NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Battening down the hatches for the Nathan Fielder Doc. Not ideal to be down a bartender, but if you're going to have three bodies at Trees, the ones you want are Tevon, Matthew and Natasha. Weather is also gross today, so we can expect the smaller theaters to grow. Gonna be a busy one. - IP Holy cow the drink rushes for back to back sold out 1/2 showings really just go on and on and on... The 1/2 rush for the dinner round lasted 90+ minutes - non-stop tickets the whole time. Bar team was INCREDIBLE. Ariel jumped right into service and helped knockout the last half hour or so of the rush - absolutely clutch. - IP We was nice and poppin' homies. The You Can See Everything doc has people drinking nonstop... which is fresh. We were busy but I was still able to cut Matthew and Tevon before 10:00 PM (Keepin' em under 9 hours) and I rocked out some of the late rush in Tree's. - AB2 I am a fan of the metal bars in Tree's for servers to write table nu...

Manager Communication:  Easygoing evening, with Kevin Geeks Out being the biggest service pop of the night.  Looks like a good night to rest up, as You Can See Everything is has already sold out three big theater screenings tomorrow. JH Customer Comments:  Not many this afternoon BAR Staff Observations:  Gus put in some major work on Newfest items before I even got in at 11. - ip Very mellow evening.  Greg got out of here once Natasha got in, and Matthew stuck around to help with the Kevin Geeks Out crowd that fills up Trees before and after the show.  Got pretty sleepy around10:30~, and both Jeshua + Natasha closed each bar without issue. JH FOH Staff Observations:  Evan is cool and was in a good mood. Sick Leave/ Call outs:  None Prep List:  Special for Newfest, Syrup for Newfest special, Juniper syrup x4, ice tea concentrate x2 I made 6x Lemonade + Simple Syrup.  I left a batch list for Matthew on the whiteboard. JH Check Walk-in?:...

Manager Communication: Sleepy open with Matthew and Danny so I was able to get to my to-do list after cleaning the machines. Made more Spinzall'd ginger syrup and the "Funny Tea" syrup for the Newfest special. Also made a batch of Pineapple Express and more Acid Adjusted Pineapple.  Matthew helped me knock out some quick batching after he ate family meal.-LB I made a half-batch recipe of Suck it Nature that is now in the binder if we need to make more-LB Customer Comments: BAR Staff Observations: Matthew and Danny opened up. Totally chill. - IP FOH Staff Observations:  Hiring/Training: Sick Leave/ Call outs: Jenn Special Events? "Edie Arnold is a Loser" screening and afterparty. They set up their step and repeat around 1p. Should be a fun party. - IP Very cool folks, chill event.-LB Staff Meeting Agenda notes: 86ed / counts on items: Unsure about status of "Schedule A" and "Suck it Nature", but with Newfest special upcoming we'll p...

Manager Communication:  Rocky open. I was the opening bartender in the lobby till about 15 mins before doors. Gus and I went through pars and prep for the Newfest cocktails - I'll be managing the first big party so I will take point on batching and setting up for the event when we get all the product delivered.  Rocky open made way for a smooth close - team was great across the board. Pre-Code was very busy and everyone was up to the challenge. - IP Customer Comments:  The guy who does his podcast in Trees is awesome. -GS BAR Staff Observations:   Tevon rules. Jeshua gets the game ball for agreeing to come in out of the blue. -GS Yeah, Jeshua is the freaking best. Came in to open lobby and ended his shift crushing the Pre-Code after-party. He went to go see Resident Evil and I comped his food as a massive thank you. Tevon and Duan also kicked major butt for the party. Greg had a relatively chill evening in lobby and closed smoothly. - IP Sick Leave/ Call outs:  ...

Manager Communication:  Open was smooth due to the gate, but we got through it. Good communication between Gil and me -GS Busy Monday with the Music Doc. Great crowd before and after - Jared and Christine crushed floor service. Big ups to Jared who helped me out with a bunch of Toast related stuff tonight. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Sam was great in lobby. Really turning up the charm - love to see it. Greg and Jeshua absolutely destroyed a very busy music doc afterparty. Greg closed down with no issue as the theaters were chill. - IP FOH Staff Observations: I just want to say how sad the effort and priorities of the some of FOH team truly is. 11am Gil is outside letting people in because the gate won't close. I'm dealing with Dio and figuring out the problem that is the leak by the walk-in, and Monica walkies asking about drink support. I get back to trees, tray up the drinks and bring them to the theater and there were 5 employees standing in the server station. And Stan le...

Manager Communication: Busy, rainy Sunday. Opened with Wyatt. Greg and Lydia opened bars. It had been raining all morning, but no one on the porter team had gotten the mats out for the lobby and Th 3/5 hallway - Wyatt and I ran up right at doors and grabbed them and set them out - I'm going to ask Vlad to make sure the team is prepared to be on top of getting those ready for doors on these rainy days. The glut of kegs in the walk-in made it difficult to maneuver so I reorganized the kegs when there was a lull in service. - IP Definitely stayed busy throughout the night throughout the building and Trees was pretty full up until about ten or so. JH Customer Comments: I ejected two guests from the 8:15pm Social Reckoning for writing an explicit note and putting it up in the coil for their server (Katherine) to grab.  They left without issue and did not offer any explanation or defense once I told them that their behavior was unacceptable.  Michael walked them out of the buildin...