NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Jenn on inventory, I opened, Ariel closing -GS BAR Staff Observations: Charlie opened. Jenn warned him we had some heavily sold shows for kids movies and to have plenty of lemonade on hand. He learned the hard way. -GS We were not well prepared today. Matthew made it a point to mention to Charlie that needs to bring glass racks up at the beginning of the opening shift to make service smooth. He did not take it the best. Matthew was kind in his delivery but I think that we need to be more on Charlie when it comes to what to prep for Fridays. It is important that everyone is setup for success coming into their shift. Fridays constantly feel like we are playing catch up at all times. Matthew ends up having to bring everything up and do the restock on top of carrying the load of doing all theaters tickets during the rush and helping a section of guests because Charlie is unable to multi task. He can only manage one guest at a time and is slow. With Fridays now bein...

Manager Communication: I ordered some of the seal tight cambro lids that the Ritz carlton had on their cambro so we have a wider use of non spill containers for our massive cambro stockpile to use for restocks and to keep the walk in spill free. -LB Well we are fully packed out from the Jaws event. I pinged Ricky, Sarah, and Jopus from the Ritz to grab their stuff.  There is a Midori box, a Milagro box, a big styrofoam cooler, a black milk crate. and three tote bags (Sarah's).  They are tucked behind the liquor room door on the shelf but also on the floor right there since there is no room and the boxes are all very heavy. -LB Ricky (from Singani) did not come in today and all these boxes are still in the Liquor room. I'll keep my eyes peeled for him tomorrow. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations: Gabrielle and Charlie's shifts were swapped for tomorrow. They both are well aware. Gabrielle will close Lobby and Charlie will Open Tree's. - AB2 Prep List: I made a 4x batch of Butt...

Manager Communication:  Jaws was the biggest pop we had all night, but Trees hosted a decent crowd throughout the third round screenings. JH BAR Staff Observations:  Wednesday Singani team keeps on winning.  Since we had the visiting bartenders were taking care of the Nubeluz drink, we actually did not need to hold onto Tevon throughout the happy hour and he was able to get out of here a little early.  Gabrielle and Matthew worked through the Th1 rush, with me on garnish.  Once the bar was reset and restocked,  Jaws was almost letting out, so Matthew stuck around an extra ten minutes to help Gabrielle with that first wave of post-screening guests.  Jeshua held down lobby without any issues, and both he and Gabrielle closed each bar without issue. JH FOH Staff Observations: Just wanted to shout out Kyah for always being so on top of communicating theater or guest needs to the bar, and always paying attention during preshifts. JH    Special E...

Manager Communication: Ricky from Singani and Jopas from the Ritz Carlton came by with their glassware, batch and equipment. We are ready to roll tomorrow. Jenn is coming in at 4pm tomorrow so we can be sure to rock the event in full swing. -LB Customer Comments: Bar and Trivia regular and director of forthcoming Hulu film "Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice",  (starring Vince Vaughn and James Marsden) Bendavid Grabinksi did the guest round and said, "I have been to a lot of movie trivia and this one is easily the best." - great job, team! BAR Staff Observations: Lydia kept their cool today during a visit with an unwanted guest. I happened to be there and I called in Jared after he said he wanted to choke us. Happy St. Patrick's day to all those who celebrate.-LB Lydia swung up to help with the initial push of Trivia and once things got rolling they headed out. Greg held down a chill lobby, and Darius, Tevon and Patrick absolutely bodied Trivia. - IP FOH Staff Ob...

Manager Communication:    Keeping a tight eye on what we are batching getting closer to menu change.-LB Helpful list on the walk-in door - good eye! Ariel got us set for what should probably be the final push of batching before menu change. Horchata needs to be strained tomorrow to make Holy Mountain, and we can make another batch of Desperado when we get Pear puree. Lauren was a scheduling machine. I was back and forth between Lydia's lobby bar and Greg and Charlie's Trees Lounge. Wyatt and Becca were all over the theaters. Super misty, chill evening - unremarkable. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Easy day for both bars. Last round was quite lightly sold last round, so I was able to reroute to Trees at 10p and get Lydia out of here shortly thereafter. Greg got outta here around 8:15, and Charlie closed Trees easy peasy. - IP FOH Staff Observations: Harron did a great job on the ground floor tonight. - IP Staff Meeting Agenda notes: Counts on theater cocktails as they dwindle?...

Manager Communication:  Really fantastic work across the board during the Oscars, particularly during the initial (two hour!) service push. Had a couple of folks stick around Trees to watch the Oscars, but most guests were very eager to get into their theaters. JH   BAR Staff Observations:  Trees was absolutely packed with Oscars guests when I got in.  Once both bars were set, I got both of the openers out of here and gave Charlie an overview of what service would be like this evening.  Charlie did an excellent job holding down lobby solo, and was great in communicating any needs he had or offering glassware assistance to Trees.  Tevon, Darius, + Jeshua were the absolute dream team through a very busy Th1/2 service push.  They were excellent at making sure they were prepared for service, and each moved between responsibilities without any direction needed on my part.  I expo'd + trayed drinks, and the three of them were so on top of resetting and ...