Restaurant & Commercial Glassware
Restaurant glassware – including wine, beer, and liquor glasses – is essential for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage service. Commercial drinkware comes in various shapes and sizes, some of which enhance the beverages served in them. Find the right foodservice glassware for stocking restaurants, bars, wineries, and more here.
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Common Questions About Restaurant Glassware
What restaurant glassware is available?
Whether you're serving wine, whiskey on the rocks, or ice water, having a variety of commercial drinkware is essential for your restaurant, bar, or hotel. Glassware comes in many different shapes and sizes, and some pieces are designed to serve a certain type of beverage. Liquor and cocktail glasses include vessels that are made for serving specific types of alcoholic beverages, such as whiskey, martinis, and margaritas. The shape of the drinkware enhances the aroma and flavor of the alcohol being served. Beer glasses include mugs, stemmed glasses, pint glasses, and more, all of which are shaped to supplement taste and carbonation. As with other alcoholic drink glasses, wine glasses help improve the aroma, flavor, and presentation of the beverage they hold. Tumbler and water glasses, goblets, juice glasses, and glass coffee mugs are featured in the drinking glass category for non-alcoholic beverages.
What kinds of commercial drinkware do I need for my business?
First, think about what kind of beverages – both alcoholic and non-alcoholic – you want to serve. If you have a full-service bar, you'll need to stock it with a variety of liquor, cocktail, beer, and wine glasses. If you have a sports bar where beer is the most popular drink, you should invest in beer steins, mugs, stemmed glasses, beer pitchers, and pint glasses. Any foodservice business that serves wine needs be stocked with white wine, stemless, red wine, and champagne glasses. Virtually any foodservice business that serves water, juice, or coffee could add non-alcoholic drinking glasses to their dinnerware collection.
What glassware is used for serving and presenting beverages?
A glass beer pitcher is used to serve popular types of beer and is most often ordered by large groups for sharing at the table. However, these pitchers can also be used to serve water or iced tea. Their clear glass sides effectively showcase the beverage within, helping servers quickly identify the contents before serving customers.
A wine decanter and aerator is commonly used to help wine breathe before being served. Aged red wines are mainly used with decanters; however, white wine and young red wine can benefit as well. Both wine decanters and aerators expand wine's surface area, enabling air to mingle with the liquid. This process also helps separate the wine from any sediment that may have gathered.
What should I look for in restaurant glassware?
Whether you serve shots, specialty cocktails, or iced tea, be sure to purchase glassware that can accommodate the size of beverage you want to serve. For example, pair whiskey with whiskey glasses, old fashioneds with an old fashioned glass, and martinis with martini glasses. If you're concerned with the rim of your glassware chipping, look for drinkware that features a non-chip rim. For margarita and martini glasses, make sure you pick a product with a strong stem that won't snap off. When choosing the proper glassware for serving beer, pick the size and shape that matches the kind and amount of beer you want to serve.
