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Somabar’s Automated Bartender is Essential to any Food Service and Hospitality Reopening Plan

Facing the COVID-19 pandemic and the countless challenges associated with reopening foodservice and hospitality businesses across our cou...

The Great Restaurant Reopening has begun! Now what?

The Great Restaurant Reopening has begun! Now what? Best Practices for a COVID-19 Operation.

California Announces its Restaurant Dine-in Reopening Plan

For the past few weeks, embattled California restaurants have been waiting with bated breath for word on when they can reopen dine-in ope...

Are Your Cocktails Actually Making You Money? (Part 1 of 2)

Barkeeps. Tapsters. Bartenders. Whatever you might call them, modern mixologists have taken center stage as the newest celebrities of the...

Quick Start Guide for Serving Takeout & Delivery Cocktails in California

On March 19, 2020, the California Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) provided its initial statement of regulatory relief to all on-sale ...

How Oakland’s Philomena is Winning Business During the Coronavirus Pandemic

As confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to grow across the U.S., local governments have been implementing precautionary measures to make ...

California ABC Posting Requirements for Cocktail Takeout & Delivery

The California Alcoholic Beverage Commission (ABC) in furtherance of the emergency orders issued by California Governor Newsom, provided ...

Restaurants & Bars Across the Country are Now Allowed to Sell Cocktails for Takeout & Delivery

Many states across the country, including California, New York and Texas, are now allowing all liquor licensed restaurants and food–servi...

We Did It! California Allows Cocktail Takeout & Delivery

We at Somabar have been encouraging Governor Newsom through emails, BLOG Posts, Articles, and an industry-wide email campaign to allow fo...

Somabar's Campaign Urging California to Help California's Hospitality Industry

Hi Members and Friends of the California Hospitality Community, This email is being sent in support of all those affected within Californ...

Allowing Cocktail Takeout & Delivery in California Can Help Save Our Restaurants; A Plea to Governor

In a bold act and in response to the closure of all dine-in restaurants and bars in New York due to the COVID-19 pandemic, New York’s Sta...

Delivery Cocktails, Now Legal In Texas, Can Save Longhorn State Restaurants

As the second state to take bold action in helping save its restaurants in the wake of COVID-19 dine-in eatery shut-downs, Governor Greg ...

Take-out & Delivery Cocktails, Now Legal In New York State, Can Save Restaurants

With increasing concern over the spread of COVID-19, New York’s State Liquor Authority (SLA) made effective Monday, March 16, 2020 at 8:0...

Scale With Restaurant Forecasting Systems

Whether you like it or not, forecasting is a necessary part of any restaurateur's job. If you ignore committing the time required to crea...

7 Top Bar Marketing Strategies to Increase Sales

According to Statista, there are more than 60,000 bars in the US. You’ve probably noticed new hotspots popping up in your city regularly....

Top Ways to Increase Beverage Sales at Your Bar or Restaurant

Your customers consider numerous factors when deciding on the drinks they order when visiting your restaurant or bar. And while your patr...

How to Calculate Your Restaurant’s Customer Lifetime Value (CLV)

Knowing your numbers is imperative when running any successful business. And for all restaurants, one of the metrics you need to track is...

Top 4 Reasons to Celebrate Robots in Restaurants

When you think about robots operating kitchens may be something straight out of a sci-fi movie, the day has come that robots are becoming...

The 5 Best Ways to Boost Your Bar’s Profit Margin Using Robotic Bartender Systems

There is a lot of work to do as a bar owner to keep your customers engaged and consistently returning to your establishment, and as with ...

Restaurant Certification, Explained

Before we dive into the particulars of the NSF & UL Certifications, it is important to have a deeper understanding of the importance of f...

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