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Friday 03.13.26 Jenn/Ian

Manager Communication: Busy Friday night at Trees. Tevon, Matthew and Charlie did a great job. Hoppers sales jumped up and the smaller theaters were busy all night. Trees stayed busy until last call - 4/6 was slammed at the pass all night. Servers did a great job. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Team was on point tonight. Got Tevon out of here around 8:15 and Matthew, Charlie and I handled a very busy dinner round into the evening. Cut charlie around 10:00, and Matt and Greg closed each bar with no issue. - IP FOH Staff Observations: Justine and Bruce were awesome in Th. 4 tonight. Good team work and good hustle. - IP Special Events? Super prepared for the St. Patrick's Day brunch - Jenn gave me a bunch of tips and tricks. Gonna be a breeze! Also almost totally ready for the Oscars - just might need to add some citrus juice to some of the batches on Sunday before the festivities get underway. - IP 86ed / counts on items: Hello, Sidney - 47 REINVIGORATOR - 15 - may need to batch that...
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Thursday 3/12/2026 Ian/Jenn

Manager Communication: Was able to get a lot done this morning and into the afternoon. Garnish guides and theater cocktail spec sheets are almost finished - just have a couple more question marks to fill in and then that's good to go. After doors opened Greg and Tevon had a total handle on things so I got a jump on replenishing the walk-in for the weekend.  BAR Staff Observations: Tevon and Greg opened. Nothing interesting to report. - IP Got openers out of here once closers had settled in, as sales were definitely a one-bartender-at-each-bar level.  Everyone was in a good mood, and Jeshua and Matthew closed each bar without issue.  Very mellow night, but not too sleepy. JH Prep List: I made a negroni keg, 3 lemonades, 3 fwwm, 4 fro-co, and more unsweetened iced tea. May need to make more simple syrup sooner rather than later. - IP I have a list, mostly cocktail kegs, for Tevon's prep shift tomorrow afternoon.  I'll be opening, so will make sure to speak to him abo...
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Wednesday 3/11/26 Ian/Lauren/Jenn

Manager Communication:   Rocking morning of cleaning and maintenance.  BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew and Jeshua are really great self-starters. They don't need to be told to make good use of their time. They just do. -LB Kept Jeshua around until the runners had arrived at Trees and gotten through the initial crush of service.  He got out of here shortly before Th1 opened for its last round, so I hung out by the service pass while Charlie reset the floor and handled bar guests.  Based on a note from earlier in the week, I definitely offered Charlie some pointed guidance with regards to pre-closing, and he definitely followed through and was in a good position once we did last call.  Matthew, angel that he is, handled Lobby solo without issue, and was out the door shortly after first floor was routed. JH FOH Staff Observations:  Observed a possible drink dying in station issue and corrected it with the server. Happy to highlight the importance of gett...
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Tuesday 3/10/26 Lauren/Ian

Manager Communication:  Ricky from Singani stopped by and we talked through the logistics for the Jaws updated event for next Wednesday.  -LB Sleepy Day except for Pre-Code which was smooth and easy. Becca and Jared were clutch as always. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Charlie had an uneventful long lobby shift. I'm working on getting Charlie to be a little better about getting a jump on his closes - there are easy and obvious pre-closing shortcuts that I'd be happy to point out - but I think it's more making it known that the close (especially for the lobby) should have some urgency about it. Lydia had a very easy shift today as I cut them around 8 before the pre-code party - Tevon and I handled the post show rush with the DJ. FOH Staff Observations: Torey has really stepped up as a server. Nice to see a long time Hawk continue to flourish. - IP Special Events?  Pre-code parade party and screening. We are likely going to cut Greg, but Ian is going to check in with Tevon ...
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Monday 3/9/26 Lauren/Ian

Manager Communication: Quiet little morning just Rebecca and I. Plants in Trees lounge look really good.-LB Palco came by and I took them to Th 2 booth to hit the roof.-LB  Let's only batch half batches of Hello, Sidney if we need it. Unlikely though. -LB  Darkroom series was a banger. Sold out show with a good rush downstairs and then a full Trees afterwards. Once the first drink rush was over Patrick took over solo and I had a chance to get some organization and tidying done in the liquor room after batching. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Patrick can be a little brusque with the patrons at times, but he makes it work because he's funny and charming enough to get away with it - case in point, he absolutely smashed it tonight with the Darkroom afterparty Salon. After the Darkroom rush in the lobby it was chill for Lydia, and I tried to get them out of here as close to 10:15 as possible (right when they shut the gate for the night). - IP FOH Staff Observations: Had a great li...
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Sunday 3/8/2026 Ian/Lauren

Manager Communication: Holy walk-in, Batman! Thanks, weekend team for keeping us massively stocked! Hoppers is going to blow through lemonade and FroCo, so I will have eyes on levels throughout the rushes. Dion will be out sick today, Wyatt is on the horn looping everyone in.  Got a chance to print out more no smoking/no vaping signs to put up in Trees. Hung one on the underside of the staircase next to the popcorn neon light, and also upstairs next to the pool cues. They're just taped up for the time being, so if we want to decide on a more permanent place later, we can. - IP Gus texted that the Prospect Park runners are coming Wednesday around 7:40pm, 30-40 ppl, stub discount. The organizer expects more people due to the weather.  Sleepy evening, good time to catch up on some menu stuff and organizing. I am not going to order more rice milk for horchata, we will ride with what we have until Holy Mountain is gone.-LB Steady morning dominated by Hoppers. -IP BAR Staff Observa...
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Saturday 03.07.26 Jenn/Lauren

Manager Communication: Busy day all around here. Definitely felt a bit of a hurting post-Matthew cut around 8:29pm, since he was an early mid due to the events early in the day. Team did great.  Charlie and Gab prioritized a very busy and demanding guest facing lounge. I don't see an event memo for the Oscars event, but Shay emailed me to ask for a "coupla small beers" as a prize during the event/ I told her we have PBRs we can spare. -LB We broke out the last box of 16 oz cups from when we switched over. This was the first time since we switched Froco to 16 oz cups we have been strapped during the day. We have zero back ups. I would recommend getting 2 or 3 cases from Webstaurant, lmk if I can go ahead and get those. -LB I have yet to have time to make, find or hang the no vaping signage for Trees.  Rebecca was hanging post-shift and she thought some teens were smoking or vaping in the bathroom. I checked it out, but I was thinking we should hang this signage on the back...
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