Julio Rodriguez
San Francisco,CA
Summary
Well-rounded bartender and bar manager with extensive experience in tiki and classic cocktail techniques. Highly motivated and focused on building rapport with customers. I focus on guiding people through an experience, not just another drink. My passion and love for creating cocktails show through following recipes with a jigger, garnishing, presenting them to customers, and seeing their faces light up. Keeping a calm demeanor while executing cocktails at a high rate and maintaining a conversation with customers is a strong trait while behind the bar.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Bartender
Delfina Restaurant
05.2024 - 10.2024
- Served high customer volumes during special events, nights, and weekends.
- Managed cash handling duties responsibly, ensuring accurate accounting at the end of each shift.
- Efficiently opened or closed the bar according to established procedures, ensuring preparedness for each shift.
- Performed opening and closing duties, printed sales reports, and set up for incoming shifts.
- Contributed to a positive work environment through effective teamwork and communication with colleagues.
- Gained knowledge of Italian cuisine.
- Maintained a clean and organized workspace, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Increased customer satisfaction by providing excellent service and crafting high-quality cocktails.
- Upheld strict regulations for safe alcohol service and food safety.
- Enhanced overall guest experience by promptly addressing concerns and resolving issues professionally.
- Reduced drink wait times by efficiently managing the bar area and prioritizing orders.
Bartender and Server
Copra
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Gained knowledge of elevated Southern Indian cuisine from chef Sri Gopinathan
- Served bar patrons while making cocktails
- Successfully operated the service well for a restaurant best 338 covers
- Aided with juicing, batching, and syrup production
- Maintained knowledge of a changing food menu and fifteen house specialty cocktails
- Helped in training and improvement of a server turned bartender
Assistant Manager and Bartender
Smuggler's Cove
01.2018 - 01.2022
- An assistant manager responsible for opening and closing the bar
- Directly supervised staff and dealt with customer issues
- Leading by example, and no task was out of my pay grade
- Nightly inventory
- Attention to detail and empathetic problem-solving solutions
- For the last fourteen months, two shifts were as a manager and two as a bartender
- As a bartender, I was the first point of contact with customers
- Handed people a book of cocktail selections while reassuring my willingness to create a memorable experience
- Comfortable with working by myself when we had a skeleton crew
- Memorization of over one hundred unbatched cocktails
- One of the fastest and most accurate, with a personal best sale of $4,700 in just over six hours
- All cocktails
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA12-2024
Associate of Arts - Sociology
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA05-2021
Skills
- Ambidextrous
- Superb multitasker
- Friendly
- Courteous
- Service oriented
- Thrives under pressure
- Easy to get along with
- Dependable
- Quality assurance
- Fast
- Accurate
- Service with a smile
Hobbies and Interests
- Sociology
- Bartending
- Human interaction
- My two cats
- Social equality
- Inclusion
- Community healing
Certification
- CA RBS Certification
- CA Food Handler Certificate
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Bartender
Delfina Restaurant
05.2024 - 10.2024
Bartender and Server
Copra
01.2022 - 01.2023
Assistant Manager and Bartender
Smuggler's Cove
01.2018 - 01.2022
- CA RBS Certification
- CA Food Handler Certificate
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology
University of California, Berkeley
Associate of Arts - Sociology
City College of San Francisco
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