NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Busy ticket sales today but nothing felt overwhelming. I came in a bit early to fill us up on Lemonade, Froco, and FWWM. Wyatt handled the floor and I jumped between Trees and the lobby. I put a rack of Irish coffee mugs in the back, I will try to box them, but it may have to wait til tomorrow or Tuesday. I also broke out 25 more pilsner glasses last night.-LB Vlad was super helpful and helped me burn the ice in the lobby. Found the missing Allen wrenches, they were in a bag with the hoses, if we can be diligent about putting things back.-LB Customer Comments: BAR Staff Observations: Nat was on autopilot (in a good way - she's just locked in always) and Greg took care of some decently busy Th. 1/2 rushes. The night crew took over with ease - Natasha batched some stuff. Jeshua, Patrick and Darius rocked it so hard tonight while I multitasked a lot of stuff. We have big shoes to fill for this bar team. Love the Sundays. Natasha batching to help us get ready f...

Manager Communication: Awesome open. Classic. Wyatt crushed. Everything was super smooth. Customer Comments:  BAR Staff Observations: Nice little pop at Trees for an imprompu birthday party at Trees post movie. Team handled it easily with busy theater rushes. -LB FOH Staff Observations: Alex S. was running trays for theater 2 when they were in theater 1, great teamwork. Lots of helpful action from all the servers tonight.-LB Hiring/Training: Sick Leave/ Call outs: Carly :( Bar Meeting Agenda notes:  ISI tutorial for bartender meeting. 86ed / counts on items:  Al's is on a count. EVT is now Logical conclusion but no one needs to know.  Prisma is backing up the Rose at the bars, will need more Prisma.  Prep List: Whipped Cream, Old Fashioned Keg I made 3 Frocos, I did a test with citric acid, it was too sour so I am pulling back the recipe for menu launch but should solve the flat soda taste going forward. Thanks to Chef Stewart- LB R&D comp checks: 11.00 sp...

Manager Communication: Chill open. Jenn stayed around because I had a meeting. Smooth sailing through and through -GS Was a busy little Friday and the team was firing on all cylinders. Wyatt and James were on top of the theater calls, and we all pitched in a little to help with the sold-out flips in the big theaters. No security tonight so I stuck around to do the walk-through etc. so James could focus on the close. - IP Customer Comments: Lots of babies in Trees. My friend Ben showed up with his kid Remi. Fun times all around.  -GS BAR Staff Observations: Charlie opened. Did a much better job than last week.  -GS Seconded for Charlie - bar was well set by the time I got in. He and Matthew rocked some very busy service rushes for Hail Mary. Tevon stuck around and bopped between Trees and Lobby and I got him outta here before 8:30. Charlie ended up staying through the end of the 9:30 Hail Mary rush and left at 10p. Matthew is a machine behind the bar. So so strong. Ga...

Manager Communication: Jared, Becca and me at night. Dream team. Customer Comments: Had some nice pops in Trees. Right before Swordfish it was very busy. BAR Staff Observations: Pro crew tonight. Everyone crushed. Got Greg out super early FOH Staff Observations: Anthony was being really annoying tonight. On his phone a lot. I called him on it multiple times. If he does it tomorrow I'm writing him up. Hiring/Training: Sick Leave/ Call outs: Special Events? Staff Meeting Agenda notes: 86ed / counts on items: We 86ed Mr. & Mrs Tom Collins. I made the executive decision to make a small keg of 30. Prep List: R&D comp checks: Over/Short on Banks: The bank was $100 over, however upon further inspection it appears as though someone did two payouts for $50 each for the talent, but didn't pull the $. I pulled the money and did a payout, so I just did a pay in at the end of the night and it all worked out. Pay Outs: $100- Cinema Event Hosts Ordering/Receiving/Shipping: CW c...

Manager Communication:  Menu change accumulation of stuff has commenced. We are in great shape for next week. Excited to get Fresh.-LB BAR Staff Observations:  Singani event went smoothly, and now we have a two week break while NWB hosts '90s + '00s.  Got Tevon out of here once Trees folks headed in to Th1, and then Matthew stuck around for the service push and to do a restock for Trees before getting out of here.  Both Gabrielle and Jeshua were great at each bar, and closed without issue. JH FOH Staff Observations:  Just a note that Anthony was really on top of all three theaters on the first floor for the final round.  Lots of positivity and great communication. JH Special Events?  Do the Right thing,  The Singani HH at Trees was relatively mellow, and the screening went well.  We ran through The Color of Pomegranates we had batched, and have a fair amount of the Sal's special left over (it was brought back to the walk in). JH 86ed / counts...

Manager Communication: Chill non-Trivia Tuesday. Bar meeting was great - good to have Gus back! Menu change is feeling really locked in. Should be pretty straightforward to get us over the finish line. - IP Customer Comments: A guest earnestly asked me today why our gin selection is so small if our sign claims that Trees Lounge claims to be "The Best Gin Joint in All the World". He at least seemed sheepish when I politely pointed out that it's a Casablanca reference, and we are, after all, a movie theater. You can't make this stuff up, folks. - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Lydia was super helpful and sorted all the letters for our upcoming menu change for the draft boards at Trees Lounge.-LB Gave Charlie some help and some tips for closing Trees without help. He can be a little all over the place, so I helped to streamline things for him - he picked it up quick and I think it'll become muscle memory soon enough. - IP Charlie and Tevon handled Trees and Lydia was o...