generally this comes through the media awareness of these internationally acclaimed awards.įor me, all my awards mean nothing without PR and media support that has followed it. There are loads of great bars, which don’t have any awards, so I think there are shades of grey. You’ve won awards yourself, and the Merchant Hotel has also won awards - how important do you think these are for a bar’s success and for the individual bartender? And the heat really changes the choice of drinks the people of Melbourne order.įriendship! Cronyism, egotism and brand controlled relationships. There are a lot more high quality a cocktail bars in Australia compared to Ireland. It’s up and coming! There are some great bartenders over here and it seems after a week at Bar Americano I’ve realised how much Aussies love their cocktails. What excites you about the Australian bar industry - how is it different from Ireland? I browse food blogs and various cocktails blogs to see how others would approach similar drinks. I used to read a lot (I mean a lot) of cocktail books, but these days I only read children stories to my three year old. I look at drinks and see how I can put simple twists on them. It’s hard to be creative in an industry that borrows so heavily from the past. How do you continually develop your creative ideas? Oh! And most importantly I’ll be making drinks in one of the most beautiful cocktail bars I’ve ever seen. I manage the bar, implement new menus and train staff, but lucky for me, the team is pretty well-schooled and sadly much brighter than me. My role is what you would expect of a head bartender. Tell us a little about your role at Bar Americano? We were hand cracking ice and doing some pretty cool things before it become trendy, we showed the world that hotel bars could be cool without being too pretentious. We were in Belfast not Mayfair which I think also contributed to our success. We had solid menus, great glassware and a ‘can do’ attitude. What is great about The Merchant Hotel was its atmosphere, the staff and of course the surroundings were awesome! We worked extremely hard to gain and establish an international reputation as an outstanding cocktail bar. Our thanks to Bartender 4 for sponsoring MacStories this week.It’s no secret that I have worked in one of the worlds most awarded bars. So, download Bartender today, give it a try, and be sure to take advantage of this special 1-week offer to take back control of your menu bar. This week only, MacStories readers who are first-time purchasers of Bartender 4 can get an exclusive 20% discount on this fantastic app by using the code MACSTORIES20OFF at checkout. Of course, Bartender also supports AppleScript. You can adjust the spacing between items, include dedicated spacers to separate them, rearrange them, assign keyboard shortcuts to them, and assign triggers that reveal a menu bar item based on changes, scripts, and other conditions. It’s a compelling new way to access menu bar items that you’ll love. Also, with Quick Search, you can find and activate menu bar items instantly using nothing but your keyboard. Simply hover the pointer over your menu bar, and hidden items appear instantly in the menu bar or, if you prefer, in the Bartender Bar, a bar that appears just below your menu bar. With the latest update, Bartender added Quick Reveal. You can reorder items, hide what you don’t need, and even set them to only appear when their status changes. With Bartender 4, you can take control of your menu bar, saving space, eliminating distractions, and creating a system that fits with the way you work.īartender 4 puts you in complete control of everything in the menu bar. With more apps adding items to your menu bar than ever before, it doesn’t take long for it to become a disorganized jumble of everything from standalone apps to shortcuts to your Mac’s settings. Bartender 4 is the premier app for bringing order to your Mac’s menu bar.
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