NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: I added a couple magnets to DW2 station for a cue sheet to be placed. This is going to now be a location for MOD's to place cue sheets going forward. - AB2 Dion cut their finger pretty good using the peeler. They had to step off the floor and go to City MD, so I had to have more of a presence on the floor and was not able to get as much batching done. - AB2 During the intermission of the double feature the operational urinals in the Trees men's room overflowed again. Markenson and I cleaned up the water on the floor, and once the bathroom rush ended, and the urinals had a chance to catch up, there was no leakage. I think the drains to the urinals themselves might be clogged - or they are not draining fast enough to empty the bowl before overflowing when they are in constant usage. It's either too much water coming out too fast or not enough is able to go down fast enough. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Jeshua was unaware that he was scheduled to work t...

Manager Communication: Smooth Opening. Wyatt and I got things going right away. -GS Well it was full moon fever here today.  A very upset woman came to Lobby trying to find her friend's tickets to No Other Choice at 5:30, it was about 6pm. I found her ticket and located her friend. The woman began sobbing uncontrollably again on the third floor, so I got her friend outside.  Didn't want her to disturb the film or be a nonwelcome friend.  Her friend sat with her, I had to hustle back to the bar to help the rush and asked Dion to bring them passes.  The upset guest was also pretty drunk as she vomited all over the third floor bathroom. At the same time Josef was trying to find out what we were playing soon and it was not a great time.  Sundays are like Saturdays until about 8pm. -LB I think that we should have a quick meeting with the bar managers after the all-manager meeting on Wednesday. I think we can go over the system for the new cambros and the new coffee ...

Manager Communication:  It does feel like this Saturday was busy enough to warrant another bar body. We were really busy all night at Trees, daytime I heard was pretty busy as well. Jeshua had sold out theaters downstairs and was somewhat resistant to Jared's help again. I opted to go down to support since the three upstairs were resetting and still slammed front-facing.   We were likely slightly affected by not having Jenn around during the early pushes to help achieve max efficiency.  But happy to see lots of new faces in the lobby and upstairs, just want to give them a great experience.-LB Pretty busy throughout the day, throughout the building. New movies and celebrated movies from last year plus cold weather equals business is good.--LB BAR Staff Observations:  Bar team gave absolute hustle today. Natasha, Greg and Matthew kept things grooving all day with no issue. Then Matthew batched and Natasha got some more batching in after Greg restocked both bars a...

Manager Communication: Opened up the igloo building with Jenn, Jess and Gil. Matthew and Tevon got waylaid by the MTA for a bit, so I got them a head start on opening the bars while Jenn did inventory.  First round was slow, but dinner round numbers look a little better. - IP I heard Greg was not feeling well. Matthew said he can come in earlier tomorrow if we need him.- AB2 BAR Staff Observations: Tevon and Matt arrived a little late, but the stock from last night, courtesy of Natasha, made opening a total breeze.  Tevon started to faded a little by the time family meal came up, so I cut him and hopped behind the bar until Ariel and Natasha arrived. - IP Was able to get Matthew before 11. Natasha and Gabrielle crushed and closed Lobby & Tree's. - AB2 Prep List: Made a batch of Hot Bananas with the substitute rums, but we now have the proper ingredients so going forward we are good to go.   I made another batch of Dream Big - keep eyes on the Peace and Respite ...

Manager Communication:  All bar binders are updated with the Hot Bananas recipe sheet, and build sheets for the bar are printed, cut, and ready to be posted tomorrow. JH Big shouts to Dion for helping me with the kegs in the walk-in. Tidied up the Walk-in -GS Customer Comments: Trees had a nice crowd. There was a group of Park Slope dads that hung out for like 3 hours. Was consistently busy throughout the night. -GS BAR Staff Observations: Natasha beasted Trees tonight.  Tevon wasn't feeling well so we sent him home probably around 6pm. I didn't think there would be much traffic outside of the 9-5 crowd, but boy was I wrong. I was behind the bar from like 7:30 to 11:30. Jeshua is such a pro as well, he did a lot of cleaning in Lobby bar. We could have used another bartender tonight, but it didn't get busy till I cut everyone so the bartender was me. I'm glad my arms still work. -GS FOH Staff Observations: Everyone was really locked in tonight. -GS Special Events: Dolly...

Manager Communication: The coffee maker/hot water spigot at Trees has been fixed! It's fully operational and we will have updated SOP for coffee making very soon. - IP I texted Matthew this, but so everyone knows what is going on regarding the 14th st. gas leak: National Grid has a temporary fix on the gas leak that started on Saturday. They cannot permanently fix it until it warms up outside.  They may come and ask to do readings in our basement to check the concentration of gas that has gotten down there since there is some gas leaking that can't escape the ground. There was a hole drilled Saturday to allow this gas to vent out.  They do not think they will drill more holes, but make sure to contact Matthew if that is something they mention.-LB I ordered 2 cases of rocks glasses and 2 cases of pint glasses from Webstaurant since we have no back ups.-LB Keg tapping tutorial today. It is unfortunate that you can't practice tapping on our empties since they are still pressur...