Why Dry Hire Makes the Whole Night Better

Most full-service bar companies bundle the alcohol into the price, and the markup adds up fast. Old Friends Bar Co. skips that. Hosts buy their own spirits, beer, and wine ahead of time, and the bartender shows up with everything else. The company will help you figure out quantities and what to pick up, so nobody ends up with six bottles of tequila and no mixers. For groups that don’t want to make the liquor store run at all, Old Friends partners with a service that buys, delivers, and returns the spirits, which makes the whole thing feel more VIP than DIY. The result is high-quality bartending at a price that makes sense for a group splitting the cost.

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A Menu That Belongs to Your Group

There’s no standard drink list here. Each event gets a custom cocktail menu built around the group’s favorite spirits, flavors, and overall vibe, and signature drinks named after the guest of honor are fair game. The bar itself arrives styled and ready for photos, stocked with glassware, bar tools, compostable cups and straws, cocktail napkins, and fresh limes, lemons, oranges, and cherries. Past clients keep pointing to the same things: drinks that are full of flavor and look as good as they taste, plus a bartender who brings real energy to the room. One New Year’s party host summed it up as a night where the cocktails and the mood both landed.

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Made for Bachelorettes, Birthdays, and Backyard Nights

The setup fits anywhere a group gathers, from a downtown apartment to a rented house on the Cape to a backyard in the suburbs. A standard booking covers about three hours of full-service bartending, which is the sweet spot for a pregame before a night out or the main event at a girls’ night in. It works especially well for bachelorette parties that want the cocktail bar experience without herding a dozen people across town. It also suits birthdays that deserve more than a cooler of seltzers, and corporate or private dinners where someone needs to look after the drinks so the host can actually be a guest. Old Friends travels to events beyond Boston too, so a weekend away doesn’t mean leaving the bar behind. Everyone drinking needs to be 21 or older.

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When the best seat in the house is wherever the drinks are, it helps to have someone behind the bar who knows what they’re doing.

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