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Bar Opening Checklist for Every Shift

by Martin Esparon, from the Community

This bar opening checklist helps bartenders and duty managers follow the correct procedures before opening. It covers stocking glassware and utensils, preparing garnishes and mixers, filling ice bins, checking liquor, beer, and wine backups, setting up blenders and service wells, cleaning and sanitizing sinks and surfaces, turning on lights, music, TVs, and signage, and verifying menus, plateware, and restrooms. Use it to standardize opening routines, reduce missed steps, and ensure readiness for consistent guest service and compliance.

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Bar Opening Checklist
This bar opening checklist guides bartenders and duty managers through every step needed before service. Tasks include unlocking coolers and taps, icing and stocking beer and wine, preparing garnishes and mixers, setting up service wells with glassware and utensils, and filling ice bins. Staff verify backups for liquor, beer, and wine; ready CO2 tanks and beverage canisters; set up blenders and frozen drink machines; and lay out menus, napkins, and barware. Sanitation checks cover sinks, plates, glasses, and overall cleanliness of bars, tables, bathrooms, and floors. Ambience and signage are prepared by turning on music, TVs, and neon lights. Finally, staff count the opening bar bank and start comp and waste logs to ensure a smooth, on-time opening.
by Desiree Pulse, from the Community
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Bar Lago Opening and Setup Checklist
Start every shift prepared with this Bar Lago opening checklist. It guides bartenders through setting sanitizer buckets and bar mats, stocking and aligning liquor rails, prepping tools at each build station, filling ice wells and craft ice, and organizing straws, stirrers, picks, and bar napkins. Ensure fridges are stocked with white wine and beer, check dates on open wine by the glass, and stage red wine with backups. Review storage needs, prep smoking items, clear and polish the bar, and line up stools. Manage juices, syrups, and mixer bottles with date checks and consolidation rules, discard expired items, and verify batch availability. Inspect garnish freshness and dates, stock each well with required fruit and backups per PAR sheets, confirm menus and silverware are presentable, restock paper towels, and count the cash drawer for service readiness.
by Fabrizio Di Rienzo, from the Community
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Bar Opening Checklist Talkies Bar Open
This bar opening checklist helps bartenders and floor staff prepare for service. It covers switching on exhaust systems, confirming equipment readiness, stocking the freezer with glasses and ice, ensuring alcohol, premix and syrups are sufficient, preparing garnishes, checking snack inventory, and setting the hall with clean tables and napkins. Ideal for daily open procedures at bars and restaurants.
by Alex Serdiuk, from the Community
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Gym Opening Procedure Checklist
Use this gym opening procedure checklist to prepare your facility for members each morning. It guides staff through turning on lights, TVs, and music, checking treadmills and other machines, stocking towels, paper, and spray bottles, and confirming sanitizing stations are visible and supplied. The checklist also prompts cleaning high touch areas, clearing slip and trip hazards, and verifying equipment is clean and safe to use. Ideal for gyms and fitness centers to standardize daily opening routines and keep operations compliant and member readiness.
by John Little, from the Community
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