Please Do Tell

Please Do Tell Secrets from The Speakeasies Philip Duff & Jim Meehan

Jim Meehan
Formerly:
Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Jim Meehan
Formerly:
Gramercy Tavern
& The Pegu Club

Jim Meehan
Formerly:
Gramercy Tavern
& The Pegu Club
Cocktail Book editor &
author

Jim Meehan
Formerly:
Gramercy Tavern
& The Pegu Club
author
Founded PDT

Jim Meehan
Formerly:
Gramercy Tavern
& The Pegu Club
author
Founded PDT
World’s Best Cocktail Bar (2009)

Jim Meehan
Formerly:
Gramercy Tavern
& The Pegu Club
author
Founded PDT
World’s Best Cocktail Bar (2009)
American Bartender of the Year (2009)

Philip Duff Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Philip Duff
Consultant

Philip Duff
Consultant
Globetrotting trainer, presenter

Philip Duff
Consultant
Drinker.

Philip Duff
Consultant
Drinker.
Owner: Liquid Solutions

Philip Duff
Consultant
Drinker.
door 74 (Amsterdam)*

Philip Duff
Consultant
Drinker.
*Nominated “World’s Best Cocktail Bar 2009

Philip Duff
Consultant
Drinker.
*Nominated “World’s Best Cocktail Bar 2009
Didn’t win, though. Bloody PDT!

For Just About Every Bar In The World….. ever! 20% of the opening hours = 60% of sales Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

For Just About Every Bar In The World….. ever! 20% of the opening hours = 60% of sales (Typically) Wed-Sat 2200h – 0100h Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Rules #1: Better drinks – faster. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 x 52 weeks per year: 12480 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 x 52 weeks per year: 12480 x €17 per drink: AUD$212,160 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 x 52 weeks per year: 12480 x €17 per drink: AUD$212,160 x 4.7 years AUD $1,000,000 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 = 104 hours Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 = 104 hours x 30 drinks-per-hour 3120 drinks Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 = 104 hours x 30 drinks-per-hour 3120 drinks x AUD$17 per drink = $53,040 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Rules #1: Better drinks – faster. #2: Quality – When It Pays Off. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Rules #1: Better drinks – faster. #2: Quality – When It Pays Off. “ It takes about twenty minutes to make a satisfactory Old-Fashioned starting with dry sugar; it takes two minutes starting with sugar syrup. Therefore, let’s make our Old-Fashioneds this way.” David Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Rules #3: Bartenders Are Not Tortured Artists. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

The Rules: #3: Bartenders Are Not Tortured Artists. "Bartending is an old and honorable trade. It is not a profession and I have no sympathy with those who try to make it anything but what it was. The idea of calling a bartender a professor or a mixologist is nonsense. ... ” Patrick Gavin Duffy, 1933 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

door 74

door 74
700 sq. ft., open 37 hours per week.

door 74
40-seat seated-only speakeasy, no food.

door 74
40-seat seated-only speakeasy, no food.
Year 1*: Total revenues: AUD$508,707.
* Projected

PDT

PDT
43-seat seated-only speakeasy, food from Crif Dogs

PDT
43-seat seated-only speakeasy, food from Crif Dogs
Year 1: Total revenues: AUD$919, 656

Le Lion

Le Lion
40-seat seated-only speakeasy with (limited) food

Le Lion
40-seat seated-only speakeasy with (limited) food
Year 1: Total revenues: AUD$465,087

Employees Only

Employees Only
1200 sq. ft., open 84 hours/week.

Employees Only
70-place bar, 35-seat restaurant

Employees Only
70-place bar, 35-seat restaurant
2008: Total liquor sales: AUD$5,324,339.

Sales

Sales Per Seat

Sales Per Seat Per Opening Hour

Sales Per Seat Per Opening Hour Per Year (AUD$)

Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies 6.6

Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies 6.6 6.85

Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies 6.6 5.19 6.85

Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies 6.6 6.85 5.19 17.09

Things You Never Realise Before You Open A Speakeasy

#1
The address is a secret.

#1
The address is a secret.
Also to the mailman.

#2

#2
No day shift =
Missed deliveries.

#3
Cocktails.
Lots of cocktails.

#4

#4
Being A Door Whore Sucks.

#4
Being A Door Whore Sucks.
Hire A Beautiful Lady.

#5

#5
The Art of Conversation Is Not Dead –

#5
The Art of Conversation Is Not Dead –
But It Does Need Resuscitation

Thank you for your attention!
Philip: [email_address]
Jim: [email_address]

Please Do Tell

by Philip Duff on Oct 04, 2009

Accessibility

Categories

Tags

Upload Details

Usage Rights

2 Embeds 96

Statistics

Please Do Tell — Presentation Transcript

http://4bars.com.au	91
http://www.slideshare.net	5