“The bar employees right here, I inform them many instances. I rent them for them. I say to them that I don’t need them to be a bunch of me’s. ‘I need you to be you.’ I prefer to see bartenders develop into their very own and be their very own individual.”
—Steve Schneider
Our cowl characteristic for Summer time is Steve Schneider, the co-creator of Sip & Guzzle in NYC. Whereas BARTENDER® has identified Steve for a number of years, it has been an absolute honor and pleasure attending to know him and his workforce higher, and we’re excited to share extra with you right here.
Steve began in hospitality in 2003 whereas he was stationed within the U.S. Marine Corps in Washington, D.C., to make some extra cash on the weekends. Steve rapidly realized that the world of hospitality was precisely the place he wanted to be. Whereas within the Marines he suffered a head harm and was honorably discharged however knew he was good at being behind the bar and will make this a profession. From D.C. he moved again dwelling to Bergen County, New Jersey, the place he ended up operating the drink program at Elysian Café in Hoboken (the place Steve now has a partnership stake!) From there he was recruited at Staff Solely in NYC the place Steve “discovered those that had been doing precisely what I needed to do.” He grew to become one of many principal bartenders, then the bar supervisor, which as he says, “ready me for my final aim…being a bar proprietor.” In 2016 Steve opened Staff Solely in Singapore. “I put all the cash I had in there too, so I used to be additionally an investor. I’ve been saving for years, and it was guess. It was a really profitable challenge. It nonetheless is a profitable challenge. Then that allowed me to go to completely different components of the world and open up locations.”
These experiences and international travels allowed Steve to not solely turn out to be an incredible bartender and bar proprietor, but additionally mentor. Quick ahead a full 21 years after Steve first began bartending…he opened Sip & Guzzle! Steve is a household man now and loves with the ability to work at Guzzle after which head dwelling to his spouse and daughter.
We’re so joyful to have Steve on the duvet of BARTENDER® Journal and can all the time have a door open for him and his workforce, he’s actually mentoring most of the next-generation of high bartenders and future bar homeowners and thank him for all of the love and help he has proven everybody across the globe.
Steve’s Signature Cocktail: Miami Vice Negroni
Strawberry Negroni
Coconut Washed
—Steve Schneider and Ben Yabrow
Editor’s word: We’ve identified and revered Steve for a few years, and our current go to to Sip & Guzzle solely strengthened what we already knew, he’s pushed by his unsatiable dedication to hospitality, and to the visitor expertise. He’s additionally a mentor and a champion of those that work for him, it’s very obvious the sense of teamwork and comradery among the many whole workforce at Sip & Guzzle.
