Today I find myself in the Las Vegas airport beginning my travels back to Minneapolis. This has been a great week in a mix between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. However, as a bartender I find going into other bars while on vacation a whole different experience than it used to be.
Every time I've entered a bar over the last week I find myself scoping out everything, from their liquor placement, to the variety of garnishes and to much disappointment in a lot of Vegas bars and Casinos the types of pour spouts they use on the bottles.
I found that 7 out of 10 of the Casino/Hotels I went to had the 'stopper' spouts, that cut you off after 1.5oz. Mind you that is an appropriate amount for a drink, but I find it really puzzling that either the establishments don't trust their employees, or they aren't hiring competent bartenders.
Moral of the story... I had a great time, but I'm looking forward to coming home and getting back behind our bar.
