Michael S. Berry
Oceanside
Summary
Motivated, service-orientated bartender with 20 years of high-volume restaurant experience. Extensive wine, beer and cocktail knowledge. Organized, independent worker with strong time management skills. Detail-oriented and able to learn new tasks quickly and effectively. Contagious personality.
Professional hospitality expert with proven skills in mixing and serving beverages, managing bar inventory, and ensuring customer satisfaction. Strong focus on team collaboration, adaptability, and achieving high-quality results. Skilled in providing exceptional service, handling high-pressure situations, and maintaining clean and organized workspace. Known for reliability, flexibility, and creating positive experiences for patrons.
Looking to use my extensive experience with customer service in a new career in Landscape, Customer Service, Construction, Very open to using my current abilities and adapting to a new position.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Bartender
GIGI'S BY THE PIER
San Clemente, CA
09.2025 - Current
- Bartender at a popular brunch spot right across the street from the san clemente pier. My duties include preparing fresh lime, lemon, grapefruit juices as well as making all necessary syrups from scratch such as orgeat, simple, mint simple, ginger simple etc. My opening shifts also include making sure all of our pars are correct as far as beer, wines, liquor and all fresh garnishes and juices. My closing shifts persist of breaking down both wells cleaning bottles refiling juices stocking beer, wine and liquor. Another task is wiping down the entire bar and reach in coolers as well as discard all garnishes that have not been used by the end of the night. My closing duties also include checking out servers and make sure they are done correctly. I am also responsible for all nightly Z reports and cash drops.
Bartender
333 PACIFIC
Oceanside, CA
05.2024 - 08.2025
- Bartender at a high volume martini/wine bar. Create high end cocktails for bar guests have a knowledge for our extensive wine list. Stay up to date for our ever changing nightly food specials. Work the well during our always busy happy hour and get drinks out to customers in a timely fashion. Maintain a clean bar stock wine/beer and liquor at the end of each shift.
Bartender/Server
FLYING PIG PUB & KITCHEN
Oceanside, CA
05.2023 - 04.2024
- Bartender/server in a very popular busy local restaurant. Maintain a clean organized work space. Responsible for making drinks for servers as well as bar customers. Take food and drink orders for bar tables. Close out all tabs for customers. Close out all tabs for the night and responsible for doing tips as well the daily bank.
Bartender/Server
THE FISH MARKET
San Diego, CA
04.2020 - 05.2023
- Bartender/server in a very high volume restaurant. Assist with liquor, beer and wine inventory/organization. Close out of all beer, wine, liquor and food sales per shift. Responsible for restocking all beer, wine and liquor in the main bar and service bar. Cleaning of the bar thoroughly and tip out for all employees that assisted throughout the shift.
Bartender/Server
FLYING PIG PUB & KITCHEN
Oceanside, CA
06.2019 - 03.2020
- Responsible for serving tables in a fast friendly manner, running food, bussing tables as well as making craft cocktails and creating drink specials. Closed all operations nightly responsibilities included counting all cash at the end of service, credit card batches, restocking, cleaning the dining room and bar area, tipped all employees in the tip pool at the end of service.
Bartender/Server
GORDON BIERSCH
LV, NV
03.2018 - 08.2019
- Bartender/server in a structured and organized work atmosphere. Gained close relationships with business locals. Coordinated busy nights with live music. Educated significantly on the process of producing tap beers made specially by Gordon Biersch on site. Effectively served tables during high volume convention season.
Bartender
NACHOS GRANDE
LAHAINA, MAUI, HI
02.2017 - 02.2018
- Bartender in a very high-volume locals bar. Responsibilities included making specialty house cocktails according to the recipes, changing and rotating kegs, keeping a clean and organized work area, organizing liquor deliveries, stocking bottle beers at the end of every shift, balance drawer at end of the night, settle batch for all credit card transactions for the night, as well as being responsible for all cash for the nightly drop as well as closing down the bar.
Bartender
TIPSY COW
WOODINVILLE, WA
09.2016 - 11.2017
- Dedicated worker, reliable coworker and excellent customer service. Clean and efficient bartender, very knowledgeable of all liquors, wine and beer. Identified and solved all issues regarding; improving sales and customer satisfaction. Consistently maintained high performance during all peak business hours. Efficiently opened and closed all bar operations daily. Maintained full knowledge of happy hour and full menu ingredients.
Bartender
PARADISE GRILL
LAHAINA, HI
11.2015 - 06.2016
- Served each guest with a sincere, positive, pleasant and enthusiastic attitude. Maintained full knowledge of all menu items, contents and preparation methods. Prepared mixed drinks, poured wine, beer, and non-alcoholic beverages for high volume happy hour. Managed money behind the bar. Maintained bar stock and replenished daily as necessary. Performed closing duties including; cleaning, sanitizing, restocking, managing server drops and closing all bar tills.
Bar Manager
KOA’S SEASIDE GRILL
LAHAINA, HI
05.2013 - 11.2015
- Bar Manager: provided quality service to guests while maintaining a pleasant and friendly experience for our guests. Maintained full knowledge for bar and menu items. Delivered food and beverage orders within established time-frames. Ordered all liquor and beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages along with all other inventoried items for front of house, created weekly schedule for servers and bartenders. Broke down bar after service. Responsible for all transactions and bar tabs. Stocked bar daily and performed closing duties including cleaning, sanitizing, and replenishing.
Bartender
LULU’S KIHEI
09.2011 - 05.2012
- Created weekly schedules for bartenders. Prepared and submitted nightly bank deposits. Directed and supervised staff performance. Counted and balanced registers. Evaluated employee performance. Grew revenue by improving sales and service strategies. Assisted guest with making menu choices in a helpful and informative fashion. Regularly checked on guests with positive and informative knowledge.
Landscape construction foreman
DESERT BLAZE LANDSCAPE MESA
MESA, AZ
08.2008 - 08.2011
- Landscape construction foreman. My duties as the foreman were to finalize the design the customer created to there satisfaction on where they would like to have the fire pits curbing, pavers, trees, sod, rock and even designing pools if those were in the plans. After approval from the customer my team and i would mark everything per the blueprints and were in constant contact to make sure the client was satisfied with the locations that they had requested for all of the installation. Another responsibility and most important was following safety guidelines for my crew and myself and equally leaving each project with a satisfied customer.
Education
High School Diploma - General Education
BYU Online
01.2002
Skills
- Professional Profile: Extensive knowledge of wine, beer, and cocktails; strong organizational, time management, and customer service skills
- Qualifications: Outstanding customer service, suggestive selling, accounting, inventory/ordering knowledge, management and cash handling experience
- Customer service
- Strong multitasking
- Highly reliable
- Team player attitude
- Clear and effective communication
- Patience and tolerance
Key Highlights
Extensive knowledge of wine, beer, and cocktails; strong organizational, time management, and customer service skills., Outstanding customer service, Suggestive selling, Accounting, Inventory/ordering knowledge, Management and cash handling experience
Timeline
Bartender
GIGI'S BY THE PIER
09.2025 - Current
Bartender
333 PACIFIC
05.2024 - 08.2025
Bartender/Server
FLYING PIG PUB & KITCHEN
05.2023 - 04.2024
Bartender/Server
THE FISH MARKET
04.2020 - 05.2023
Bartender/Server
FLYING PIG PUB & KITCHEN
06.2019 - 03.2020
Bartender/Server
GORDON BIERSCH
03.2018 - 08.2019
Bartender
NACHOS GRANDE
02.2017 - 02.2018
Bartender
TIPSY COW
09.2016 - 11.2017
Bartender
PARADISE GRILL
11.2015 - 06.2016
Bar Manager
KOA’S SEASIDE GRILL
05.2013 - 11.2015
Bartender
LULU’S KIHEI
09.2011 - 05.2012
Landscape construction foreman
DESERT BLAZE LANDSCAPE MESA
08.2008 - 08.2011
High School Diploma - General Education
BYU Online