- 140
- Episodes
- 11
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 30K
- YouTube views
About Serves You Right
Most bartenders are great at their jobs and have no idea what to do with that... Nobody tells you that the skills behind the bar: reading people, building experiences, thinking fast under pressure, are actually worth something. They just hand you a shaker and hope you figure it out. Serves You Right is for bartenders who are done drifting and ready to do something. Every episode, host Andrew Roy talks with the people who are currently doing something inspiring, and pulls out exactly how they did it. Your career behind the bar is the starting point. Not the ceiling. Let's make some drinks!
- Publisher
- Andrew Roy
- Category
- education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 7 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 15 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
140 episodes in the feed.
15 Oct 2026
#140 Nick & David: Cheese on Fried Rice to a James Beard Nomination
Chef Nick Wong and bar lead David Perez of Agnes & Sherman, Houston's James Beard nominated Asian American diner, both break down the back of house tip share that pays dishwashers, prep cooks, and line cooks more when the dining room gets slammed. We get into restaurant labor planning, the opening mistakes that cost real money in the first six weeks, training front and back of house staff on a menu with no reference point, batching cocktails for speed without dumbing them down, and why walking away from bad leases is the smartest call a new owner can make. If you run a restaurant, bar, or kitchen, this is for you. Expect to learn: How Texas law lets you tip out your entire kitchen, and the one wage condition that unlocks it A training method for menus that customers, servers, and even cooks have no words for yet How one line in a mission statement screens out the wrong hires before the first interview The two pieces of equipment they bought cheap and replaced within weeks Links: Agnes & Sherman (https://www.agnesandsherman.com/) (Sign up for the newsletter!) Agnes & Sherman on Instagram: @agnesandsherman (https://www.instagram.com/agnesandsherman/?hl=en) Nick Wong: @_nickwong_ (https://www.instagram.com/_nickwong_/) David Perez: @dperez79 (https://www.instagram.com/dperez79/) Service starts now. Follow the show: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0f7LAx6NdrwnMn8ii6i7FD), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/serves-you-right/id1806172471), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@Servesyouright) I talk to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in bars. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess that can be a life working in bars, and help others that are feeling similarly. Check out the Podcast Website Here (https://servesyourightpod.com/) and get in touch with me! Classic Episodes You May Like: Doug Frost MW MS (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/22-doug-frost-ms-mw-what-it-really-takes-to-launch-a-winery-in-a-pandemic) Jeffrey Morgenthaler (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/23-jeffrey-morgenthaler-a-master-bartender-s-guide-to-staying-sane-in-a-25-martini-world) Steve Schneider & The Best Bar in North America (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LR5vJIeLs4Lc8iG6c9LCk?si=n7ikjfqKSfKQBC_NFQqHXA) Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/39-edward-slingerland-why-society-needs-alcohol-more-than-you-think) Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/46-andrew-hurley-the-man-who-built-a-vegas-wine-empire) Chris Tunstall of A Bar Above (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/64-chris-tunstall-from-cleaning-restaurants-to-a-bar-above) Tony Abou-Ganim (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WtQ5Jsd8T7RJbpN5bCfHh?si=x-Y_hmwyQOyrQqtx8grFZQ) Bobby "G" Gleason (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JTz6WzpFGVw3odAv914m3?si=Uk47i1-1TM6aKFeAzVt5pg) As always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means. Cheers
13 Oct 2026
#139 Aaron Walters: 27 Seats, $28 a Glass, and Packed on Monday Nights
If you build your wine program around what's cheap to pour instead of what's worth tasting, you're teaching guests to expect less. You pay for it in dead bottles, flat sparkling wine and empty Monday nights. Today we have Aaron Walters, chef and owner of Muselet Champagne Bar in Bentonville, Arkansas. They break down how a 27 seat champagne bar runs a deep BTG list, sells bone dry Riesling to guests who swear they hate sweet wine, turns caviar into a viral hook, and fills seats on the one night every other restaurant is closed. Expect to Learn: The one line of math Aaron uses to decide whether a bottle earns a spot on his by the glass list How to turn a guest who "hates sweet wine" into a Riesling buyer with a single pour How a tiny team learns a list full of nearly identical champagnes without drowning in tech sheets The lease, permit and liquor license traps that cost Aaron nearly three months before opening, and who you need on your side to avoid them The eight word exercise that stress tests any bar concept before you sign a lease Links: Muselet Champagne Bar (https://www.museletchampagnebar.com/) Muselet on Instagram: @muselet.nwa (https://www.instagram.com/muselet.nwa/?hl=en) Aaron on Instagram: @grapesandgrits (https://www.instagram.com/grapesandgrits/) Service starts now. Follow the show: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0f7LAx6NdrwnMn8ii6i7FD), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/serves-you-right/id1806172471), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@Servesyouright) I talk to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in bars. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess that can be a life working in bars, and help others that are feeling similarly. Check out the Podcast Website Here (https://servesyourightpod.com/) and get in touch with me! Classic Episodes You May Like: Doug Frost MW MS (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/22-doug-frost-ms-mw-what-it-really-takes-to-launch-a-winery-in-a-pandemic) Jeffrey Morgenthaler (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/23-jeffrey-morgenthaler-a-master-bartender-s-guide-to-staying-sane-in-a-25-martini-world) Steve Schneider & The Best Bar in North America (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LR5vJIeLs4Lc8iG6c9LCk?si=n7ikjfqKSfKQBC_NFQqHXA) Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/39-edward-slingerland-why-society-needs-alcohol-more-than-you-think) Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/46-andrew-hurley-the-man-who-built-a-vegas-wine-empire) Chris Tunstall of A Bar Above (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/64-chris-tunstall-from-cleaning-restaurants-to-a-bar-above) Tony Abou-Ganim (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WtQ5Jsd8T7RJbpN5bCfHh?si=x-Y_hmwyQOyrQqtx8grFZQ) Bobby "G" Gleason (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JTz6WzpFGVw3odAv914m3?si=Uk47i1-1TM6aKFeAzVt5pg) As always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means. Cheers
8 Oct 2026
#138 Brian Hanson: Why Would a Bar Close Before Its Best Hours?
Post COVID demand is swinging back to Friday date nights and 1 AM closes. Guests are hunting deals again. The Florida operators Brian just talked to are down 10 to 20 percent and fighting a full blown happy hour war. Brian Hanson owns Independent Ice Co. He's an Executive Bourbon Steward, president of Maine Business Brokers, and a SCORE hospitality mentor. He joins Andrew to rebuild the fundamentals: happy hour as yield management, gamified restaurant loyalty programs, whiskey training for a 600 bottle back bar, draft cocktail execution, hiring in the age of Easy Apply, and the single point of failure that sinks new restaurant owners. Expect to Learn: The three questions that decide whether your happy hour builds the business or bleeds it. The spend threshold loyalty structure a national chain has run for over a decade. How a seven person team stays fluent across 600 whiskeys without memorizing every proof. The three variables that make or break draft cocktails, and the gas mistake most bars keep making. Links: Independent Ice Co., Portland, Maine: website (https://www.portlandoldport.com/listing/the-independent-ice-co/), and email (mailto:info@independenticecompany.com). CORE, Brian's mentor profile (https://www.score.org/contributor/brian-hanson/) Stave & Thief Society (https://staveandthief.com/), the bourbon certification Brian's staff hold Service starts now. Follow the show: Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0f7LAx6NdrwnMn8ii6i7FD), Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/me/podcast/serves-you-right/id1806172471), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@Servesyouright) I talk to people in and around the service industry space. I'm looking to hear from the people I wish I could have talked to when I was coming up in bars. Said another way: I am trying to make sense of this wild, beautiful mess that can be a life working in bars, and help others that are feeling similarly. Check out the Podcast Website Here (https://servesyourightpod.com/) and get in touch with me! Classic Episodes You May Like: Doug Frost MW MS (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/22-doug-frost-ms-mw-what-it-really-takes-to-launch-a-winery-in-a-pandemic) Jeffrey Morgenthaler (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/23-jeffrey-morgenthaler-a-master-bartender-s-guide-to-staying-sane-in-a-25-martini-world) Steve Schneider & The Best Bar in North America (https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LR5vJIeLs4Lc8iG6c9LCk?si=n7ikjfqKSfKQBC_NFQqHXA) Edward Slingerland's Masterful work on Intoxication (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/39-edward-slingerland-why-society-needs-alcohol-more-than-you-think) Andrew Hurley of Vegas.Wine (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/46-andrew-hurley-the-man-who-built-a-vegas-wine-empire) Chris Tunstall of A Bar Above (https://servesyourightpod.com/products/64-chris-tunstall-from-cleaning-restaurants-to-a-bar-above) Tony Abou-Ganim (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3WtQ5Jsd8T7RJbpN5bCfHh?si=x-Y_hmwyQOyrQqtx8grFZQ) Bobby "G" Gleason (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JTz6WzpFGVw3odAv914m3?si=Uk47i1-1TM6aKFeAzVt5pg) As always, I’m just here taking notes, trying to figure out what it all means. Cheers
Who has been a guest on Serves You Right
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- Aliya Harrison
- Winston Greene
- Felix Cordova
- Ryan Gromfin
- Rina Bussell
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- YouTube views
- 30,071
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 7 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 95
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 72
- Engagement
- 32
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