NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Rebecca on Rebecca training this morning for MOD open - really awesome to have double the Rebecca here for what is shaping up to be a massive Memorial Day. Hold on to your butts! - IP Theaters were slammed and lobby traffic direction occupied most of the bar team's attentions. Trees was tame all morning and afternoon. Theater rushes were hot and heavy - everyone stepped up. Special shout out to Becca who held down the service pass while I helped Greg behind the bar - thanks, dude!! - IP Really impressive teamwork in the building today. Things I was going to get were already being brought to where they needed to be like multiple times. Everyone working together.-LB Pint glasses were in short supply this weekend. I will check levels and order more if needed but that was one thing the team kept being short on. We have one box in storage. People were imbibing this holiday weekend quite hard.-LB I have a question: in theaters we automatically add gratuity to appl...

Manager Communication: Torrents of rain all day. Already busy holiday weekend plus rainy weather walk-ins made for a very busy day! Team was firing on all cylinders, running like a well oiled machine. - IP Wyatt, James and Becca are absolutely fantastic on the floor. Slammed all day and we never missed a beat. - IP Yesterday we got multiple parties at Trees asking for share plates. This is a difficult thing for us to get sent from the kitchen. I brought up some bamboo plates that are stacked vertically next to the tea cups above the service pass.-LB The late night showtime of Boosters made for a challenging evening with the three-day weekend. We definitely could have used a 7th hand tonight since Trees was as busy as a Saturday.  Greg was salty again about not getting a break which he communicated to me while I was behind the bar getting us through the sold out 10:15pm screening. He didn't ask for one before, but when we spoke about it later, it isn't as if we had the time to ...

Manager Communication:  Brisk morning, but service never felt overwhelming and both bars sailed through the daytime hours.  Trees got a nice crowd just before the second round kicked off, but they had cleared out by about three.  Mandalorian crowd is definitely full of kids, so the service pushes have been fairly tame even when sold out. JH I broke out a box of pint glasses and a box of service trays.  I also broke out the last box of shot glasses for Trees. As with every theater being rather full, most things were out in use. We seem shy on trays.  -LB The dumbwaiter was locked tonight so we could not send dishes down from Trees to grab at the end of the night, should we include this in our email?-LB Customer Comments:  BAR Staff Observations:  Easy breezy Saturday morning.  I had Danny float between both bars during the second round so each bar had extra hands for their respective service pushes.  Once Jeshua + Lydia arrived they were both...

Manager Communication: Got ducks in a row for Matt's batching shift. Gus let me know Knibbs will not be able to make it in for his shift tonight. We have an All-star crew on, so it should hopefully present few issues. Want to be wary of holding onto Matt for too long because of his batch shift in-time - I can stick around to help out with Boosters  load-in, and we can swing Greg up to Trees to assist as well. Also, Natasha already counts as two bartenders. - IP Day was smooth. Jenn completed all batching that Matt couldn't get to before doors, so we are loaded up. Waiting on more Mango Nectar from US Foods, so Ariel grabbed some on his way in to shore up another batch of The Child for tonight. Otherwise, all product should be good to go.  The Parents of Park Slope descended upon Trees en masse. Kept trees packed from 5 all the way through to the Friday night events. - IP Solid busy night. I was able to get Matthew out of here after the dinner round settled and then got Greg o...

Manager Communication:   Smooth opening. Ian handled doors. -GS Pretty easy day. Got a lot done batching  -IP BAR Staff Observations:  Danny is really awesome! Good work across both bars this evening, very busy dinner round on all three floors.  Danny is definitely great about keeping cool no matter how busy it is, and is great about switching between the pass and guests.  However, when he is solo at the pass he goes drink by drink, which really bogs down the speed with which drinks get trayed.  All drinks are made, and made correctly, but he definitely needs to get into the habit of bundling like with like.  I brought it up to Matthew, so he could help coach him through it, and I will have leads (and myself) keep an eye on it when Danny is in for his mid shift on Saturday. JH 86ed / counts on items:  There are no more charger canisters in the liquor room for the Irish IC whipped cream. JH Prep List:  Make  Pay Outs:  $40.00 (b...

Manager Communication:  Ian and Jared had things in good shape when I arrived after my screening. -LB Hot.  The rain helped cool down outside, but no such relief at Trees or the MOD office.  It definitely did not keep people from hanging out at Trees, the fan on the floor was much appreciated.  JH BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew + Gabrielle held down a pretty busy Trees this evening, and were very good about rolling with the punches while we dealt with Palco and a busy last round seating.  Matthew made sure Gabrielle was set up for the rest of the evening, and got out of here a little before ten.  Once I rerouted the first floor, I had Darius head up to Trees in anticipation of him helping her with any guests who wanted a drink once the Th2 Q+A let out.  However, the Q+A ran over time by a fair amount, so he ended up just setting her up with a hefty pre-close.  After that, he was able to finish closing lobby and Gabrielle made quick work of ...