NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication:  Trivia put in some great work unloading old menu product thanks to Ian's renaming 50 Year Storm-Bodhi's Revenge and Oren-Codename Cottonmouth. -LB A GOOD IDEA WAS HAD> For the AMITY LIGHT LAGER, WE WILL TURN THE COLLARS UPSIDE DOWN AND WRITE WITH A SHARPIE "AMITY" This will distinguish the kegs apart. The collar is the little paper wrapper that goes around the keg opening. Lots of dumb vocab in our line of work. Beats tape and is very clear. -LB BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew Soler back from Europe, talked over the new menu change and Toast. He is a go-getter as always ahead of the game with good questions. -LB   Danny floated up to Trees to help with restocks and the dinner round, and was able to get out of here once the runners had gotten through their first wave of arrivals.  Matthew hung around until Attack the Block was settled, and both Gabrielle + Jeshua closed each bar without issue. JH Special Events?  Runners started t...

  Manager Communication:  Good vibes all around, meeting was on point, looking forward to events and such. Things are tight.-GS Feels like the toast scaries are settling down a little bit. Finally.-LB Trees was slammed all night, but like so many Tuesdays before, Becca and Christine kept the theater business humming along and allowed the bar team and runners to really focus in on Trivia service.  BAR Staff Observations:  Everyone is so great together. Giving each other breaks, making sure people are good. I really appreciate our team. And how they welcomed Michael to do table service tonight. -LB Michael absolutely crushed Trivia tonight. It was very busy but he made the transition to table service seamless. He is always welcome in the bar team whether that is as our Triva floor general or, as he expressed, as a bartender if ever the opportunity arises. Knibbs, Darius and Tevon kicked ass behind the bar. The sold out Color of Money screening had a massive drink rush ...

Manager Communication:  Really slooow open. -GS Evening remained on the slower side. Had a chance to make do a bunch of prep for Trivia tomorrow as it is likely to be very busy. Made a ton more answer packets and two batches of specials cards to display - one for 50 yr storm and the other for the O-Ren we have in the walk-in. If we want to do the Midnight Margs instead we'll just need to print out another set of specials cards. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Sam, Lydia, Tevon and Patrick were all in good spirits. It was a slower paced day for everyone and I think we all needed it! - IP FOH Staff Observations: Caitlin seems to be really on top of her game. - IP 86ed / counts on items:   Aval is 86ed till tomorrow. Draft choice is coming -GS Prep List:  Tevon made FWWM, We made 3 large things of Arbol with the tequila -GS Over/Short on Banks: Trees bank was $3 over. Also had the thing where there was a small amount "to be paid" to the house, that was accounted for, but I s...

Manager Communication: Gus, I had to dump 2 quarts of Level 0 martini from the walk-in, could not find it on Bevager to enter it into Spillage.  In line with Jared's idea of having wood at the pass to write table numbers, I put an order in for aluminum bars from Amazon, these are better as they won't get soggy. We could have one on each drink pass that really requires one. If you think this is a good idea, approve it and we can try it out.-LB Okay, I was able to clock out of Trees POS no problem but not Lobby bar. I snapped a photo and sent it to Gus, he thinks he has a fix for it. Unfortunately while I was trying to cleverly troubleshoot it on my own, I opened another two Lobby bars. They are 0.00 though.  I do like that I can go around and get payments from servers for their food with the handhelds at the end of the night. And I was able to help Harron get a food order in when she wanted to order as well, which made me happy cause I know it sucks to be hungry at work. So lov...

Manager Communication: trees quiet first two rounds Sam clocked out at 6:30pm. Toast was down when they tried to clock out. -LB Saturday nights are challenging. There is always something that derails normal service, or major call outs. It would be helpful going into cold and flu season to maybe have another manager on staff.  Working these shifts is already really hard and exhausting.  Being down people and overworking will lead to more people calling out. -LB When I did the payout for the kitchen, there were 3 Lobby bar drawers listed. I think that some of the money confusion at night's end may be coming from the cash drawers of lobby and Tree's being linked. That is my guess. If they are operating in tandem. Also, how do people keep opening multiple drawers, this seems to be an issue.-LB I posted cocktail info graphics from our power point in 4/6, 3 and 1. So servers can familiarize themselves a bit more with the new offerings.-LB Having a price list at Trees would be helpfu...

Manager Communication:  Got a ton of stuff done in the AM. When we opened every bar had all the things they needed. We had menus ready to go. Good times. Wyatt out sick so it was just James and I after Gus, Rebecca and Jared left - and suffice it to say, we crushed. The team in general is soldiering on through the stress and frustration of navigating and getting used to the new system, and everyone put in very good work tonight. - IP Customer Comments: The early leader for "favorite new drink" is without a doubt the Pineapple Express. Big ups, Darius!! - IP BAR Staff Observations: Jeshua, Knibbs and Nat crushed a busy Friday night. Jeshua seems to be a little more frazzled with the handhelds - likely due to the extremely small font size. Just something to bear in mind when we're working with him. Gab had a busy night in the lobby too - took care of business like she always does. - IP 86ed / counts on items:   Safety Glasses was on a count. Over/Short on Banks: On the lo...