NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Very slow day for theater service, so I was able to tackle a bunch. Machines cleaned first thing, orders (Southern and US Foods) put away, built the O-Ren Keg - it is in the walk-in ready to go. I also played some keg jenga and the walk-in is looking good. Got us up on anything that wasn't in surplus in the walk-in (prep info below). - IP Matt had a great idea to do a 50/50 shot of the Firewalk and the 50yr Storm as a special for the Knicks games - just a shot glass with a dollop of each frozen. There is a button on bar speed labeled "Knicks Shot". I made little graphic cards to be put at Trees for the games. - IP  BAR Staff Observations: Matt and Jeshua opened so everything was set and ready and I was able to get a bunch done. - IP We sailed right through the dinner round, and Jeshua was able to get out of here once Tevon arrived.  Also, shoutout to Jeshua for giving the backbar at Trees a deep clean during a pretty mellow first round.    An...

Manager Communication:  I put masking tape in the walk-in where the coconut water, saline and acid solution can go for the upcoming cocktails. -LB Gus spoke with coca cola and they had in fact been having our tickets closed by random companies saying they came here. Hopefully they understand that they need to come out and service us now since no one has come-LB Bar binders are good to go.-LB Lauren crushed menu change tasks. All three of us together locked in the Disclosure Day special (I made the build sheet in the drive and updated the menu change doc). Pre-Code Parade had a lovely little crowd who partied heartily beforehand and had a little afterparty action. James makes life very easy for us bar managers, and I deeply appreciate it. - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Lydia and Patrick did a great job behind the bar. Tevon and Greg were stalwarts in the lobby. - IP Special Events?  pre-code - this has been getting busier! The DJ is spinning some good tunes and people seem ...

Manager Communication: Swamp cooler is doing wonders to help the circulation of heat in the liquor room, thank you so much!!! Well, the marquee message definitely worked for the Knicks game. Packed trees from 8:30 to the end of the game. Definitely not an ideal day to have the opener also pull a prep shift. Going forward, having 4 bartenders on for Knicks games (and very soon world cup games) is going to be essential. The theaters were not very busy tonight, and I was still stuck solely behind the bar for the majority of the game. Jared and Wyatt came up huge for me and helped with changing kegs, building trays, etc.  BAR Staff Observations: Tevon batched and opened, so I opted to get him out of here before people started showing up for the game. I decided it would be better to not burn out one of our strongest bartenders on Monday and I would jump behind the bar to assist. It ended up being totally fine, but I was exclusively a bartender for 3+ hours of my shift tonight - had I b...

Manager Communication: Busy lil Sunday. Other than some emergency Iced Tea, everything was well set for this morning. Wyatt trained Malcolm on the Sunday open. I am going to change the water filters on Wednesday of this week when I come in for maintenance (unless someone else wants to get to it Mon/Tues morning). The coffee machines have been consistently acting funky (easy to fix - just a quick reset does the trick), and obv the code 3 on the ice machine - I think both issues will be alleviated with this simple refresh. - IP My emotionally scarred neighbor from Obsession who walked out and forgot to pay came back and he filled out his form to pay. James walked me through the walkout process since I haven't done it a ton. His name is Will Borowski who walked out on Obsession 6/2.-LB We were trying to reroute the theater 7 printer back for the last Scary Movie of the night and we couldn't even get the 3/5 printer to work. Then the Film bot printer wasn't working. The marque...

Manager Communication: Another airpot lid fell apart merely trying to open it to clean it at closing. I will order more, but I feel like getting a different type of coffee carafe would be more prudent. The coffee machines on both floors are giving weird codes. -LB Customer Comments: BAR Staff Observations: Mellow morning, special events went well and both bars sailed through the first two rounds.  Around three I had Matthew lead the charge to make sure both bars were stocked up and ready for the later rounds, so that way pre-closers/closers could just slide right in to service. JH Jeshua wanted to do a deep clean of the lobby when he was closing, I told him I would have Darius do the shelves tomorrow and he could do the lowboys to split the difference so he won't be here super late. But he is just always looking out and making sure everything gets done. He rocks. -LB Tevon and Gab closing together is a dream. Tonight was a lot but they all crushed.-LB FOH Staff Observations: Kat ...

Manager Communication: Opened with Jared & Jeremy. Was great! Customer Comments: There weren't as many as I would have hoped for. BAR Staff Observations: I am really thankful for Matthew Soler. Lots of things were slightly off today. The porters are having a hard time adjusting to cleaning the new mats and the bar was seemingly not mopped last night. Matthew rolled with the punches and had great patience. I spoke with Vlad. Also Dio just arrived without warning and messed with the lowboy. They didn't fix the problem, but they are apparently coming back. FOH Staff Observations: Hiring/Training: Sick Leave/ Call outs: Ariel is sick. Feel better bud! Special Events: Knicks Game 2 Staff Meeting Agenda notes: 86ed / counts on items: Prep List: Matthew made a ton of stuff- however- we are really low on lime and he didn't have enough to make all of the Firewalks- he only made three. I sent an email about prep. R&D comp checks: Over/Short on Banks: Pay Outs: Lost ...