NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Successful Menu Change and very busy day and night! EL BAR Staff Observations : Ian was a massive help today, and was able to utilize his prep shift to catch up on some new batches and get the remainder of new product stocked behind both bars.  He and Maya communicated about juice and garnish needs before doors, so Maya was set at Lobby while Ian handled a busy Trees.  Gabrielle went straight to Trees when she arrived, and floated back down to Lobby once Matthew and Ashley were in. JH Everyone was a rockstar for the rest of the night. Ian batched and Maya floated a bit.  Great team. EL Special Events? Park Slope Parents group came through again and brought a crowd to Trees starting around 3:30.  They are a relatively laid-back group and have been a pleasure to host on their two most recent visits.  They definitely give Trees an early Friday pop of business. JH Staff Meeting Agenda notes : Shout out to closers last night for stocking all n...

Manager Communication: Pretty busy shift all around especially with menu change. Trees lounge had a nice crowd before Eternal sunshine and then it was still pretty good after. We also got a good Trees crowd from Holy Mountain in theater 5. Some people preferred Trees over the theater.  BAR Staff Observations: Great job by the team today. Tevon opened lobby and helped batch and prep for stock move by making bus bins for each bar, which made stocking very easy. Matthew did a great job closing lobby and then helped batch a Jungle Bird and helped with cleaning prep. Darius held down Trees and had a good close. Tashi Opened Trees and did a good job but is still learning and needs a close eye, but they also seem nervous to mess up and also needs to know that it's okay. Tashi was great expoing during the Eterrnal Sunshine rush, they had real grace under fire then.  FOH Staff Observations: Vlad told me that a server told him in a rude way not to take their garbage in one the theaters ...

BAR Staff Observations : Both Ashley and Gabrielle were able to get out of here relatively early due to sales, and Darius and Matthew were fine solo behind each bar.   Darius brought the remaining Lobby Holy Mountain upstairs to Trees, and moved the Fire Walk to the middle hopper.  Matthew was able to clean one of the Fire Walk hoppers at Trees, so both bars are ready for Neon Demon.  The Holy Mountain hopper at Trees will need to be cleaned tomorrow night and filled with Fire Walk. JH Ordering/Receiving/Shipping: Brooklyn's Best Peach Tree, Industrial Pilsner, Ruby Hibiscus (Gold Coast), Southern on Friday. EA Maintenance : The fire alarm panel in the Soda Closet is beeping.  Gil checked it out and did not see anything that may have caused it.  It's not too loud, so wont't disturb guests, but should be checked tomorrow.  As of closing, it was still beeping. JH Mobilebytes Issues : When Darius went to clock out, he realized he had never clocked in.  He...

Manager Communication: Pretty good evening. Trivia Crushed. It's only getting bigger. Great night.  BAR Staff Observations: Everyone worked great together. Busy Trivia and Busy theaters but the team was no sweat. Tashi was great at Lobby Bar today and had a great close. They still had questions but they got it. Ian and Miguel opened and had everything ready for the night. Tevon closed Trees strong as well.  FOH Staff Observations: Isabel was great on the ground floor.  Special Events? Trivia was great tonight. Like I said they're getting bigger. I think we should maybe try to find creative ways to sit folks. The hightops are great at getting a standing crowd around them. I Staff Meeting Agenda notes: 86ed / counts on items: Spice Spice Baby and There are two Free Wave NAIPA left.  Pay Outs: $5.49 Beets 

Manager Communication: Rainy day for the most part today. Trees was pretty mellow all afternoon into the night with a few people sprinkled here and there. There was a decent pop for the dinner showing of John Wick and the late round for The Hunger, but nothing crazy afterwards. Most of the crowd scooted on out for the night right after the film. EA BAR Staff Observations: Quiet open for Ashley and Eliel today so they were able to get side work done as per usual. Ashley stayed through the seating for The Hunger and then was cut after the rush subsided. Eliel was cut much earlier in the day since there wasn't much to batch.  Jenna ran the lobby solo while Miguel took care of Trees for the remainder of the night. Easy day overall. EA Just an update from my end for the ADP training. Gabrielle and Darius are caught up. I spoke to both Miguel and Jenna about having theirs done by this Thursday. Will check in with other staff as the week progresses. EA Staff Meeting Agenda notes : Myself ...

Manager Communication : Easy open today, movies had a nice spread to them. Trees started building a crowd mid afternoon.  I took advantage of the low stock in the walk in and washed the shelves where we keep batched product through the dish machine and wiped the walls and under with citric acid before stocking it back up. EL Dinner round was skinny busy and kept the bars busy until the late round where everything thinned out. EA Customer Comments: There was a lot of shuffling around and ticket exchanges for 6:45pm showing of Shazam in TH5. The main criticism was on how small the theater is and how wide the screen is followed by how they wish they knew that before purchasing tickets online. Short of putting very explicit details on the website, I don't know how else to address this. I did happily move them to where I could with the limited seating.  I've instructed lobby bartenders to also mention the unique layout of the auditorium if the guests have any questions about seat s...

Manager Communication : Busy brunch, which continued throughout the day. The John Wick crowd is eager to hang at the bar before the theater opens, and then orders steadily throughout the movie, so Trees was pretty packed from about 4 o’clock on. Lobby also had plenty of well-sold screenings, which kept both bars busy throughout. JH  Dinner round was firing on all cylinders at all bars. It kept everyone moving. As mentioned above guests are grabbing a drink at Trees before they enter the theater. Things tapered off during the late round with some people sticking around after the dinner round for drinks and the pool table. EA BAR Staff Observations : Natasha and Tevon were both ready for doors, with Natasha prepping cut citrus for Trees and Tevon navigating a very busy Matilda service bar.  Tashi and Maya restocked both bars with product and glassware, and I was able to swing Natasha up to Trees once I cut Tevon around 3:30. JH Big shoutout to Natasha who stayed on to help get T...