NPP Bar Blog

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...

Manager Communication:  All hands on deck sort of day.-LB  Pretty busy day, particularly as the smaller theaters continue to do really well and drink rushes are kind of extended between servers/guests getting acquainted with codes+Toast. JH BAR Staff Observations: Everyone was exhausted as the day ended up being much busier into the last round than expected.  Jeshua held down lobby solo for the majority of the night, and both Gabrielle + Sam ended up sticking around until ST&B had gotten through its initial service push.  Once they were out of here, Greg made quick work of the bar and both he and Jeshua got out of here without issue. JH Special Events? The Q&A in Th1 pushed into ST&B opening, so Trees was packed for a while with waiting guests during the flip.  The crowd definitely came to drink, we ran through almost all of the milk (whole + oat) that we had in the building, and will need to batch more Cuckoo Bananas. JH 86ed / counts on items: 86 ...

Manager Communication: Put out a case of shot glasses, pints, rocks, new ice bucket, bullets for picklebacks. -LB Set for the meeting tomorrow. Everything is made and ready except for JImmy the Gent. New frozen machine is filled with the two new frozens - I wasn't able to fully test the freeze, but whoever is in first can just turn the machine to slush and by the time the meeting starts they should be good to go. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Gab and Danny work very well together. Sam has a pretty bad attitude a lot of the time and could make a concerted effort to work towards some warmer customer service. Jeshua was set it and forget it in the lobby as per usual. Smooth night. - IP FOH Staff Observations: Gil crushing it in theater 4/6/-LB 86ed / counts on items: Officially 86 High Noon and Stout Cans. - IP Prep List: double batch bloody concentrate, hibiscus tea, Suck it Nature, Iced Tea Concentrate, last two cheaters for new menu. -LB Demerara, honey syrup.-LB I made more simple...

Manager Communication: Gus went to town with the Spinzall and other preparatory measures for the forthcoming menu change. The clarified ginger whiskey is gonna slap. - IP Gotham Shorts had a good afterparty crowd for the first block of shorts. Other than that and a well sold dinner round, it was a relatively chill night. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Gotham Shorts had a thirsty crowd after the first bloc. Lydia stuck around to help with the theater rush and Tevon and Darius handled the after-screening drinkers easily. Greg cruised through lobby. - IP Prep List: After the bars went to bed I got a jump on some menu change stuff - made batches of How to Train Your Dragon, Pineapple Express and ORANGE MOCHA FRAP - but couldn't find enough Creme de Cacao, so the batch is labeled "NEEDS 12oz CREME DE CACAO". Tomorrow we'll need to make more demerara and then an OF keg. - IP Over/Short on Banks: Lobby bar was "over" $19.60, but then when we did the shift review i...