A good bartender is worth the extra money spent. I will give you three reasons.
1. Liability. Everybody drinking and getting drunk is all great until you are the host of a party. The host and bartender have certain responsibilities concerning their guests. This responsibility turns into liability if you proceed to continue serving drinks to someone who is obviously intoxicated and may jump into his or her car and plow into someone on the road. Lawyers of the injured will sue anybody and everybody connected to this tragic event. Bourbon Street Bartenders are T.I.P.S. certified( Training in intervention procedures). John Faler is a certified T.I.P.S. trainer who trains other bartenders around the Tri-state area.
Bourbon Street Bartending is also fully insured with a $1,000,000 liquor liability insurance.
2. Professionalism. When you have a Full open Bar, most people will drink mixed drinks. I guess it is the fact that drinks are free, but even people who normally drink just beer will opt for liquor drinks. I tell people who hire me this all the time, people who normally buy beer will be drinking mixed drinks at your party. For this reason, it helps to have someone who can make excellent drinks. Drinks made overly strong or weak or simply made with incorrect portions of ingredients just do not taste good. Pouring ingredients into a glass with ice and giving a quick stir to a drink that requires shaking will produce a poor drink. Someone who can provide suggestions of a new drink or a different twist on an old drink can enhance the experience and enjoyment for your guests. You are the host, poor service from the bartender reflects on you.
3.People will spend much time searching out a DJ that is personable and can make their party enjoyable to the guests. But who interacts and talks to just about every guest at your party and will do so throughout the night? The Bartender!, not the DJ and not the Caterer. In many ways the bartender is the representative of the host. The bartender can make you look good or make you look bad. The bartender will interact with more of your guests than probably even the host.
When people hire a food caterer to also provide alcohol and bartend their party, do you get to meet the bartender and find out about his or her qualifications and if he or she would be a good representative of the host? Of course not. Bartenders for catering companies are rarely expert bartenders, usually someone who knows just enough to get by. After all, a caterers reputation is built on the quality of their food. Bartending is a side business with usually little thought or effort put into the work. Bartending is Bourbon Street Bartending's only business, we can provide a level of service few can achieve.
