Bar Etiquette Quotes

There is something about a martini, Ere the dining and dancing begin, And to tell you the truth, It is not the vermouth- I think that perhaps it's the gin.

You can no more keep a Martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there.

Gimme a visky with a ginger ale on the side - and don't be stinchy, beby.

I didn't go to bars much. One drunken asshole was all I could handle and that was me. I wrote. I don't remember a lot of it.

I was brought up in the East End, and if a man was inappropriate in a bar, you'd throw your drink over him.

If I'm in a bar and I gotta be sitting next to some clown who's like, "It's my tune," I don't want to hear you belt out Bruce Springsteen. That's why we have jukeboxes! Let's let Bruce be Bruce.

...the waiter has to come from a place of concentration, subjugation, and complete, limitless service. Nothing is too much trouble. The customer is always right, even when he is wrong. There is no limit to what you will do to serve while that person is in your bar and in your care.

Salute even the customers in places where alcohol is served.

I'm quite good at leaning against a bar.

I think I had it in the back of my mind that I wanted to sound like a dry martini.

In a tavern everybody puts on airs except the landlord.

In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.

There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin.

Most cocktails containing liquor are made today with gin and ingenuity. In brief, take an ample supply of the former and use your imagination. For the benefit of a minority, it is courteous to serve chilled fruit juice in addition to cocktails made with liquor.

Don't drink in the hotel bar, that's where I do my drinking.

I couldn't walk up to a woman at a bar and say hello.

I remember even getting kicked out of a bar once because I was too loud and obnoxious.

A smile from an attractive woman at a bar very rarely ends up in any sort of sexual encounter. But a man is a fool not to push the suggestion as far as it will go, and he's that man.

All you have to do is follow three simple rules. One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice.

I'm that person in the bar who's like 'Can they turn the music down ? I would like to chat.' I don't like clothes. I'm terrible at all that stuff. I like sitting around and drinking a pint and gossiping or whatever.

A well-made Martini or Gibson, correctly chilled and nicely served, has been more often my true friend than any two-legged creature.