Professional Bartending Schools of America

We are the only bartending school in the Philadelphia Metropolitan area and the state of New Jersey that are part of Professional Bartending Schools of America. The premier chain of state-licensed bartending schools.

Our City Ave. bartending school opened in 1991. We have been training professional bartenders in the greater Philadelphia area for over 20 years. We are very proud of the great bartending jobs our graduates have received. Many of our graduates are now managers and owners of some of Philadelphia's best bars!

The Mixology Wine Institute of Philadelphia is licensed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. We view bartending as a professional career and work hard to give our students the knowledge and experience required to be a professional mixologist at Philadelphia's best bars.

Bartending Training

We teach and train you in state-of-the-art and comfortable facilities in all of our locations. Our simulated on-the-job training can allow you to become a top-notch mixologist, and as a result get the best bartending jobs.

• Bartending/Mixology - Our Mixology program teaches how to mix popular and classic drinks and gain the working knowledge of bartending duties, alcohol awareness, and customer service. The training is hands-on behind a real bar.
• Bar and Beverage Management - This program covers the operation and management of cocktail lounges and bars. It includes layout and design, equipment, control procedures, customer relations, staffing, marketing the facility, sanitation procedures, and regulations affecting operations.
• TIPS© - Training for Intervention Procedures by Servers of Alcohol - MWI offers a training session that teaches bartenders how to prevent drunk driving and misuse of alcohol.
• Flipping/Flair - Our head instructor is a showmanship master and we are excited to offer flipping and flair classes, which teach the student how to increase their tips with fun and showmanship.
• Wine - The elegant, educational, and engrossing wine seminar conducted by the Wine School of Philadelphia and tailored specifically for bartenders.

MWI offers day, evening, and weekend classes. We also cater to individual schedules.

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Job Placement

MWI offers a thorough and sophisticated Job Placement Program as a courtesy to our graduates. Our Job Placement is divided into two parts.

• Personalized Job Placement - Which is tailored to the establishments the graduate is interested in.
• Online Job Placemen - A constantly updated and easily accessible online website. Our general job resource.

Each of our graduates is also eligible to use our nationwide job placement assistance program. PBSA currently has 34 campuses of our own and have contracted with 56 additional campuses to mutually help each other's graduates.