NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication:  I put away the extra rack and a half of coupes back into the box in the cabinet from Film feast that were on the dollies by Trees.  One of the screws Juan mounted to hang dollies on has become defunct from use.-LB Put in an order for more Green gobbler for fruit flies on Amazon. I bleached and put the other gobbler stuff in bar prep today as well to try and combat our house fly issue. -LB Turned into a busy evening with the Drag show and lots of softball teams enjoying our wares at Trees. Greg and Lydia handled it easily. Patrick had a a couple of sold out double-whammies in the lobby, and also crushed it. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Seamless open from both openers. Tevon and Greg worked around Gus and I when we were finalizing some recipes for fall menu like complete pros. -LB Making sure to have all items that can crowd/cause small spaces in the bar area washed and spread out to dry, with an air-mover keeping the airflow going over the potential frui...

Manager Communication: Opened with Gil. Definitely the second to last Sunday in August type ticket sales to start the day - change of pace from the big Spidyssey weekends. Lovely weather outside with a chance of showers briefly - will hopefully bring some people in from the park. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Nat opening Trees, Greg opening Lobby. - IP.  Pretty smooth sailing through the dinner round.  Everyone grabbed family meal and got breaks, and Danny stuck around for both bars to get a post-dinner restock in.  The last round was pretty mellow saleswise, so both bars had ample time to get started on a deep clean pre-close to end the weekend.  Jeshua got out of here shortly after I rerouted lobby, and both Duan + Tevon closed each bar without issue. JH Staff Meeting Agenda notes: Combating fruit flies - Natasha mentioned seeing a concerning amount upon opening this morning. Let's communicate to bar staff that they need to be extra fastidious nearing the end of ...

Manager Communication: Opened up with Wyatt. Bar was beautifully set from last night. Full staff, ready to rock. Got the cat coloring books stacked up at the box office for CatVideoFest guests. - IP Today was pretty slow for the most part, compared to the peak of Spider-Man season. I do not think we need 7 bartenders on a Saturday. We would have been cruising without one today. Maybe once we are crazy busy again like for DUNESDAY (12.18) we can go back to it but I do not think we will need 7 for a bit. - AB2 We brought out the cans of High Life today. I made sure everyone knew that this was temporary but y'all will probably get asked a lot just an FYI. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations: Matt and Sam opened up to a blessedly chill first round. Natasha let me know around 11:30 that she was likely to be late. She followed up at 12:15 that her ETA was now 12:55. As of writing this at 1:10, she has yet to arrive. As her scheduled in-time was 12:30, a written warning is necessitated. - IP N...

Customer Comments: For the last round in TH5 (End of Oak street) we got a walkie call from Siete to kick out a couple guests. Guests complained that this couple had been vaping, jacking off, and doing all types of nasty with one another. Dwight found the couple (They were at 5303) and asked them to leave. Wyatt and I met them at the door and told them it was time to leave. I walked them to the lobby and closed out their tab. A little after, one of the couples that complained, asked to be refunded so I helped them out at Filmbot, gave them a couple of passes, and gave them a round at Tree's because they hung out at the bar afterwards. Wyatt spoke with the other couple that was on the other side. More on that in the FOH blog. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations: Homies killed it tonight. Duan and Natasha rocked out Tree's with no issues. Gabrielle killed Lobby solo. I got Matthew out early and Tevon after everything settled down and everyone was well stocked and in a good place. - AB2 H...

Manager Communication: Got in and got the Classified Colada chamber all cleaned and reset to Frozen Coke. Did a thorough reset of the mezzanine this morning to make sure there was nothing that needed major attention before the event tonight (there wasn't). I was able to juice a whole case of naked GF and threw together another keg of GF Soda that will be charged by 5:45 tonight. Gus and I have everything squared away for the party and we'll be ready to rock later this evening! - IP Customer Comments: Had a guest come to lobby after watching the 5:15pm Odyssey screening in Th 4 concerned that we had shown a digital print instead of the 35mm scheduled.  She noted some issues with certain shots were it appeared portions of the screen were pixelated.  She wasn't overly upset, moreso wanting to confirm whether or not her screening had been 35mm.  I reached out to projection to confirm and mentioned the issue, to which Jack said she may have seen some graininess, but that he...

Manager Communication: Pretty easygoing night.  Film Feast folks rocked the first floor.  The third round was pretty sleepy in the big theaters, but a lot of the smaller ones filled up.  Odyssey + Spider-Man still bringing in the people. JH BAR Staff Observations: Trees got a nice crowd right as the second round was letting out and the third round going in, but nothing that ever got hectic.  Gabrielle, Matthew, + Sam all took turns in the service well and were pushing out tickets no problem.  Jeshua was deputized for Film Feast, and made quick work of closing lobby once he was routed. JH Prep List: Ian made the drinks for tomorrow, and was able to knock out some Arbol Tequila + Lemonade + Simple Syrup before he got out of here. JH I cleaned the GF Soda + OF kegs.  They are chilling in the walk-in. JH Ordering/Receiving/Shipping:  Union, Skurnik, Southern-LB US foods coming Friday-LB Baldor placed for Saturday: lemons 3&3 Saratoga, guava puree, ...