Ok, you can sit on the bar, just no dancing...
We finally got rid of the Patron Cafe...
Not sure what this was all about...
If we can sell this many shots we'll be rich...
However, as we all stood around, having our drinks by the newly poured unsealed concrete bar top I politely hovered over like a mother hen to make sure it didn't get stained, I realized something. It was pretty loud. And I don't want that during dinner. For one, (and it looks like we will be serving liquor and this is why I bring up this issue) if we have a full bar, we do not have the capacity to have people jammed around it while they wait for dinner and everyone there for dinner. For two, the intimate, casual, relaxing environment we want to create will be impossible if it was that busy and loud during dinner. So, I have to figure out how to control that. We do plan on having the bar open for full service after dinner certain nights, and for special events, and then it can get as loud as it wants. But I may have to somehow make sure the bar is closed during dinner hours, at least as a full service bar. How do you do that?
There are noise-absorbing panels you can hang from the ceiling that aren't terribly ugly, or at the very least you can hang some fabric. My favorite restaurant in Bangor, Maine, had about 8 barstools at the bar and people could order food and/or beverages and sit there, and they kept it limited like that -- just after hours would people be standing around at the bar. It worked out beautifully.
ReplyDeletethe hostess will help you control how many are being sat and how many are taken to the bar for a drink or two before dinner.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a fun evening! Wish I had been there!
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