Everything You Need To Know About Dry Bar Tables And Why Your Cafe Needs Them

So what are the main attributes of great cafe furniture? Undoubtedly it should be robust and practical, but more than this, great cafe furniture should be versatile. It should allow you to change and adjust your seating requirements to adapt to the needs of your customers. This is exactly what a dry bar table can do.

A history of the dry bar table

The dry bar table was born out of a need during the early part of the twentieth century when cocktail bars became all the rage. Any self respecting bartender had their wet bar, where they’d mix their Manhattan’s, but they also needed a place to store their cocktail accoutrements such as glasses, and napkins, a place that remained dry. Hence the dry bar table was born. Originally they were of standard bar height and were long, but over the years dry bar tables have developed into a wide variety of shapes and sizes and have now moved away from the bar itself and instead become a stand alone table in it’s own right, rather than a bar accompaniment.

The main benefits

Because the dry bar table stands roughly the height of a standard bar, they serve two main purposes. Firstly they can provide a place where standing customers can place drinks down – a kind of mobile counter top if you like – and can be placed either indoors or out on a busy terrace area during the summer. Secondly, larger dry bar tables can act as tables in their own right when surrounded with similar height bar stools. Either way they have the ability to easily accommodate more customers. What’s more, because they’re designed to be movable, they can be placed where the needs of the customers dictate. For these reasons modern day dry bar tables provide both a cost effective, and practical solution to cafe furniture.

Wait there’s more!

Because modern day dry bar tables come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, they can be used to maximise your floor space. For example, not many cafe’s are completely square, and as such many have awkward recesses or places where standard tables won’t fit. For this reason, it’s often wasted space and therefore in terms of bottom line cost – wasted money! On the contrary, a small round dry bar table not only offers the perfect table-for-two, it will fit comfortably into a recess area, slotting in a extra table where you mightn’t have before. In other words, dry bar tables equals optimised space and maximised profits!

At Cafe Furniture Melbourne we have a wide variety of dry bar tables on offer in all shapes, styles, and sizes. What’s more we’re having an April sale where you can get even more money off our products including dry bar tables. Why not log onto our Cafe Furniture Melbourne website and take a closer look yourself. Alternatively you can call us on 03 9357 9688 to find out more.