Concept in Definition ABC

Individual whose job it is to serve customers who consume drinks and other beverages at a bar counter

Bartender is a term that originally comes from the language English, although its use has certainly become widespread and popular in our Spanish language that is practically already used as proper to refer to that individual whose job is to serve customers who consume at the bar of a bar, canteen, restaurant, brewery, among other places that usually have this employee.

That is to say, the bartender's job is only reduced to the attention to the public that approaches the bar to consume drinks, that he specially prepares, although he also usually serves some type of food or simpler food such as sandwiches or chopped.

Creation of drinks

Now, the bartender's job is not reduced to serving what the bartender client asks but in reality it is an activity that demand a good one preparation and knowledge about the various types of alcoholic beverages and their alcoholic graduations, to later combine some of them in the creation of special and unique drinks.

By the way, there is around this activity a large quota of creativity put to the service of the creation of drinks, even, many of the most popular drinks are the consequence of the creation of a bartender.

Although the customer asks the bartender for alcoholic drinks from consumption very popular such as beer, whiskey, wine, gin, vodka, among others, what is most demanded of this worker is that through the shaker, create drinks that combine various alcoholic beverages, and even, in some cases, even fruits are add up.

A bar showman

Many bartenders know how to make their work a real show, adding music and choreography while preparing drinks.

Now, we must also highlight that although the concept is mostly associated with those who work in bars or premises danceable and serve alcoholic beverages, the bartender can also serve other beverages at a bar counter, such as coffee, tea and sodas.

We must say then that the widespread use of this word has taken away the prominence of the native such as: waiter, bartender, waiter, among the most common.