BarSmart.com is a website that caters to the nightlife crowd and seeks to catalogue every bar, pub, restaurant, nightclub or establishment that serves alcohol. We offer reviews, photos and user commentary on every aspect of an establishment that can affect your nightlife experience along with news about the hottest districts and information on local bands.

We are here for you, the reader, and our mission is to give you as much information as possible about your next night out on the town.
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We use sources both public and private to create the most complete nightspot database on the Internet. Our site is updated frequently to reflect new openings, closings or anything else that can affect your experience.

Unfortunately sometimes we do make errors, and we welcome your feedback to correct them. If you find any mistakes on our site, please let us know by sending mail to reviews@barsmart.com. We research every email we receive and post the updated information as soon as possible.
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With so many establishments out there it's difficult to review them all, but we try to keep our reviews as up to date as possible, giving the bigger or more popular bars frequent reviews because their specials and events tend to change more often. If you see an event or special you like, be sure to call the bar first for specific details.
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There is no fee to add a legally licensed drinking establishment to our searchable database. We want to get your information to the public, and we couldn't do that if we charged you for listing your establishment. We will also send out a representative to conduct a free interview and review of your establishment.

We do allow local bars to advertise through our site as well, so if you want even more exposure please contact sales@barsmart.com for more information.
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We sure do! However we won't accept any money until after the bar has been given a fair review. We would rather lose potential advertisers then lose faithful readers who trust us to give them the complete picture. Besides, we feel that bars with really negative reviews should spend their money on improvements, not advertising.
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Improve the bar conditions, lower the drink prices, hire more staff, or improve your current staff. A bar could also expand their drink selection, offer more micro brews, or even wash the windows more often. There are a lot of things that we rate, and a bar's overall rating number is based on the average of all of these things.

If a bar is seriously interested in improving their rating and making more money, BarSmart does have a consulting service that will come in, analyze their business and work with them on improving the size of their crowd. Contact sales@barsmart.com for more information.
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Because 5 is average. These bars are nice to visit, but they have either many small flaws or several critical flaws that have brought their overall score down. Too many bars will specialize in one thing, only to ignore another. For instance, if you have a great dance floor and security team, but your bathrooms are small and your drink selection is limited, your rating will come out to be average. A 1 is nearly impossible to obtain and on the same note so is a 10.

In the future, user ratings will also change what a bar rating is, so if a bar has a lot of fans that will count as well.
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We are constantly growing and always accepting resumes. You should be warned however that it's not all fun and games, in fact, its time consuming and extremely detail-oriented. Applicants should have a professional appearance, good writing skills, their own transportation, their own computer, their own digital camera and a very social nature. You are not expected to drink alcohol , so non-drinkers are welcome to apply as well. Send your resume and a sample review to jobs@barsmart.com for more information.
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Yes, please check our 'Jobs' area for more information on what jobs are available, and what qualifications are necessary.
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