Welcome to The Bar Manager’s Notebook

a living resource where real experiences meet practical insights.

This first season is not a polished manual, but a working notebook: raw, honest, and drawn from the challenges and victories of running bars across the world. Each entry reflects what it actually takes to manage people, operations, and culture in hospitality today.

At the heart of each episode is the Hospitality Codex there is a practical method: analyze the venue and team, prepare with purpose, and take intentional actions that improve service, profitability, and guest experience. Think of the Notebook as the Codex in motion: examples, checklists, and frameworks you can use the next shift.

What to expect in Season 1:

• Stories and lessons taken directly from my career and shared experience of leaders in the industry. The things managers face every day but rarely talk about.

• Practical frameworks to help you structure staff training, cost control, and beverage programming.

• Reflections on leadership, creativity, and the unique balance between business and hospitality.

Every new episode will be added here as it’s released. Think of this page as both an index and an open notebook, one that grows over time…