NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Well we came, we cleaned, we conquered. Not much more to say.-LB More details in the FOH Blog, but the internet went out in the building justttttt as the USA-Bosnia was wrapping up. James + Becca were on top of the issue once it was noticed and were super communicative with all departments. James was on the phone with tech help and they did all the trouble shooting that they could. Ultimately, we were unable to get the internet back up and running for the rest of service, so we made some adjustments.  For bar, Lobby was just about to close, so no sales were impacted. I was up at Trees and explained the situation to guests (who were in a good mood and gearing up to head out), and we will be able to add their tips to their tabs when we are ultimately able to close them out.  We could not open any of the cash drawers, so I had bartenders gather up their cash tips and mark which cc tips had and had not been entered.  I’m going to stick around and help ...

Manager Communication:   I was in 4/6 and noticed a gross amount of spores on the fridge that they keep root beer and condiments in. I took Gus up to show him and we found that the entire gasket is caked with black mold. This would be a major DOH violation. We will steam it with our new cleaning toy tomorrow, but this needs to be side work that gets assigned. Along with there being a brown puddle on the bottom of the fridge, the gaskets need to be wiped down with sanitizer twice a week. I suspect the spores blossomed on the outside of the fridge recently since the air conditioning has stopped working, but it is pretty alarming people working in this industry didn't notice or care to do something about it.-LB Ticket sales were regular for a Tuesday, but Drag Bingo brought in a good crowd. Becca and Christine were awesome on the floor tonight. Christine patrolled the first floor and took a LOT of reps on Filmbot / ticketing queries. - IP BAR Staff Observations: The whole team di...

Manager Communication:   We got fresh Arbol Chiles, so they may be a bit spicy everybody.-LB The A-frame is back outside. I have new colorful chalk coming. I will put it in a small box for lobby bar and we can get creative promoting different events and writing quotes.-LB Trees was slammed with a triple whammy of World Cup, Volo and Benedetta BDSM Show - Tevon was on to batch early, and so I got him out around 8:15 - therefore we only had one bartender upstairs for the busiest portion of the evening. I helped get Lydia through the worst of it, but it disallowed me from being able to run away to change kegs and sodas - Major assist from Christine and Wyatt who were able to grab those odds and ends while I was behind the bar. When we get our new trainee up and running this will hopefully get itself sorted. - IP Customer Comments: The Volo people showed up with several different groups. - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Whenever we have a 9p or later event on a day we traditionally ...

Manager Communication: Opened with Wyatt. Took GF Soda off charge - she's good to go! Ticket sales are slightly more lean than yesterday, but we should see some good walk-in business from the Independence Day Parade and Pride Parade going on today. - IP Spoke to Vlad about all the floor drains and he is going to get down to business with me on Wednesday with those and also remind his team to be diligent about checking and cleaning them. I will put the preventive fly sticks in the drain after since they might be jeopardized in this process. -LB The lobby bar and Trees keys are now completely both gone. Tevon is in before me to start his batch shift. We really need replacements for these, Michael always needs to borrow mine. Just in case Jess isn't doing Admin here I have a secret hiding spot for my key so he can start his batch shift on time.-LB Customer Comments: We had a wedding after party come in around 10:15pm to Trees Lounge to which I had no heads up.  I told them we wou...

Manager Communication: PLEASE empty the Sani bucket at the end of the night. If we are going to keep fruit flies in check, leaving buckets of water and wet rags won't help.-LB Opened up with Rebecca. Good sales for Toy Story in theater 1 all day. The small freezer under the cocktail station in Trees was left open last night and totally froze over, so I emptied it out and chipped out all the frost. She's fresh and ready to freeze! - IP I really want to remind the bar team to restock a bottle they kill. Having to get on a step ladder during a dinner rush to hunt for Hennessy, when you may or may not even have a back up. I will add this to the par stock list that I am working on. Bottles out may be part of their drop procedure or something for Trees to prevent this. -LB We have more menu holders for Trivia and special events at Trees. They are in a small Tupperware that needs to just STAY AT TREES. Don't bring it to the back. Just leave it at the bar. -LB Unsurprisingly this n...

Manager Communication: Pretty chill open. Please be mindful when putting kegs on a charge. Sometimes they do not sit fully in and do not charge. When connecting new kegs, can we please connect one furthest from the wall/closest to you. When the keg that is connected is closest to the wall, it makes it the most difficult to change since you have to reach over all other kegs. - AB2 Customer Comments: Knibbs had some regulars from another bar come in. They were very nice. World Cup drew a bit of a crowd BAR Staff Observations: Matthew is the man. Knibbs and Tevon straight bodied a busy rush for the last round. We had softball peeps, World Cup fans, and a busy midtown (TH1/TH2) come in all at once and we handled that. Gabrielle did her thing solo in Lobby with help from Dwight. I am big proud of the crew tonight. - AB2 Sick Leave/ Call outs: Jeshua. Feel better mane. - AB2 Prep List: Gotta batch a Margarita Keg and Old Fashioned keg tomorrow. I have the kegs cleaned out and ready in the...