Episode 059 - Drinkonomics 101 - a podcast by Eric Kozlik
from 2018-07-26T08:30
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In this episode, we chat with Brian McGahey of the Neighborhood Restaurant Group (NRG) about how bars develop and price their cocktails.
Some of the specific topics Brian and I discuss in this interview include:
- What you’re actually paying for when you go out to a nice bar or restaurant
- How a bar prices out their cocktails and creates a balanced and profitable beverage program
- The ways in which a cocktail menu is like a resume for a bar, and how to read that resume to determine the potential quality of the drinks before ordering
- How tipping and certain cultural expectations about how bartenders and servers are paid has led to new legislation that’s threatening the service industry here in DC
- A few notes on the Woody Allen movie, Midnight in Paris
- And much, much more.
This interview was recorded at a really cool spot called Rustico in Ballston, just across the river from DC, so please enjoy the audio verite that comes from recording on-location.
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