Our venue is totally DIY and we have to do everything ourselves or hire the relevant people. We would like to have a cash bar in the evening, and asked the pub down the road to run one for us (they bring all the drinks and provide staff), but they can't do it because they're having a cider festival that day.
Our venue already has a physical bar in place, so I don't necessarily want a mobile bar company, I just want the drinks and the barman. It's proving tricky to find that kind of setup though!
The lady that runs the venue has suggested we operate an honesty bar, where people make a donation of their choice to get a drink (this also means we don't have to get a licence). But this would mean buying all the alcohol and soft drinks in - wine, beer, ale, cider, spirits, fizzy drinks etc... I think we'd either run out too soon or have loads left over that we don't want!
Is anyone else sorting out their own bar? How are you doing it?
