Business of Private Bartending. Resource for the private bartender for hire business.: October 2016

This past weekend Bartender Vince and Bartender Angila were privileged to bartend a house warming party in the Vistancia area.

The party was for about 60 guests throughout the night and was incredibly fun. The hosts had decided to have a margarita machine as well as our mixed cocktail service.

We brought the portable bar, back bar, coolers, ice, tubs, etc. We had a blast.

Food was catered by On The Border Grill. The food was great. The steak wraps had some spice and lots of flavor. They set up the buffet, and 2 of the crew served food, handed out appetizers, and cleaned up afterwards. Overall they did a great job catering the event.

The menu for the night was varied over Bourbon, Whiskey, Rum and Tequila. The hosts wanted blend margaritas from their machine so it wasn't included on the menu because the machine was placed on the back bar for everyone to see.

Cocktail menu for the night.

Bartender Angila was incredible behind the bar.

The hosts had decided they wanted to have blended margaritas as part of the drink selection. So they purchased this Margaritaville, Tahiti model margarita machine. It a basically a shave ice machine with 3 blenders. It is pretty cool to watch in action. You have to put your ingredients in the jars 1st, then select the blender nob at the bottom for the specific blender. Turn the knob to "Ritas" and it will blend a pattern specific to margaritas. once the blender knob is set, you press the green start button. The hopper on top will turn to the first blender, then it will shave some ice and drop it into the blender jar. The blender will then start and mix everything up. It will then position itself to the next blender and repeat. Each blender can be set to a different blend setting, Smoothie, Daqiri, etc.

The machine is cool to watch in action and is a great crowd pleaser. I am considering adding this to our offereings and have a Margarita Party option. I supply the machine, the ice, with a bartender to man it, and let the party start.