NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: After all that, it turns out my fitting is going to be tomorrow, so I was in a little early to get the machines cleaned in case I had to leave - which is great, because Lauren is still sick. She went to the doctor and after finishing up with the machine maintenance I got the building open with James.  Very sleepy opening round with absolute rockstars Jeshua and Matthew opening - gave me a chance to get to some batching for the weekend.  Got a bunch of liquor and kegs from Southern and Union - once I had batching stuff pretty much squared away, I reorganized Liquor Island and did some solo keg Tetris. - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Easygoing night.  Jeshua held down Lobby without issue, and Matthew stuck around for the runners club and then the post-La La Land crowd.  Last round was relatively mellow, and Gabrielle sailed through her close at Trees. JH Sick Leave/ Call outs: Lauren out sick. - IP Special Events?  Runners club came throu...

Manager Communication: Talking menu stuff, looking exciting.-LB Chill little bar meeting talking over some upcoming stuff and expectations for the team.-LB There are no charging blocks in the office that accommodate USB to C for computers, which is the type that has been assigned to me. I don't know where they all go, but not everyone has a Mac. If we can order or locate some that accommodate alt computers. Thank you so much. -LB I am not sure if there is a policy for such a situation but I wanted to highlight my grievance with it and something that we could try.  This party of 4 had two separate checks: J29 for 93.64 with zero gratuity and check J48 for 70.77 with 4.23 gratuity. I spoke with Charlie and Patrick, heard the guest is friendly and chatty always but does not tip. I went upstairs to touch their table and make sure everything was swell.  My fear here is people don't know they are doing something awful and I think we need to protect our staff from this behavior in th...

Manager Communication: I am pretty sick of sharing illnesses within the lovely NPP family. I made alcohol spray bottles for Trees and Lobby POS, I also put one in the office for computers and walkies as there are endless things that customers touch and we touch. -LB No Budge was a breeze thanks to Carly, Dion and Desmond. Service ran super smooth, and we had Olympics coverage on at Trees. When the screening let out there was a really good pop at Trees that remained until around 11:30.    As the Trees elevator is OOO, I asked all servers to bring all of their glassware from the upstairs theaters to Trees at the end of the night so tomorrow's openers wouldn't have to worry about carting a massive stack up to Trees sans elevator. - IP Customer Comments:  One of the guests here from out of town to see No Budge was quite enamored with our theater. Said he'd never seen anything like it and the way we do things is amazing. Great job, everyone! - IP BAR Staff Observations: Three-...

Manager Communication: Wyatt and I opened up. Raekwon got everything ready to go for the special events in 4/6. Jenn texted me some odds and ends notes that were very helpful to get us ready for doors. Lauren is still out sick - I will stick around for a while and make sure that the floor MOD's and bar team are set and ready to go before I leave - numbers are super chill from dinner round on, should hopefully be a breeze. - IP  We had some technical issues in Trees and in the theater for the showing of the Big Game. The projector in Trees must not be well-connected to the digital link / cable line, because whenver we play anything from the cable box on the projector, it flickers in and out and goes to a black screen periodically before it rights itself and the picture and sound come back. It began to happen every few minutes and really became frustrating. If projection or someone could check out that connection and see if they can tighten it, or make it more secure that would be aw...

Manager Communication:  Pretty bustling for the first two rounds, even with the arctic chill outside.  A fair amount of just-before-doors ticket sales for the opening round Zootopia 2 in Th2, so just something to keep an eye on.   I spoke with all bartenders today about the plan for evening service, and left them an outline of what the rest of the evening would look like.  I highlighted when to anticipate service rushes, glasswashing during flips, potentially good times for big restocks, and suggested times for cuts, routing, and last call in-theater and at Trees Lounge.  I deputized Tevon + Gabrielle to use their best discretion, with the help of management, in determining what calls to make with regards to cuts and last call. Based on the weather (and the greatly-appreciated early last round credits), it will most likely be an 11:30pm last call at Trees Lounge, unless the icy winds blow in some late night crowds. BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew not...

Manager Communication:   Smooth opening. Jared and I got things rolling - nothing to report. -GS Gus batched like a madman. The utter professionalism and hustle from the Friday Lead Team makes being able to shore up odds and ends much less of a lift, so we were able to reorganize the kegs and get the walk-in ready for the weekend. - IP Tapped our last keg of KCBC in the walk-in, just FYI. BAR Staff Observations:   Matthew and Patrick opened up. First round was chill. -GS Nat and Matt are automatic. Patrick stuck around til about 9:15 and Matt left shortly thereafter. Gab had a pretty busy night in the lobby. She is always great down there and tonight was no exception. - IP FOH Staff Observations:  Caleb is a wonderful asset to the team. - IP Sick Leave/ Call outs:  Charlie Leo - out sick. Probably out tomorrow - got coverage situated. -GS 86ed / counts on items: Apple - 65 Hot Bananas - 49   Prep List:  Batched a ton of stuff. Firewalks, OF keg, Lemona...