The Line to Station Three - the Frugal Bar for Alcohol University Etiquette Provisioning - Cooking 101 Strategies

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Normally the line to station three, the frugal bar, leads to an area set in the corner of a room used to serve something to drink during an event. This station is to follow station two: the Reception line.  

In a polite home, station three is the living room; a sofa table is a bar. A drink is to be served in a real glass and with a napkin when the event is held indoors. In a private home, it can be served without that stirrer. In formal service it may be served from a bare tray.

The bar can be a sideboard credenza, a microwave table, a roll-in cart from Wally-Mar (get 2), or a raised table.  You may raise a table with pieces cut from PVC pipe.

Equipment for a Frugal Bar

For each bar have two to three bar spoons, bar towels, bottles, bottle stoppers, bottle washers, dishpans, (Turkey roasting pans), dish washing racks, funnels, glasses, glass dispensers, glass trays, jiggers, mixing glasses, pitchers, and strainers.