Nick Wednesday 9/29 Bar Blog



Manager Communication: Slow night in the theaters tonight but we had some patio business and few people in the upstairs bar before the white mare event. We did get a few orders from the old cocktail menu from regulars out on the patio. I made a couple Aperol Spritz's no problem, but we aren't able to make the Singapore Sling anymore. I pointed out the new menu options though and they were very happy, I just don't think they looked. 

BAR Staff Observations: Eliel took the day off. He will be working tomorrow with Jesse instead to finish his floor training. I will make some time next Wednesday for him to make up for the one on one time we lost today. 

Ryan Wuestwald trained with Ian in the lobby. He did great, it is nice to have him back. 

FOH Staff Observations: Nathaniel was doing a great job on his training shift downstairs, and was asking me a lot of great beverage questions while I was behind the bar. He seems like a really good hire. 

Special Events? It was nice to see a sold out theater 3 show tonight for White Mare.

Prep List:  Ian and Ryan spent some time prepping tonight so Ryan could see all the batch recipes so We are solid on batching going in to the weekend. There are backup kegs for everything but a couple of them are on the low side, so we might have to keg on Friday. 

Pay Outs: Ian accidentally did the wrong amount for a food payout, so I did a pay in to fix it. I showed Jeannette and Harry how to do it. 

Ordering/Receiving/Shipping: Interboro and Empire came in today. Empire is still OOS on Hennessey. Manhattan let me know that they had high life bottles in stock so I snatched up 10 cases. That and Southern should be delivering tomorrow. 

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