A bartender (also known as a barkeep or barman or barmaid or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but also occasionally at private parties. Bartenders also usually maintain the supplies and inventory for the bar. As well as serving beer and wine, a bartender can generally also mix classic cocktails such as a cosmopolitan, Manhattan, old fashioned, and negroni.
Bartenders are also responsible for confirming that customers meet the legal drinking age requirements before serving them alcoholic beverages. In certain countries, such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Sweden, bartenders are legally required to refuse more alcoho...
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Ada Coleman bartending at the Savoy, circa 1920
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Bar tender making a classic cocktail in New England, CT. Courtesy of http://www.thecupbearerct.com/
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A student working as a barmaid in a British pub.
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Bartender på Skyline Hotell Malmö 1992.
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Five bartenders behind St. Charles Hotel bar, Toronto, Canada.
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Robert Gold Bartender
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Skinny margaritas at Lolita
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Takumi is behind his bar.
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