Bar-back

A bar-back or barback (commonly known as a runner in Europe) is a bartender's assistant. Bar-backs work in nightclubs, bars, pubs, restaurants, and catering halls, and usually receive a portion of the bartender's tips. At high-volume bars, the tips are divided where more than one bar-back is present. Bar-backs are often under the tutelage of bartenders and work their way up to a bartending job.

Bar-backs are there to simplify a bartender's job and are involved in the bar preparation through stocking the bar with liquor, ice, glassware, beer, garnishes, and so on; during the evening, they collect and wash dirty dishes and glassware, clean tables, change kegs, and help to pack up the bar after closing time.^[1] While the legal drinking age in the United States is 21, the minimum age to work as a bartender or bar-back varies from 18 to 21.

See also[]

• List of public house topics

References[]

Further reading[]

• Ville, Cooper (2013). Straight Up: A Guide to a Better Bar Experience (First ed.). LuLu Press, Inc. ISBN 978-1-300-88262-6.

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