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Manager Communication:  It does feel like this Saturday was busy enough to warrant another bar body. We were really busy all night at Trees, daytime I heard was pretty busy as well. Jeshua had sold out theaters downstairs and was somewhat resistant to Jared's help again. I opted to go down to support since the three upstairs were resetting and still slammed front-facing.   We were likely slightly affected by not having Jenn around during the early pushes to help achieve max efficiency.  But happy to see lots of new faces in the lobby and upstairs, just want to give them a great experience.-LB Pretty busy throughout the day, throughout the building. New movies and celebrated movies from last year plus cold weather equals business is good.--LB BAR Staff Observations:  Bar team gave absolute hustle today. Natasha, Greg and Matthew kept things grooving all day with no issue. Then Matthew batched and Natasha got some more batching in after Greg restocked both bars a...

Manager Communication: Opened up the igloo building with Jenn, Jess and Gil. Matthew and Tevon got waylaid by the MTA for a bit, so I got them a head start on opening the bars while Jenn did inventory.  First round was slow, but dinner round numbers look a little better. - IP I heard Greg was not feeling well. Matthew said he can come in earlier tomorrow if we need him.- AB2 BAR Staff Observations: Tevon and Matt arrived a little late, but the stock from last night, courtesy of Natasha, made opening a total breeze.  Tevon started to faded a little by the time family meal came up, so I cut him and hopped behind the bar until Ariel and Natasha arrived. - IP Was able to get Matthew before 11. Natasha and Gabrielle crushed and closed Lobby & Tree's. - AB2 Prep List: Made a batch of Hot Bananas with the substitute rums, but we now have the proper ingredients so going forward we are good to go.   I made another batch of Dream Big - keep eyes on the Peace and Respite ...

Manager Communication:  All bar binders are updated with the Hot Bananas recipe sheet, and build sheets for the bar are printed, cut, and ready to be posted tomorrow. JH Big shouts to Dion for helping me with the kegs in the walk-in. Tidied up the Walk-in -GS Customer Comments: Trees had a nice crowd. There was a group of Park Slope dads that hung out for like 3 hours. Was consistently busy throughout the night. -GS BAR Staff Observations: Natasha beasted Trees tonight.  Tevon wasn't feeling well so we sent him home probably around 6pm. I didn't think there would be much traffic outside of the 9-5 crowd, but boy was I wrong. I was behind the bar from like 7:30 to 11:30. Jeshua is such a pro as well, he did a lot of cleaning in Lobby bar. We could have used another bartender tonight, but it didn't get busy till I cut everyone so the bartender was me. I'm glad my arms still work. -GS FOH Staff Observations: Everyone was really locked in tonight. -GS Special Events: Dolly...

Manager Communication: The coffee maker/hot water spigot at Trees has been fixed! It's fully operational and we will have updated SOP for coffee making very soon. - IP I texted Matthew this, but so everyone knows what is going on regarding the 14th st. gas leak: National Grid has a temporary fix on the gas leak that started on Saturday. They cannot permanently fix it until it warms up outside.  They may come and ask to do readings in our basement to check the concentration of gas that has gotten down there since there is some gas leaking that can't escape the ground. There was a hole drilled Saturday to allow this gas to vent out.  They do not think they will drill more holes, but make sure to contact Matthew if that is something they mention.-LB I ordered 2 cases of rocks glasses and 2 cases of pint glasses from Webstaurant since we have no back ups.-LB Keg tapping tutorial today. It is unfortunate that you can't practice tapping on our empties since they are still pressur...

Manager Communication:   Solid open. Jared and me. Rocked it. -GS Easy night capped off with Possessor (agh I'm so jealous, that movie RIPS) and A Few Good Men (also a banger). Otherwise very quiet. - IP BAR Staff Observations:   Lydia was chatty today. I offered Greg a cut and he took it as he feels like he might be getting a cold. He didn't call out though. -GS Charlie beginning to take some noticeable ownership of the bar. Lydia was excellent with the last pop of people at Trees before they got outta here. Tevon was on cruise control in the lobby. I rerouted him as early as I could and he got out of here right about when we brought the gate down. - IP FOH Staff Observations:  Harron is really cool. - IP 86ed / counts on items:   I updated the count on PBR. We got 240. We have 45 left. Almost totally 86'd on Al's - but we are getting more tomorrow. - IP Dream Big - 24 Peace and Respite - 57 Prep List: Will need to make an OF keg tomorrow. - IP Over/Short on Banks: ...

Manager Communication: We don't need anything from Baldor yet, so if we need more blackberries we can grab from Mr. Kiwi.-LB Also I received an email from Baldor that they plan to service all areas tomorrow. just letting y'all know. - AB2 Slow chill snow day, lots of sleds coming and going.-LB Super busy Hank's screening and party. Went great. Carly and Wyatt were instrumental in allowing me to remain at trees. Great teamwork. - IP Customer Comments: Hank's crowd were numerous and thirsty but all awesome guests who we would all gladly have come through any time. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Charlie has great attention to detail and retention of information.-LB Team crushed an extremely busy event. Charlie did great with the initial rushes - Lydia jumped in when I cut Charlie and also did a great job. Tevon and Jeshua are total pros. I helped out with some service rushes when the bar was swarmed, but otherwise the team made it look easy. - IP Special Events? Hank's S...

Manager Communication: Snow-my-goodness gracious! People still braved the elements to get their cinematic fix, and the team was ready. James and I got the building open with Greg and Natasha helming the bars. Carly came in shortly after doors and we were off.  The last round being finished aroun 10p combined with the level of sales allowed us to do some schedule reordering - we cut Jeshua's close, and moved Patrick and Charlie's in times both to 4p.  I was somehow logged in at Trees and my number started some checks. Did a checkout-LB I moved the high top tables to the mezzanine, a table to bar storage along with some chairs and bar stools for tomorrow's Hank's Saloon party. I may take away some stools still depending on how the weather looks tomorrow.-LB Chill vibes to end the night. Hopefully tomorrow everything is clear after the little bit of snow in the morning.-LB BAR Staff Observations: Greg and Nat opened up both bars with no issue. Nat drove here, so I got her ...

Manager Communication:  Trees got absolutely slammed after the first round let out.  A young kid had a birthday party, and a bunch of other groups came through for some sips, bites, and protection from the wind.  Very very busy, but bar team absolutely handled the crowd like champs. JH Trees solidly busy through the evening.  I think as a function of safety, we can't let bartenders play music when they are restocking in the back, need to be able to hear people saying corner. I think we should highlight this in next week's bartender email.-LB Customer Comments: BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew was a champ about coming in and opening Lobby this morning while still dealing with some rough back pain, so I got him out of here when Greg got in.  Both Greg + Natasha held down the bars during the first two rounds of service without issue.  As Th1 opened for its second round, Trees was bustling and busy, so I took over the service pass and Natasha sailed throu...

Manager Communication: Easy open. Jenn on Inventory. Jared and I opened the building, smooth. Nice and busy in Tree's all night. I looked down and it was 10 o'clock. PSP was poppin' - AB2 Customer Communication: Birthday People in Mezzanine were ended up being a lot tonight. They were rude and left the Mezz looking like a Chuck E. Cheese kids party. They made it impossible to clear glasses and plates from them and didn't have much respect for the team. I spent 30 minutes cleaning the mezzanine after they left. Not the biggest deal to me but I only say all this to let y'all know what to be aware of if this lady wants to book anything in the future. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations: We cut Natasha, but then found out Matthew Soler's saitica was at him so we cut him and brought back Natasha. Props to Natasha for stepping in and helping to rectify a situation I didn't even know about.  Tevon and Greg nailed opening. Gabrielle rocked it out in lobby with no issues ...

Manager Communication:  Easy open. Wyatt and I crushed it. GS  Another chilly evening, but definitely a little bit busier than last night. JH BAR Staff Observations:  Tevon and Gabrielle were on top of it. I cut Matthew. Natasha closed GS  Easygoing night behind both bars, with both openers getting out of here before 8:00pm, and Jeshua + Natasha being their usual bar-closing champion selves. JH Special Events:  Dolly Parton Fest! GS Dolly Parton book pick ups went well.  If we could include language in the next batch of emails to book winners to just check in at Lobby bar.  The email sent this time apparently sent guests to the upstairs bar, so we did have to send everyone back down the stairs. JH 86ed / counts on items: 86'd Casamigos Reposado JH Prep List:  Made kegs: Cosmo, OF, Mr. & Mrs. Tom Collins GS We will need to batch FWWM + FroCo + Iced Tea + Lemonade and make more Juniper Syrup (and maybe some more Branca Cream, but will double che...

Manager Communication:  Machines good to go. I also affixed the holder piece for the second ice bucket to the little nook between the breaker box and the door frame (basically, right behind where the dirty glass racks are stacked up at Trees). It's out of the way and now DOH compliant - and now Trees has an extra bucket handy to help expedite opening and ice restocking. - IP We received Sarene today so we are back up on Al's and Deviation Stout.   Very cold evening, with the special screening of Hamnet being the biggest pop of the night.  Not too many folks stayed afterwards for a drink, so it was a pretty sedate Trees Lounge once the third round was underway. JH BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew is the opener supreme. He took pictures for Gus for our instructional book.-LB Easygoing evening at both bars, so Matthew was able to get out of here once the second round in Th2 had settled.  Both Gabrielle and Jeshua closed each bar without issue. JH Special Even...

Manager Communication:  Had a good bar manager meeting looking ahead.-LB Becca and Dion are a great team. They know Nitehawk so well and are great at anticipating the needs of the servers, other MOD's and especially guests. - IP Customer Comments: Had some pushy guests who tried to bully Charlie into giving them a free OJ for their shot of tequila - and he held his ground and was calm, kind and professional about it. Really mature interaction - extremely awesome to see. - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Darius is a trivia machine. Lydia gave some solid back up during pre-trivia.  Nat is a champ and stuck around and basically got Charlie halfway out the door. Greg finished up lobby and came up before leaving to make sure everything was ship shape. - IP FOH Staff Observations: Aidan has a great attitude. - IP Special Events?   Trivia Busy trivia but the new team is rocking. Charlie is picking it up super quick - had Nat give him some more pointers about serving the floor, ...

Manager Communication:  Rebecca and I opened the building. I had to help Trees set up cause we had a tardy issue, not too late, but we got it done. Got a lot of batching done pre open as well. -GS Stayed busy until after the dinner round. Gab stuck around til 8ish, as the bar remained quite crowded til around 9. Dion and Wyatt rocked it out sans Carly, and we had a smooth night. - IP Customer Comments:   Busy day at Trees. -GS BAR Staff Observations:  Nia and Lydia opened. I had to help them open. -GS Gab and Charlie handled a busy Trees very well. I jumped in a couple of times to help with the service pass, and later with a post-28 Years Later pop right before re-routing the lobby. Patrick had a pretty easy shift downstairs, and came up to help Charlie with his close when he was done. - IP FOH Staff Observations:   We had no hot water for Tea in Trees. I did the trouble shoot, but it took awhile to heat up- no complaints. -GS Jovani is just great. Always looking for...

Manager Communication: I came in and plugged the compressor back into the wall, and it seemingly had no issue this morning. Gus popped by to drop off some Cinzano to make a backup Negroni keg, and we took a look. Other than one of the gauges on the side remaining in the red, the soda gun seems to be operating normally. - IP Coke called back, but did not leave any message. I was helping at Trees and missed it - and subsequently was unable to get a hold of them. - IP Coke called me when I was asleep. Hopefully we can touch base and they can send someone so we learn how to fix the issue faster or replace the part.-LB So I think we may be over-saturated at the moment with plastic pints in the racks. I know we have been expecting the team to unload racks, but there isn't that much glass in each rack. I broke out the last box of pint glasses. I will order two more.  I think this week, maybe Wednesday, I can go through and pull out some dry 16 oz plastic cups and put them away. I also thi...

Manager Communication:  Jumping to the top so Ian knows right away. Soda system in lobby is a no-go.  We will leave the labeled store and pours at Trees in a bus tub for lobby's opening service. If there was a way to route sodas only to Trees on MB that would be amazing, but likely not possible.-LB The snow actually didn't deter too many guests today, and Trees was pretty busy once the first round movies began to let out.  Never got too crazy, so we were fine with staffing behind the bar, but it was a decently active snowy Saturday morning. JH A woman named Rebecca VanSambeck came out of the 3:55 Marty Supreme with a bloody lip.  She had a small shard of glass in her Gansett. I assume that it was a shard from the bottom of another pint glass that got chipped when stacking or pulling glass with water suction.  She was shaken but ultimately okay. I gave her some salt water to rinse her mouth with. I gave her a fresh beer and we comped her check.  I also gave ...

Manager Communication:  Looking ahead to ticket sales tomorrow, I'm fairly sure we can push back the mids.  Ariel, if you can please check in with the bartenders and see how malleable they are with their schedules tomorrow, I can make adjustments when I get in. JH Definitely concur w/ Jenn for scheduling tomorrow. Ariel and I discussed and he is coordinating with the bar team to figure out the gameplan. - IP Ok peeps, I reached out to everyone. Natasha responded first that she wanted the cut so I gave it to her. - Matthew is opening lobby 9am-BD & Gabrielle is opening Tree's (9am-BD) - I pushed Charlie back a smidge to 1pm-BD Openers are staying as normal - Jeshua 5pm-CL Lobby - Patrick & Nia 5:15-CL Tree's I informed the whole team of the plan and everyone is up to speed & everything has been updated on 7Shifts. Numbers look very low for tomorrow and I believe the snow will also have a lot of eCredit requests. - AB2   Specials sheets, batch, garnish. accoutre...

Manager Communication:  Pretty sedate first round, but the dinner round definitely filled up a fair amount of theaters. JH Binders are updated with the Peace and Respite recipe, and build sheets are printed and cut to be posted tomorrow. JH Customer Comments: Pretty busy. A table sent back their Jerky, saying it was terrible and came straight from a freezer. I spoke to them, comped it. They were fine.  BAR Staff Observations: Cut Gabrielle tomorrow, moved Matthew downstairs. FOH Staff Observations: Erika is a really hard worker. Sick Leave/ Call outs:  Natasha was out due to a migraine.  We were able to run service with the other four bartenders without needing to find coverage.  Gus marked her shift as Sick on 7Shifts. JH Special Events: Shouting at the screen, felt like more of a whisper Staff Meeting Agenda notes: 86ed / counts on items: Prep List:  4 FWWM 2 Frozen Coke 3 Branca Cream Mulled Wine Syrup Tomorrow we need more Holy Mountain, Horchata, Fro...

Manager Communication:  Decent evening for a warm winter weeknight, with the running club keeping Trees bopping well into the third round. JH BAR Staff Observations: Everyone was here and well into the dinner round when I got in, and Tevon was out of here after assisting with breaks and restocks.  Matthew got out of here just as Trading Places was loading in, as the runner crowd had really mellowed out by then, and I figured Gabrielle and I could knock out that initial service push in twenty minutes (I was correct).  Routed lobby at nine to give Gabrielle some time to get into the pre-close groove before theaters began hitting last call, and both Jeshua and Gabrielle closed each bar without issue. JH Special Events?  Running group started to trickle in shortly before eight, and hung around Trees until just about ten.  As usual, a very easygoing group that brings some welcome weeknight business to Trees Lounge.  One thing I did notice, and it may be because...

Manager Communication:  Dumbwaiter is happening. I moved the bar cart to in front of the walk-in so the runners can turn with trays. Lets just keep an eye on how things are going regarding restocks and traffic.-LB Tora! Tora! Tora! more like Corner! Corner! Corner! be mindful coming out of liquor room and walk-in. Although I think the smell of food will remind us.-LB Ian did some R&D for the CharlieXCX special. -LB Becca was a hero tonight - I had to change a keg and grab something from the liquor room, so I swung Greg up to Trees momentarily to help with the Pre-Code after-party, and Becca held down the lobby for the team for 10-15 mins. Dion was everywhere tonight. Good stuff. - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Lydia and Tevon had slow opens. Cut Tevon after family  meal and brought Lydia up for the pre-code pre-film busy period.  Greg holding down the lobby and Nia all ready to make Blonde in hell,-LB Pre-Code party was very busy. The bar crush was legit, and I had...

Manager Communication: Coke came in today. The guy did tests and saw that there was no issue with the sodas. There was nothing out of the ordinary. He did put buttons on each spot missing a button on every gun. The soda can get foamy if the soda is passed its expiration date or if there is no ice in the well. He also stated that other guys are coming in to replace a couple guns and that's not what he was sent out for. - AB2 Tevon and Greg were scheduled for 12:45 and doors were at 2:05 today. I think this was a bit too early but by the time I noticed, it was too late to push them back those 15 minutes. My bad y'all. I will be sure to look at this earlier in the shift moving forward. - AB2 The drain for dish pit was snaked and all good and ready about an hour before doors today. - AB2 Customer Comments:  While I was covering Lobby, three young men come in just before 10pm with tickets for the 8:45pm Avatar .  One of them was carrying a very large bag of Chipotle take out, and t...

Manager Communication: Unremarkable open. Brunch shows were busy but manageable. Greg and Nat are super reliable. - IP We might need more menus at Trees lounge. It has been operating as a full fledge restaurant these last couple weekends.-LB I forgot to note last night I broke out 2 dozen pint glasses, this is the first real case we have broken out since we implemented the plastic pints. I would say this change has been a success on multiple fronts. We still have one back up case. -LB Vlad mentioned the trash bins are so full after this weekend. Busy metric for sure.-LB Golden globes chill, some people coming and going enjoying it being on.-LB Trees dishpit backed up and is not draining. Sent MV an email and text. -LB Customer Comments: A dad and his young son were playing pool and the kid got excited with the pool cue and smashed the light above the pool table. I checked to see if there was any way to salvage it (loose wire, jostled connection, etc.) but no luck. Only half of the ligh...

Manager Communication: Thought it might be useful to add a section on here for drink specials running and mystery cocktails. So we are all up to date on any extra prep needs etc.  -LB Busy busy night at Trees. Diligence on all fronts for the bar team. -LB Coca cola did nothing to fix the foamy soda issues on the service pass at Trees lounge. They didn't replace the guns or look at the lobby guns which also need buttons. They are supposed to be coming back out to actually replace the soda guns at trees. I will be making a new service ticket. Much needed time is wasted standing at the foamy soda guns. -LB  At Jenn's suggestion, I asked Gab to give Nia a more thorough tutorial on pre-closing Trees as things wind down. They worked great together.  I do think if we want to start closing Trees earlier, no matter what that ends up looking like, having a pull out rope that says "Trees is now closed" would be very helpful for crowd control when Theater 1/2 etc get out late ni...

Manager Communication: Smooth open. Jared and I got things going with ease. Jenn did inventory. Easy start I think the lobby mid shift can be cut for tomorrow (I MADE NO CUTS)(based off of current numbers). I emailed as well for y'all to see. Busy night. Marty Supreme really has a good drinking crowd that stays rockin nonstop. - AB2 I took 1 Kota bottle and 3 Genziana bottles over for NWB. - AB2 Negroni kicked. I have keg cleaned in the liquor room. Mr & Mrs TC will probably kick any minute. We have Coke syrup but no FROCO in the walk in at the moment. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations: We cut Tevon, moved Gabrielle to open, Matthew to close lobby and Natasha to close trees -GS I cut Patrick a lil after Natasha got in. I cut Gabrielle after the dinner round fully settled. Matthew went down to lobby at that point and closed Lobby and Natasha closed Trees. Was really thankful to have Natasha and Matthew tonight. They absolutely killed it. - AB2 FOH Staff Observations: Bri is a hard...

Manager Communication: Light morning  was able to get a lot of stuff done for Spoons. The team on tonight was great. Top to bottom. It wasn't a crazy busy night, but there were a lot of moving parts and everyone was locked in. Becca is already killing it. So good at the pass and such a calm and lovely demeanor with everyone. - IP Customer Comments: Had one odd guest tonight that Justine alerted us to in Th 3 - Wyatt handled it with little issue. - IP  BAR Staff Observations: I pushed back both closers by one hour and we cut Natasha. -GS Very smooth night thanks to the man, the myth, the legend, Matt Soler. He is just a machine - like having two bartenders behind the bar. He said he was fine to handle Spoons on his own, so I got Gab outta here around 8:30 - and he 100% crushed. Handled the bar crowd, service pass and glassware and barely broke a sweat. I hopped in to help with the crowd at the bar after a particularly rowdy screening let out and there was a decent pop at the ba...

Manager Communication:  Solid and uneventful open GS BAR Staff Observations:  Matthew and Tevon are pros GS Trees definitely got rocked by the post-screening crowd from the shorts in Th3, which kept Gabrielle and Matthew quite busy up until, and through, the Pan's Labyrinth service push.  Jeshua held down Lobby without issue, and both he and Gabrielle closed each bar without issue. JH Sick Leave/ Call outs:  Lauren out sick GS Staff Meeting Agenda notes:  Grace left an open tab, even though Carly had reminded her to close out at Trees before she left.  This is also on Matthew, as he did not collect payment when Grace initially ordered at Trees.  Gus, I know you are sending this week's bar email, so can you please reiterate to the team that no staff food orders are to be sent to kitchen without staff having a form of payment on them when ordering. JH 86ed / counts on items:  Wild Deviation (9) JH Prep List:  Made the new specials for Spoons, ...

Manager Communication:  I spoke with Coke today and did a video call. We tried a fix, but they will need to send a technician out in the next 24-48 hours. They sound willing to replace both Trees guns that are issues, if I am not here please insist upon this and replacing the holster of the gun below the taps. It seems fairly isolated to the Trees soda tower, but while they are here they can double check the lobby system I suppose.-LB  Matthew said that we will likely launch the new dumbwaiter next Tuesday and we should all start getting in the practice of not using that table outside the liquor room. Also get used to slowing down, saying corner, knocking on the walk-in door. Jenn, if you want to mention this to the team in this week's email that would be great.-LB The cash drawer in the lobby got stuck shut. Dion and I tried every electronic option to troubleshoot to no avail. I found a small key in the Trees drawer, that was almost certainly not intended to open the Lobby Dr...

Manager Communication: Brought two bags of coffee beans in today. - AB2 I updated the count on Dream Big. - AB2 I took down most of the Christmas decorations. I put them in bar storage but need to reposition stuff.-LB BAR Staff Observations: Lydia and Greg did some nice back bar cleaning work today during the slower hours. Definitely chiller today, dinner round was slightly busy, but mellow in Trees. -LB Patrick will float up and close Trees with Nia tonight since Ian is out sick and no one else can close. It is slow and it will be fine. Dion will route downstairs at 10:45pm.-LB FOH Staff Observations: I find Alayna to be a darling coworker all the time. It is also nice to have Cate back.-LB Hiring/Training: Sick Leave/ Call outs: Ian is sick today. Special Events? Staff Meeting Agenda notes: 86ed / counts on items: Deviation 17 Prep List: I batched 2 Froco 1 Iced Tea 3 Fire Walk 1 Black Manhattan Keg 1 Cosmo Keg 1 Margarita Keg (Needs 95oz Triple Sec (it is labeled on keg)) 3 Lemo...

Manager Communication: Final holiday break day, and kiddos back to school tomorrow. Today was quite busy throughout the morning - Marty continues to crush. Last night put a big dent in a lot of our product, but we managed to make it through until the Baldor order came through around 4p. - IP  Ugh so sorry it was so late. Yesterday was a bonkers day, did not feel like dry January in here. I forgot to mention that I broke out a case of water cups, I will see where we are with back up service items tomorrow.  I also am putting a service call into Coke to try and get the guns in better shape. (service ticket  35455207 ) -LB The new bulb in the women's restroom at Tree's is quite bright, like playing baseball at night bright. If there are other options for that.-LB While in bar storage looking for extra pool table balls I noticed the Brad Landers for Congress signs are still in there. I am sure their team would want to pick them up if we have their contact.-LB I have been...

Manager Communication: Jared is an honorary bar team member, crushing dishpit duties today. -LB It would be helpful for bar staff if we had a sign saying only popcorn is available to go. And it would be great for all employees if there was a sign asking people to step away from the doors when smoking. It blows right up the stairs.-LB Super busy day. Like non-stop. We blew through product. Lots of kegs to batch. I have cleaned them all.  Really excellent work from everyone in the building no one stopped moving all day.-LB In  lieu of making cuts for tomorrow, keep shifts short if you can for the openers. Greg has a neck injury. Sales are pretty steady throughout and based on how much product we are going through, more hands versus less makes sense to me as of 11pm.-LB Would like to discuss not leaving open juice, purees etc in liquor room lowboy, the walk-in should be the one stop spot for open products, if it isn't any of us, please reinforce this with the bar team. Also plea...

Manager Communication: Building opened just fine. Had some hiccups, but handled.  I was unable to get to batching tonight. We will need Menta Whip and Dream Big (86'd) asap tomorrow. Sorry homies - AB2 Beer kegs were pretty buck city tonight. I reorganized all of them. Can we please try to keep on top of this? I understand we get busy and things happen but the connected Talea and Pilsner keg being one high in the back corner and having towers of mixed matched kegs in front of it is not fresh. If one of those had to be changed tonight, it would have required way more steps and been a lot more difficult than it needs to be. - AB2 I had another note on stocking tonight. Too often, the restock is falling exclusively to openers/closers. Where I think we (as a team) need to continue to push and heavily emphasize that mids should come in to stock, reset the bar, and get peeps through rushes and not just view it as coming in and working but understanding priorities. Peeps are eager to go ...

Manager Communication:   James is the best. A great open. -GS Wyatt, Jared, Dion and I rocked a really busy first day of the year. Thankfully not too many shenanigans, and good vibes all around. Gonna be a great year! - IP BAR Staff Observations:  Lots of tinkering today. Separate email regarding that was sent. Nia came in with a great attitude today, ready to work! Trees was popping and TH1 & 2 were full for round 2, Nia worked service and worked on really locking in and cranking out drinks. I had Darius and Gabrielle support her cause I wanted her to get the reps. She did a great job.  -GS Darius came in for a long shift- totally ready to go. Darius is the best. Super reliable always. Lobby was verrrrry busy this evening, so I had to jump in to help with a 3/5/7 triple whammy - while I was away Charlie and Nia held down a very very busy Trees lounge just the two of them. They did a very good job considering the ticket sales were at a level that historically req...