barstaff

Noun

barstaff (plural barstaff)

1. (plural, singular) The staff of a bar.
   • He is well known for providing practical on-premise service information that managers and servers, including barstaff, can take back and use immediately. […] Today, he manages a barstaff of seven at the 220-seat restaurant, which he says has a 46-seat bar area that is packed every night.1981, Denise Schnurr (article author), Market Watch, volume 22, pages 28 and 30
   • Beer is now so expensive that the kitty system has all but replaced the old habit of buying rounds, and barstaff are used to being asked for an empty glass.1998, Ted Bruning, Historic Pubs of London, Passport Books, published 2000, →ISBN, page 17
2. (rare) A member of staff of a bar.
   • The cocktail barstaff must be a responsible person versed in the skills of shaking and stirring cocktails and should have a thorough knowledge of all alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, the ingredients necessary for the making of cocktails and of the licensing laws.1983, D R Lillicrap, “The food and beverage service area staff”, in Food and Beverage Service, 2nd edition, Edward Arnold, published 1987, →ISBN, page 9
   • It wasn’t just a scuffle between two people who’d had too much to drink, these were sober people sat in a corner and all of a sudden off it would go, they’d leather somebody or turn on a customer, or go for a barstaff and then they’d be gone.2003, Dick Hobbs, Philip Hadfield, Stuart Lister, Simon Winlow, quoting Pauline, “Market Force: Class, Violence, and Liminal Business on the Night-time Frontier”, in Bouncers: Violence and Governance...