Xander Giannola

It took me only three months here before I got my way into the bar, and those three months were spent bar-backing while I was serving tables. Working here has provided me with the following skills

• Ability to handle high volume nights, juggling tables, the bar-top, and making drinks.

• Memorization skills have strengthened; the drink and food menu is something I know by heart, as well as memorizing entire orders to put in purely relying in memory.

• Even more people skills than I had initially had, dealing with difficult and belligerent Individuals, having the backbone to cut folks off or refuse service without an ID.

• An expanded understanding of liquors and spirits, how they mix, taste, and how to recommend them to a mixed audience.

• Regularly preformed closing and opening duties, cleaning the entirety of the bar and making sure everything is properly sealed for the night.

• Handling large amounts of cash and playing “banker” for anyone who needed bills broken.

Working here wasn’t the best experience with the management, but I did get a lot of valuable work experience, so I am grateful for that. I did a number of different jobs around the restaurant, all while being clocked in as a busser.

• Where I initially learned the flow and functions in a restaurant, been living in one since I was 16 essentially.

• Efficiently and thoroughly cleaned the entirety of the restaurant during high volume days, typically on my own with zero complaints.

• Learned how the commercial grade dish machines functioned and cleaned dishes during high volume days.

• Was handling the responsibilities of a QA and food runner on top of my bussing duties before I even turned 17.

• Regularly performed opening and closing duties for the entirety of the restaurant , helping out the kitchen in their closing duties often as well.

It took me only three months here before I got my way into the bar, and those three months were spent bar-backing while I was serving tables. Working here has provided me with the following skills

• Ability to handle high volume nights, juggling tables, the bar-top, and making drinks.

• Memorization skills have strengthened; the drink and food menu is something I know by heart, as well as memorizing entire orders to put in purely relying in memory.

• Even more people skills than I had initially had, dealing with difficult and belligerent Individuals, having the backbone to cut folks off or refuse service without an ID.

• An expanded understanding of liquors and spirits, how they mix, taste, and how to recommend them to a mixed audience.

• Regularly preformed closing and opening duties, cleaning the entirety of the bar and making sure everything is properly sealed for the night.

• Handling large amounts of cash and playing “banker” for anyone who needed bills broken.