NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Was able to get the Trees machines cleaned thoroughly this morning, but had beer deliveries etc. to coordinate (and some odds and ends to tend to) so I will get to the lobby machines tomorrow morning first thing when I get in. Speaking of deliveries - the elevator repair guys got things back up and running right in the nick of time and there were no issues with portage. - IP The Coke service ticket got closed last night when they called me back. They are sending us a replacement kit for the lobby bar gun piece that broke off. I also asked them to put in a swag request with the sales department since we sell so much Diet Coke. -LB Customer Comments:  A gentleman came down to Trees when I was doing some R&D and had complained it had been over 30 minutes since he got his drink and popcorn. I asked his seat number, he didn't know it, but said he was in the last row in theater 4. So I went up there. Bayly had that theater. I said you have someone waiting for ...

Manager Communication:   Gus is back and answering the phone lines.-LB Had a very constructive meeting about Fall menu change.  Gus called NuCo. I submitted a ticket on Coke service    39266501  for our lobby bar gun that has a cracked coupler and tube broken. -LB Got to almost every outstanding thing for tomorrow, but have yet to think of a possible back-up name for the End of Oak Street drink - will figure it out tomorrow. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Bar was hoppin. Lydia and Darius rocked it out - Lydia cranked out the service tickets and Darius did his charming thing behind the bar. The team is really stepping up all across the board, and Trees lounge is busy every single night. Woohoo! - IP Hiring/Training: Just a general shout out to all the new servers who really seem to be fitting right in and making this very busy few weeks as seamless as possible. - IP 86ed / counts on items:  Just reminder no more red ale at all.-LB Prep List:  blonde in ...

Manager Communication:  Well this morning started out with bartending the Theater 1 rush and then sprinting to help break up the fight in the theater. Manic Monday.-LB The rain packed Trees with soaking wet softball players for the majority of the evening. The theaters grew steadily throughout the night and wow, yeah - another crazy Monday. - IP Lauren got the COGS sheet done for the "End of Oak Street" drink special, and I made the build sheet. It's in the first run specials folder in the drive, I also printed out a copy and left it on the desk in the office. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Tevon, Greg and Lydia got absolutely ambushed by all of the local softball teams simultaneously while we still had very busy drink rushes, and as per usual, they crushed. Lydia stuck it out to help Greg through the last theater pushes and then after Trees cleared out it was a pretty steady close. - IP FOH Staff Observations: The runner team absolutely killed it tonight. We were surpris...

Manager Communication: Busy open with Wyatt. Catvideo Fest and Spiderman both sold out to start the day, further being complicated by a callout. The frozen machines were accidentally turned back to cold at some point during the open, so we had a brief moment where we had to hold service on Firewalks, but they froze up shortly thereafter and began to behave themselves. - IP Customer Comments: BAR Staff Observations: Greg and Danny opened - Tevon came in at 10:30. If Sam had let me know he was too ill to work a half an hour earlier, I could've pushed Tevon back to accomodate the later dearth of bartenders - but Sam texted me about five minutes before Tevon walked in the door. I've been making sure to provide ample opportunities for breaks to keep the staff we do have here as fresh as possible for the dinner rounds. Fortunately, the evening looks as though it's peak will be within the dinner time window which shouldn't over-work anyone too much. - IP Jeshua and Tevon ar...

Manager Communication:  Busy first round in the big theaters, but after the second round began in Th2 we had a decent lull to make sure bars were prepped heavy and whoever wanted a break got one.   The timing between Th1/2 seatings was fairly spread out throughout the day, so the service pass at Trees never got backed up and we had a good flow of glassware restocking throughout the day.   Seven bartenders is really the ideal number of bartenders on a Saturday, so we never missed a beat.  BAR Staff Observations: Greg, Matthew, + Natasha were well into the first round when I got in, and the day passed by fairly quickly.  I cut Matthew shortly after Sam got in, and then got Greg out of here once Lydia arrived.  Natasha floated down to lobby and provided coverage for Jeshua to grab family meal and then take a break, and then she was out of here. Evening crew at Trees were great tonight, even with a very busy schedule.  Sam took the lead on servi...

Manager Communication: We are low on peelers for the bar. I ordered some from Amazon that should be coming in on Sunday. It's labeled under my name and we can have this as a little backup stash when the others break. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations: The Aloha Friday team killed it today as always. Peeps was gangsta and shoutout to all of them for making my shift so much smoother. - AB2 Hiring/Training: Michael was not a fan of PJ for day 5. More info in FOH Blog - AB2 Prep List:  Looking pretty set going into another Spidey weekend. JH I did a 4x of Iced Tea Concentrate. We may need Simple Syrup tomorrow. I was unable to get to it tonight. - AB2 Ordering/Receiving/Shipping:  Baldor + Empire + Skurnik + Union arrived. JH Maintenance:  Updated Ariel and other managers about the nitrogen tank situation, so that everyone knows that it will just be a momentary disruption when we need to attach the new tank. JH I attached the new tank. - AB2 Mobilebytes Issues:  Tevon acciden...