Short answer NO. In a nutshell if is implied that cash is being exchanged for drinks or that guests are buying tickets to exchange for drinks you must have a #15 Special Event License. Unless you are a charitable organization, civic organization, religious organization, or a political organization you will probably not be granted a special event license and therefore cannot operate a cash bar. You will need to apply for a special event license from both the city that the event will be held in and from the state of Arizona. We can email you the license application. However, cash tipping your bartender is allowed.

Not necessarily! From the AZ Department of Liquor Licenses website: “A restaurant license permits the sale and service of alcoholic beverages for consumption only on the licensed premises” and does not apply to off-site events.

No. Our insurance requires that only the Bartender pours the alcohol. Pouring it yourself at the table would nullify our insurance and put all the liability directly on the client/venue.

Most wedding venues do not allow shots anyway because they don’t want to clean up the mess in the restrooms. Many brides request that we do not allow shots because they want to get their security deposit back. Over the years we have found that 99% of all problems (fights/arguments, vomiting, property damage, DUI, running out of alcohol) is attributed to the small handful of guests that want to do, and coerce others into doing, shots. This measure also helps ensure that liquor laws pertaining to the service of alcohol to intoxicated persons is followed and that we do not run low on supplies. Take our word for it 99% of the guests will not miss it.

NO. It is illegal for an underage person to consume or possess alcohol. It is illegal to furnish an underage person with alcohol. Our Bartenders are required to follow all Arizona liquor laws. Next question.

We carry a $2,000,000 Liquor Liability policy along with our $2,000,000 general liability insurance.

We will need roughly an 8′ x 8′ space.

Convenience and Value. In addition to the free Portable Bar (see above) and a 20% discount on labor the packages also include cups, ice, garnishes, mixers, soft drinks. We shop from 5-6 different stores for our supplies. Most do-it-yourself clients tell us afterwards that it was actually a lot more work than they thought and that next time they are just going to pay us to bring everything.

Water for guests who are arriving early to help decorate or who arrive prior to the scheduled start of bar service needs to be arranged to be provided by the venue or the caterer or the host. We see it all the time that nobody thinks of this important provision! If it goes on the dinner table it needs to be provided by the food caterers. They handle the tables, we handle the bars. Our beverage packages do include water so if clients want to order water from the Bartender we will have some, but we will not have enough to supply table service if the caterers forget to include it in their supplies. We always recommend having a self-service water/tea station set up as early as possible so guests have access to hydration prior to the event or wedding ceremony and throughout the event.

Its up to you. A price quote is NOT a contract and does NOT reserve anything. We sell out on many dates several months in advance especially during wedding season. Saturdays are the first to sell out every month. Every weekend in December will sell out each year. Holidays sell out. Our deposit is only $100 so we recommend reserving your date as far in advance as possible.

We service Flagstaff AZ, Sedona AZ, Williams AZ, and Winslow AZ.

We are happy to take trash to any receptacle ONSITE. We cannot take trash OFF SITE with us. The client/venue needs to provide trashcan(s) for the bar as well.

Great idea, although becoming very common to skip the champagne toast and have guests simply “raise their glass” of whatever beverage they are already enjoying. Usually the first thing cut out of a reception due to budget is the champagne toast. We can provide the champagne and plastic cups as part of our beverage package for an additional $2/guest or we can serve whatever you provide in whatever serving vessel you provide. Think about how/when/where you want the champagne to be poured. It is labor intensive and will take the Bartender away from their duties behind the bar and it takes multiple people to pour at the table. Check with your caterer to be sure they allow their staff to serve alcohol. Some do, so don’t. Champagne is the one area where we allow (and need) someone other than our staff to pour alcohol.

As of now we don’t provide kosher wines in our packages simply because we don’t get enough demand and its often more expensive than what we normally offer. Also guests sometimes have very particular brand requests. We allow you to provide your own kosher wine and we will give you a $1/guest credit on any of our beverage packages. You would keep any leftover kosher wine that you provide for the event.

No I don’t really have any flair-tenders on staff. They are not easy to come by in AZ as most of them work in Vegas for the big bucks. The truth is those guys flock from all over the world (tons of South Americans) to Vegas to compete in competitions for cash and titles, and they make $400-1000 per night working at places like Bally’s. They aren’t in Arizona and they wouldn’t be interested in doing weddings, corporate events, and the general type of stuff that we do. And 99.9% of our clients wouldn’t be interested in paying the kind of money it would take to get them anyway.

No. Glassware must come from a commercially inspected kitchen facility so it should be rented from either your caterer or from a party supply store. Our beverage packages come with high quality clear plastic cups. If you do one of our beverage packages and add the optional Champagne Toast we will provide plastic cups for that as well. We are always happy to use whatever glassware is provided to us when we arrive at the site.

Rule of thumb is 1.5 pieces of glassware per person for the first hour and 1 per person for each addition hour. For 100 guests 250 glasses are needed for a two hour party: 100 guest x 1.5 first hour = 150 glasses..