NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication:  Pretty chill open. James, Jeremy and I opened without incident. A little busier in the theaters and at Trees this evening, with the Escape from LA crowd showing up for some pre-screening bevvies. JH BAR Staff Observations:  Danny and Gabrielle opened. Danny helped me moving some stuff- awesome guy. -GS Had Danny come up to Trees during the dinner round and got Gabrielle out of here once the second round had settled down and both bars had gotten a restock.  Sam held down lobby solo for the majority of the night with very few calls, which is always great to see.  Danny is also great with guests and at the service pass, and he stuck around until the third round big theater seatings were sat.  Matthew moves faster than the speed of light when it comes to pre-closing and glassware restocking, and left himself nice and prepped for his open tomorrow. JH Prep List:  Made a big Simple Syrup for Matthew's batch shift tomorrow, and caught us u...

Manager Communication:  Pretty mellow night, with theaters selling well across the building but not quite selling out the larger theaters.  Trees developed a nice little crowd over the course of the evening, but most folks were gone once we got to eleven. JH Customer Comments:  Got a complaint about bloody Mary from Theater 3. Checked it out at lobby bar. Tasted so delicious to me I had it on the rocks and it made me so happy. So they are obviously just complainers, since they also complained about stale nuts etc. I told Cailtin I would be happy to stop by at the end of the movie to speak with the guests if they still had a complaint but as far as a product freshness it was still very good.-LB BAR Staff Observations: Had Sam swing up to Trees for a bit of the second round, and then he got out of here around 7:00pm.  Patrick held down lobby solo, and Matthew gave Gabrielle a headstart on her pre-close after sticking around through the third round Th2 service push. JH...

Manager Communication:  Excellent fall menu tasting today. Excited to refresh the vibes in one month.-LB We had some trouble with the gansett and Kolsch drafts today. Ian was in the walk-in, I went to assist. Noticed that the "pumps" gauge was in the off position. Turned it on and it felt like that helped. I assume that this is some mechanism that helps pump the beer and cocktails through the lines. Things are not going the normal way lately when it comes to draft. -LB I think that did it. Everything worked as it usually does for the rest of the night after Lauren made the above adjustment - even the keg of 'Gansett that was giving Ariel and I issues started pouring normally when I tried it. "Crash" had a great turnout and kept the place busy in place of Trivia. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Tevon and Lydia Opened, Greg and Patrick closed. Got Tevon outta here around 8p and Lydia stuck around to help Greg with the bar crowd when "Crash" let out. - IP F...

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...