Business Dining Etiquette - Drinks to Have - for College and University Students Climbing the Ladder

by Harold Almon baesoe.com

Station Three -- The Line to the Bar

Normally the line to the bar leads to an area set in the corner of a room. It can be an area for secondary introductions.

At the bar, a host will most likely call on someone to prepare a pre-dinner drink for you. At a no-host event, you will order and get a pre-dinner drink for yourself after you have said, "Hello" and "How are you" to people near you.

Someone will say, “What can I get you?" It is the same as what drink can you have and call by name?

A pre-dinner drink, called an aperitif: (used to stimulate an appetite,) could be made available at the bar (or at the table.) Common choices are Dubonnet, Lillet, Campari, and Vermouth.

This is mock tail hour. You may have

Water Always (sparkling-mineral) or (tap – flat)

Soda Water/lime Better

Soft Drink Sometimes (Virgin: Rob Roy, or for her a Shirley Temple)

Alcohol Never (Except for the 1 when you ought.)

You might have a mock-alcohol drink: a virgin (anything.)