Bars

Full bar operations for corporate events, weddings, festivals and venues. Menu design built to expected pour speed, bar counts set so nobody queues through a keynote, and the whole beverage supply chain handled: inventory, ice, glassware and staffing. Service runs through our licensed bar partner, with permitting handled as part of the program.

Guests three deep at the bar build at dusk

Behind the bar

A cocktail held up in front of the bar build
Guests cheersing micheladas at the festival bar
A pink cocktail garnished with edible flowers
The red-drape bar build in daylight
Beer poured into a michelada at the festival bar
Guests with cocktails under neon at a gaming event
The white slat BAR build on a lawn under the mountains
A michelada with a chili-salt rim
A server carrying a full tray of finished cocktails through an event
A themed cocktail with a pineapple garnish
A guest with a michelada and a can
A milkshake with whipped cream and a cherry
A wrapped bar under the 100 Thieves mural
The Bikini Bottom Bar menu board on an easel

A bar at an event is a licensing problem before it is a drinks problem. Permits have to be filed, service has to run under a license, staff have to be trained, and someone has to answer for compliance on the day.

We run all of it. Bar build and layout, staffing, glassware and ice, inventory and purchasing, distributor coordination, point-of-sale, and the permit filings, with service operating under our bar partner's license.

A server carrying a full tray of finished cocktails through an event Guests laughing with the bartender at a lit event bar

What We Run

Full bar operations

Beer, wine and spirits

Specialty cocktails

Non-alcoholic programs

VIP and artist bars

GA beverage service

Bartender and barback staffing

Beverage menu development

Temporary bar build

Inventory and purchasing

Distributor coordination

Cashless point-of-sale

Alcohol compliance coordination

Permit filing

Beverage Catering

We hold our own liquor license and run full bar service for events: signature cocktails, wine, beer and seltzer, and zero-proof menus written for the event.

Event Specialists · Bars & Activations

Beverages

Portable bars, licensed bartenders and a menu built around your event, from a three-drink festival service moving thousands of guests to a signature program poured behind a custom-branded bar.

Signature Cocktails

  • Moscow MuleVodka, lime juice, ginger beer, lime wedge
  • Orange PalomaTequila, orange, lime, grapefruit soda, orange wheel
  • Whiskey LemonadeWhiskey, fresh lemonade, lemon juice, club soda, lemon wedge
  • Lychee SampaguitaVodka, lychee syrup, elderflower, club soda, lychee & edible flower
  • Watermelon Calamansi CoolerTequila, watermelon purée, calamansi juice, club soda, fresh calamansi

Menus are written for the event. Two to five signature drinks is the usual spread.

The Rail

  • VodkaTito’s Handmade
  • TequilaCazadores Blanco
  • BourbonMaker’s Mark
  • RyeSagamore Spirit

Gin, rum, mezcal and premium call brands available on request.

Wine

By the Glass

  • RedLight-bodied and chillable through full-bodied cabernet
  • WhiteCrisp sauvignon blanc, pinot grigio, buttered chardonnay
  • Rosé & SparklingDry rosé, prosecco, brut, poured or passed on trays

Recent pours include Pinay Noir and Pinay Blanc from Felicita Wine Co.

Beer & Hard Seltzer

  • Modelo Especial24 oz can
  • White Claw Hard SeltzerBlack cherry, mango, 19.2 oz
  • Domestic & ImportCans, bottles or draft, brand sponsors poured as directed
  • Local CraftRegional breweries sourced to the venue

Zero Proof

  • Tanglad Iced TeaLemongrass, lightly sweet
  • Calamansi JuiceFresh-pressed, served over ice
  • Fresh-Squeezed LemonadeSqueezed on site, still or frozen
  • Soda, Sparkling & Still WaterFountain or canned

Every signature cocktail can be built zero proof.

Bar Service

  • Portable Bar BuildsSingle bar to a full festival midway, wrapped to your brand
  • Licensed BartendersABC-permitted, insured, uniformed, staffed to your guest count
  • Hosted or CashFull bar, beer and wine, or drink-ticket service
  • Custom MenusSignature drinks developed and printed for the event

Tell us the event. We’ll build the bar around it.

Every menu on this page has been poured at a real Event Specialists bar. Pricing is quoted per event by guest count, service hours and license requirements.

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By Event Type

Three audiences, one bar operation behind them.

A bartender pouring a cocktail at a hosted corporate bar

Corporate & Activations

Bar programs for corporate events, brand activations, and press functions, built to the room and the run of show. We design the menu against expected volume and pour speed, set the bar count so nobody queues through a keynote, and manage inventory, ice, glassware, and staffing end to end. Service runs through our licensed bar partner. Branded and custom cocktail programs are built to match the activation rather than bolted on to a house list.

Weddings & Private

Receptions, rehearsal dinners, and private celebrations.

Private bar service scaled to the guest list and the timeline: cocktail hour into dinner into dancing, each with a different pour pattern. We build the menu around what the couple actually drinks, staff to the peak rather than the average, and handle glassware, ice, garnish, and the whole beverage supply chain. Service runs through our licensed bar partner, with permitting handled as part of the program.

A bartender garnishing a signature cocktail for guests at an evening bar
Bartenders serving a festival crowd across a long general-admission bar

Festivals & Venues

Multi-bar operations across a festival or venue footprint.

Festival bar operations are a logistics problem before they are a beverage problem. Bar placement against crowd flow, cold chain and ice across a site with no infrastructure, cashless POS at every point, and staffing that holds through a ten-hour day. We run the full operation and settle it as one reconciled line. Service under our partner's license, with permitting and compliance filed ahead of gates.

Questions

Do you hold a liquor license?

We do not hold our own license. Alcohol service runs through a licensed restaurant partner, on an ABC caterer's permit filed for your event. If your venue already holds its own license, we usually serve under the venue's instead.

Who files the permits?

We do. When a caterer's permit is required, we file the ABC paperwork through our licensed partner and carry it through approval. Public events need a permit; private events generally do not.

Can you serve at a venue with no bar?

Yes. Every build is different and depends on your event and requests.

Do you do non-alcoholic programs?

Yes, built around what you want to serve.

How is inventory handled, do we buy the alcohol or do you?

Either way works. If we supply the alcohol, it is bought under our partner's license and a caterer's permit is filed, which is what reselling requires. If you supply it and hire us to run the bar, no permit is needed: we handle logistics, setup, service and inventory control, and the remaining alcohol is yours at the end.

Most events that want a bar want the food handled by the same operator.

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