Restaurant Equipment Buyers Guide : bar equipment

Backbar Coolers

These allow you to store both can and bottled beer. Some bartenders use this equipment to chill certain liquors as well. Backbar coolers come in solid and glass door models. Most restaurants and bars choose glass doors to display beer selections and solid doors for storage of mixers. Solid door models are hidden in a darkened bar and hide dings well.

Bottle Coolers

These horizontal bottle coolers are designed with enduring quality and value. These units are a necessity for high volume as they provide easy access for the buy bartender or bar back. Bottle Coolers chill from the top down so newly added bottles or cans get chilled first, and your customers will always get a nice cold beer.

Draft Beer

Trues oversized and balanced refrigeration system with extra large evaporator performs in the hottest, most humid climates - excellent for all tropical beach bars. Draft beer units come in a variety of sizes, from 1 to 4 kegs. Bars with more than 4 draft beer choices can store the more kegs in a walkin cooler, then run lines to the draft unit.

Bar Sinks

You need to have a bar sink to wash glasses and dispose of excess liquids.
Bar sinks are smaller than regular sinks to fit neatly under you bar.
They come with 1 to 4 bowls. Drainboards are optional and can serve as drying racks for you glasses.

Cocktail Units

Cocktail units provide you with a space to hold your mixes and ice.
You can also put speed rails on the front to hold you most common liquor. Cold plate units are used to keep ice cold and run fountain drinks through to keep beverages cold when dispensing, eliminating foam from the soda gun. Standard units use insulation to keep ice cold but don not provide the chill needed for soft drinks.

Glass Washers

A typical bar uses many, many types of glasses per hour. In order to keep them clean and in use, you need to use a glass washer in combination with a bar sink.

Blenders

Bar blenders are used to produce drinks, from daiquiris and margaritas, to smoothies and shakes. They are used to crush the ice and to mix the fruit.
You will need several and horsepower is an important consideration if making ice heavy drinks.

Ice Caddy

Indoors or outdoors, in heat or humidity, these sleek models keep their cool and can hold ice cold for days.
They provide reliability, value and safer holding for up to 175 lbs. of ice.