ADRIAN QUIÑONEZ
Costa Mesa,CA
Summary
Seeking an opportunity where leadership skills and drive for success will provide an added contribution to your establishment.
Ambitious, dynamic, and goal-oriented professional Bartender with an extensive background in food, wine, and restaurant knowledge. Highly motivated with strong communication and interpersonal skills, and a unique ability to build rapport with others.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Bartender
Vaca
10.2023 - Current
- Vaca’s resident Mocktail Mixologist. Created entirely original Mocktail menu for Vaca restaurant Group. New mocktails crafted on a quarterly basis. (Article featured in OC Weekly)
- Performed opening and closing duties, printing sales reports, setting up for incoming shift, preparing cash drawers, and taking inventory.
- Handled simultaneous customer, team, and business needs while avoiding unnecessary delays or errors.
- Organized bar inventory and storage procedures to keep stock within optimal levels and meet expected customer demands.
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Obtained cash bank and stocked service bar to prepare for operation.
- Adhered to state laws regarding alcoholic beverage services and customer regulations.
- Trained new bartenders on drink preparation, product promotion, garnish preparation, and sanitation protocol.
- Upsold menu items to customers, driving up per sale revenues and maximizing profits.
- Kept bar presentable and well-stocked to meet customer needs.
- Prepared custom drink orders by accurately measuring and mixing house ingredients.
- Cultivated strong relationships with repeat customers, engaging in friendly conversation and memorizing drink orders to promote loyalty.
- Helped management plan and serve bar menu exceeding customer expectations.
- Built relationships with vendors to manage orders and negotiate costs.
- Managed bar inventory, restocked supplies and placed orders for spirits, beer, wines, and mixers.
- Maintained impeccably clean, attractive and well-stocked bar area.
- Assisted with inventorying beverage stock and bar supplies.
- Kept bar stocked with liquors, juices and garnishes for drinks.
- Upheld strict regulations for safe alcohol service and food safety.
- Developed creative bar menus and drink recipes by researching emerging industry trends.
Lead Bartender
Palmilla Cocina Y Tequila
03.2023 - 07.2024
- Prepare for restaurant open over the course of a rigorous 5 month training process including speed tests, off site training at Los Angeles location, bar lead training, drink and menu tests
- Ensure all new hires are properly trained on specifics of the bar program, new processes, and recipes
- Assistance in launching and integrating new menus; both regular drink and holiday menus
- Communicate concerns and comments with management during training process
- Ensure all bar paperwork is done to expectation by all bar staff-par sheets, checklists, inventory, checkouts, etc
- Maintaining regular inventory for location as a whole
- (Liquor, barware and glass inventory)
- Ensures all bar and bar staff works as a team and in synchronicity
- Consistently documenting operations, HR, and payroll issues for company records
Lead Bartender
Café Sevilla
07.2022 - 08.2023
- Ensure all new hires are properly trained on specifics of the bar program, new processes, and recipes
- Assistance in launching and integrating new menus; both regular drink and holiday menus
- Communicate concerns and comments with management during training process
- Ensure all bar paperwork is done to expectation by all bar staff-par sheets, checklists, inventory, checkouts, etc
- Maintaining regular inventory for location as a whole and each bar
- (Liquor, barware and glass inventory)
- Knowledge of all bars within the location
- Ensures all bar and bar staff works as a team and in synchronicity
- Consistently documents operations, HR, and payroll issues for company records
Bartender
North Italia
09.2018 - 01.2020
- Assured opening checklist is completed and restaurant is prepared for opening
- In absence of a host: review reservations, establish a floor map for smooth seating, and assignment of server sections
- Assured staff is aware of food and beverage specials
- Analyze labor needs as shift progresses and promptly send excess servers or bussers home as needed; checked servers out and accounted for their cash drop and paperwork
- Prepared and served alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks consistent with the restaurants standard drink recipes
Bartender
Fig and Olive
10.2017 - 01.2018
- Assured opening checklist is completed and restaurant is prepared for opening
- Analyze labor needs as shift progresses and promptly send excess servers or bussers home as needed; checked servers out and accounted for their cash drop and paperwork
- Dropped cash in the end shift drop box
Bartender
Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana
01.2016 - 03.2017
- Assured opening checklist is completed and restaurant is prepared for opening
- Analyze labor needs as shift progresses and promptly send excess servers or bussers home as needed; checked servers out and accounted for their cash drop and paperwork
- Dropped cash in the end shift drop box
Bartender
Mozambique, Laguna Beach, Ca
09.2013 - 09.2014
- Assured opening checklist is completed and restaurant is prepared for opening
- Analyze labor needs as shift progresses and promptly send excess servers or bussers home as needed; checked servers out and accounted for their cash drop and paperwork
- Dropped cash in the end shift drop box
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts - undefined
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TXSkills
- Bar restocking
- Basic accounting
- Mixology
- Health codes compliance
- Craft cocktail preparation
Timeline
Bartender
Vaca
10.2023 - Current
Lead Bartender
Palmilla Cocina Y Tequila
03.2023 - 07.2024
Lead Bartender
Café Sevilla
07.2022 - 08.2023
Bartender
North Italia
09.2018 - 01.2020
Bartender
Fig and Olive
10.2017 - 01.2018
Bartender
Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana
01.2016 - 03.2017
Bartender
Mozambique, Laguna Beach, Ca
09.2013 - 09.2014
Bachelor of Fine Arts - undefined
Abilene Christian University
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