Ashtrays
Restaurants and bars permitting smoking should have plenty of ashtrays on hand to accommodate customers. Choose ashtrays that will be most effective for your restaurant or bar by choosing glass ashtrays, plastic ashtrays, metal ashtrays or disposable ashtrays. It is also a good idea to place smoking receptacles near the entrances and exits of your restaurant and bar so customers may properly extinguish and dispose of all cigarette butts. Many outdoor smoking receptacles will accommodate up to 3,000 extinguished cigarettes and nearly all are weather resistant and flame retardant.

Bar Knives
Bar knives and bar tools are essential for preparing drink garnishes such as lemons, limes, oranges, mint leaves and olives. A forked bar knife is a useful tool that will allow bartenders to safely retrieve condiment items such as cherries or olives from jars and will also cut and slice condiment items. A lemon or lime peeler will easily allow a bartender to peel and zest any type of citrus fruit.

Bar Mats and Shelf Liner
Bar matting improves airflow and moisture drainage when used with wet bar supplies. Interlockable bar matting allows for layout changes and can be trimmed to fit into the existing spaces of your bar. Shelf liner is great for glassware storage or dinnerware storage.

Bar Trays
Smaller round bar trays are ideal for bartenders and servers that need to maneuver through groups of people. Cork lined trays and non skid bar trays are great for transporting beverages and appetizers that could easily spill or slide off the tray. Some bar trays feature a rim or lip around the edge of bar tray to prevent spill from running over the edge of the tray and onto a customer.

Bottle Openers and Cork Screws
While a bottle opener or a corkscrew may seem like a simple purchase, these items will undoubtedly get used very frequently behind almost every bar. Wall mount bottle openers are perfect for behind the bar use, your bartenders and servers will always know where to find a bottle opener. Some varieties of corkscrews and wine bottle openers can also be mounted to a wall or counter for security and extra leverage.

Cocktail Shakers
The cocktail shaker is typically a bartender's most useful tool. Most cocktail shakers are stainless steel 3-piece shakers, and typically include a strainer top and a jigger cap. Many bartenders feel stainless steel cocktail shakers are best, since they chill a drink more quickly than glass cocktail shakers. Vinyl coated cocktail shakers are constructed of stainless steel with a durable coating of vinyl to give the bartender a dry, sure grip.

Drain Trays
Drain trays are available with or without drain fittings. Most drain trays are composed of stainless steel or brass, and feature either a metal grid or a polystyrene grid.

Ice Scoops
Ice scoops are a very useful tool to have behind the bar. Using an ice scoop to fill glasses reduces the risk of cross contamination. Choose an ice scoop that is tapered to facilitate pouring of ice into glasses. A slotted ice scoop will help to separate water from your ice.

Jiggers
A jigger is a dual sided measure cup, and comes in extremely handy behind the bar. Use a jigger when making mixed drinks to ensure you have the proper proportions of each ingredient.

Liquor Pours
Liquor pours are great way to maintain portion control in your bar. Measured pours range in size from 7/8 oz. to 1 1/2 oz. Straight pours will allow an unlimited amount of alcohol to pour from the bottle. Metal liquor pours can dress up your bar with their bright and shiny chrome finish.

Plastic Drinkware and Disposable Drinkware
Polycarbonate drinkware and disposable barware are great for outdoor seating and locations where glass is not permissible. Polycarbonate glassware is durable, shatterproof and dishwasher safe. Disposable barware is made from rigid styrene plastic.

Bar Game Supplies
Pool tables and dartboards are a good source of entertainment for your guests. Cue sticks are available in solid ramin wood, solid hardrock maple, and hardrock maple with a fiberglass coating. Pool table lights add an authentic look to your bar. Choose from plastic shade pool table lights and metal shade pool table lights. Electronic dartboards programmed for 19-30 different dart games are a great alternative to standard dartboards.

Wine Chillers
Wine chillers and wine buckets will keep your customers' wine chilled for the duration of their stay. Double wall wine coolers provide insulation that chills wine at the proper temperature for up to three hours. A genuine marble wine chiller will keep wine cold for 60 minutes. Champagne buckets and wine buckets provide an elegant look, and will typically hold up to two bottles of wine.