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About the New York Bartending School

New York City’s New York Bartending School, Inc has long been renowned as the foremost school in the Big Apple for the training of professional bartenders. They have trained and placed thousands of students. Graduates walk out the door ready for the speed and pressure of a busy New York City bar. With over 75 years of combined experience in the hospitality business from the owner and staff (admissions, instructors, job placement and directors), you can be guarantee that you will receive the best bartender training possible. At the New York Bartending School they know what it takes to be a great bartender, and have applied this expertise to the school’s training program. They get you trained and ready to work in as little as one or two weeks!

Rated the ' BEST BARTENDING SCHOOL IN NEW YORK'
Shecky’s 2007/ Publisher of the ‘Best In New York’ and the ‘Bar, Club & Lounge Guide’

Licensed by the New York State Education Department

Certification from the New York Bartending School is recognized worldwide!

• Enjoy a lively atmosphere while learning behind fully-equipped bars on 2 floors of space; 24 stations set up with the looks and atmosphere of a real working bar. The New York Bartending School is the largest bartending school in New York. The advantage of having 2 floors is that we do not have to mix graduates of different levels. Our morning and afternoon graduates are in one classroom, the day class have their own classroom and the evening classes are not mixed with 1st & 2nd week students, with only one instructor. The only time we combine classes is when we are doing our wine and spirit seminar along with seminars by guest liquor companies (Absolut, Dewars, Makers Mark, Bacardi, etc).
• Train with a fun and gregarious staff of professional and supportive state licensed instructors that have met all the requirements of the New York State Education Department and the high standards of the New York Bartending School. They all have at least 5 years of bartending experience, most have over 10 years.
• Obtain Bartender/Mixology Certification & Alcohol Awareness Certification, providing intervention strategies for handling difficult situations, as well as third party liquor liability lawsuits. This certification reduces your employer’s insurance costs and makes you a more desirable bartending candidate. All certifications are included in our NYC School tuition.
• Learn all of the classic and trendy drinks. Learn how to make 'Signature' drinks. Good bartenders create new drinks; others just re-create the classics.
• Spirit & Liqueur Seminar. Even bartenders are surprised at what they learn!
• Wine Seminar; wine knowledge is a MUST for the bartender of today!
• Learn all about beer styles, how to tap a keg, and draw perfect headed ales.
• Master speed skills – your final exam requires you to prepare 20 drinks in 6 minutes while your instructors shout their orders.
• Learn good customer service and up-selling skills to increase sales for the owner and tips for you!
• One of the few bartending schools that provide POS/micros cash register training.
• Lifetime 'Refresher Courses.' You can retake the course (or part of) as many times as you want, whenever you want at no additional fee at any of our New York Bartending Schools.
• After graduation we follow up with a job hunting seminar that includes interview techniques training, resume building and the occasional guest speaker to prepare for your job search. We then provide one-on-one assistance along with a 24/7 password protected job placement site that offers our graduates real job leads. Our job placement director is in constant communication with the managers and owners of New York's popular establishments, so that we can pass on any new leads to our graduates. When owners are not contacting us, we are contacting them. We also list all classifieds from local papers to in-the-biz publications, along with a listing of all the new bars, clubs and restaurants that open up. Our graduates can come into other school for one-on-one assistance anytime, and if they just want to brush up on their bartender/mixology skills the classroom is always open to them! We do work VERY HARD to provide leads for our graduates and do what ever we can to assist in their search! Our graduates are well trained and very confident when they leave our school. Personality and persistence is the key thereafter; it is the training & persistence of our graduates that accounts for our high job placement rate!

  One final note; please be careful of any bartending school, on-line job site, so-called bartending agencies, etc, that tell you they can guarantee you a job. Apart from being against state law, it is impossible to guarantee a graduate a job because it is the bar manager or owner doing the hiring, not the school! At the New York Bartending School we do not use any slick sales tactics like the guarantee of a job. We can, and we DO, GUARANTEE that you will receive the best training possible; prepare you for the interview; help you with your resume; and provide you job leads and interviews, and provide a job placement staff to assist you whenever you need us. We are dedicated to finding every New York Bartending School graduate a job, and will do all we can to achieve that goal! However, you must also do YOUR part! A good attitude and good personality are attributes of a good bartender! Persistence is the key to finding that great bartending gig!