- All I know is work.
It keeps me happy and alive.
Anything you want that can be done in a bar
can be done inside the bus.
I can do cocktails.
I can do wine.
I can do beer.
Hi, I'm Gomez and I created Grain & Garnish.
Grain & Garnish is a mobile bar.
Outside of the bus, it just looks like a regular school bus.
It's painted black, but when you get inside,
it's beautiful and it can go anywhere.
Houses, apartments, parties, weddings.
First thing they have to do is tell me the amount of people,
what kind of experience they want,
craft cocktails or they want just standard stuff.
Any place anybody is welcome to bring it, I'll be there.
In order for someone to hire me,
they have to purchase the liquor separate.
The only thing I'm selling is my expertise
and my bartending skills.
I bought the bus three years ago.
I was consistently working so I didn't have time
to really work on the bus. But once COVID hit,
I had time because I lost my job.
The idea came from food trucks.
I saw food trucks but I'd never really seen a bar bus.
So, I created the bar bus just based on the fact
that I wanted to create something that
I didn't know existed.
So, I'd seen a tap car before
and I thought it was a great idea.
So, I created my own.
It's my daily driver now.
So, I got my start at a local bar.
I started as a cook and then I asked many times
to try to become a bartender, but the owner said
I didn't have the right personality.
He's either wanted like very attractive women
or guys that knew about sports, and I am neither of those.
But eventually someone got let go,
so they were in a pinch and they moved me up to server.
Now, being a bartender for eight years
and all the bars that I've worked at,
that has shaped me as a person very drastically.
I'm still not the best at talking.
I'm a lot better than I was before.
I'm subbing maple syrup for honey
just to add a little bit different complexity to the drink.
I thought craft cocktails were for like
twirly mustache guys and just people that really
had a chip on their shoulders.
It turns out you can just look like a regular dude,
have a bunch of tattoos, and just do awesome stuff.
I fell in love with it and it really
pushed me forward at that bar.
I wouldn't be where I am today without that place.
The day starts off with checking emails
and it's to see what events people would like
and once I get through emails,
hanging out with my dog, Beethoven.
He's a little rascal.
We don't really plan stuff every day.
We just kind of just wake up and do
what we want to do, because life's life.
My support system, when times are pretty tough,
my girlfriend Kylie,
Kylie is very good.
She knows when to give me my space and she knows when
to be around me if I'm having a tough one.
I've been very fortunate to have
very good friends and family.
Before the website service, it was just all word of mouth,
but I've had people all over Seattle now emailing me
for my services, which wouldn't be possible without GoDaddy.
So, GoDaddy has really helped my business grow.
There's always something you don't enjoy,
but there's nothing that really sticks out
that I absolutely hate 'cause I mean, I'm doing what I love.
It makes me happy, even if it's not enjoyable,
I'm still enjoying it because it's mine
and I built it from scratch.
If you don't love what you do and you want to
just do something for money, that's fine.
This has nothing to do with money, for me.
It's just building a company from scratch.
I was very passionate about cocktails and being mobile
and being able to like cater to people's needs.
Being passionate and very happy are
something you should strive for, not only just in life,
but when you're trying to start a business.
That's what I built the business on.
Money comes and goes, but if you're happy,
then you're successful.
To call myself an entrepreneur is very weird.
I never thought it would be a thing.
I always thought it'd be just working for other people
but then once I started doing the bus, I got a real taste
of working for myself and it's pretty amazing.
I'm talking with my chef friend.
So, what we want to do is have
intimate dinners inside the bus.
We're going to drive to either people's houses
or go to remote locations.
So, my friend will cook outside the bus
in a canopy area and I'll be building the cocktails
inside the bus and it'll be real fancy dinners.
One of the main things that I would love
to do is start satellite companies.
That's the main dream is just to grow the business,
to be all over the country.
Grain & Garnish across America.