Bar & Cocktail Updates

NEW BUTTONS

To streamline the ordering process, I’ve made a couple of updates to the cocktail page in Posi.  The left hand column is our current cocktail list, the middle column are old cocktails that we can still make, and then there’s the smaller, right hand column that has previously been unused.  It’s usable now!  I added buttons for Negroni, Gin Martini, Mezcalrita, Mimosa, and Mimosa Pitcher (!!).  These have all been costed out so they are at a set price (no more asking the bar what to charge) and you can avoid endless memos (hooray fewer boops!).  Additionally, the bar and I settled on set house recipes for the Negroni and the Gin Martini so that we have a consistent cocktail every time.  

Negroni

1 oz Barr Hill

1 oz Campari

1 oz Punt e Mes

Stirred.  Rocks, orange swath.

Because Barr Hill has a more viscous texture, we opted for a drier style of sweet vermouth, hence the Punt e Mes.  If you simply ring in a Negroni, it will be plated on the rocks with an orange swath.  If your guest would like it up, down, no garnish, different vermouth, whatever, that is totally ok and we are happy to modify.  However, this set formula is how they will be made if you do not memo in any changes.

Gin Martini

2.25 Barr Hill

.75 Contratto Bianco

1 dash orange bitters

Stirred.  Up with a lemon twist

3 to 1 is my favorite proportion for a gin martini, and the Barr Hill and Contratto Bianco have some beautiful aromatics together.  The dash of orange bitters helps to dry it out, and a lemon peel just works so much better with Barr Hill than an olive would.  Again, however your guest wants to move things about is totally fine by us, but this is what you can expect by just ringing one in.

For any cocktail calls that don’t have a button on the screen, I’ve added a modifier called “$$COCKTAIL” that adds an additional $2 charge to the base spirit selected.  For example, someone wants a Pisco Sour.  You hit the Pisco button, hit the $$COCKTAIL modifier button, and then memo “Sour.”  This helps us more accurately price our cocktails for our guests and account for any additional spirits/ingredients (in this case, eggs ain’t cheap) we may need.  Continue to use the &SODA, &CRAN, etc. buttons for any call beverages.  Warning: This new button adds $2 to anything it’s attached to, so be careful not to accidentally mash it when you don’t need it.  

NEW MENUS

Finally, to make things a little bit easier on the bar and the person taking care of the 500’s, I’ve printed 6 menus that have the Cocktail/WBTG on one side and Bottles&Cans on the other.  You can now hand your guests a single menu and direct them to the Draft board.  These will live in the new (!!) menu holder located at the service pass.