Nightclub & Bar 2016

Ulysses Vidal
Bar Manager
Employees Only


Originally from Dallas, Texas, Ulysses moved to New York City at 21 years of age and got caught up in the cocktail scene. He has now been working at Employees Only for four years and has learned much about this industry. Starting off working at the bottom as a stocker in the apprentice program, he began assuming assistant bar manager responsibilities which include ordering, bar maintenance, syrup and puree production, experimental projects, coordinating large-scale events for various charities and off-premise events, managing stocker and apprentice schedules, vendor relations, managing costs, participating in press interviews and menu development within 6 months. He has had the opportunity to travel to distilleries in Mexico, Panama and Kentucky and has been BarSmarts trained as well as attended countless tastings and seminars through the Manhattan Cocktail Classic and Portland Cocktail Week. At Portland Cocktail Week 2014, he had the spectacular opportunity to attend classes which focused on Product Innovation and Development and was also chosen to participate in the Bacardi Bar Build Out Challenge. This last event gave him the insight of how a concept goes from nothing to a real thing while also bearing in mind the notions of costs versus revenue versus profit.

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