NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication : Pretty busy day. Paw Patrol was almost sold out with fast flips from open to 6:30PM. Definitely going through a lot of N/A products (changed about every soda bag, lemonade mayhem, etc.). Maya prepped all morning in lobby and Miguel held down Trees until Ian came in. Everyone really kept up with the volume. Once Jenna and Matthew were in, Maya got cut and Matthew batched quite a bit to get us through another busy brunch tomorrow. AB BAR Staff Observations: The night stayed pretty busy. Darius and Gabrielle did great with guest during the POS issues. They gave me great support overall for my first live shift. -DL FOH Staff Observations: Rebecca and Kim were both so helpful at the pass, with full drink trays back-to-back for multiple rounds. AB 86ed / counts on items : 86: Peach Tea, Miller High Life, Del's Hard Tea, Kagemusha. We are down to one Bloody Concentrate back-up. Low on white sugar (so many Paw Patrol Lemonades). Out of limes, Dana is going to keep ...

Manager Communication: Challenging but good night overall. We were a very strong Skeleton Crew! Customer Comments: This was the most challenging part of today, but I tried to practice extreme empathy and I think most of it went well.  Throughout the night a few people wanted full refunds, and I didn't fight anyone about it, but I did try to give them alternatives and most of them took it.  Overall I think most folks left okay and not upset.  BAR Staff Observations:  I got lucky today. I got four leads in Ashley & Tevon who opened and Ian & Matthew who closed. While it was a challenging day for all of us, they really did great work and lifted each other's spirits when it was tough.  FOH Staff Observations: I'm grateful for Raekwon, Brenden, Rebecca, Vlad and Dwight.  Maintenance: N2 machine wasn't working well at some point, after speaking to Dodge and NuCo I think I might've found a loose tap or something and the levels got back where they need to b...

Manager Communication : Relatively mellow, rainy Thursday evening.  Death Wish 3 brought a small crowd to Trees before and after the screening. JH    BAR Staff Observations :  Ian is officially back. His back is still pretty sore so he may need an sit down and an extra hand lifting any heavy bins.  -DL Jeshua was able to get out of her once closers were in and everyone had a chance to grab family meal.  Tevon batched some product, and then stuck around Trees to help Ian with the last round special screening service push in Th1.  Matthew handled lobby solo for the majority of the night without issue. JH FOH Staff Observations : Vlad mentioned to myself and Dana that the new mats we put oout for the rain are much lighter than the previous ones. The doors would flip them almost every time someone walked in, creating a tripping hazard. JH Staff Meeting Agenda notes: Dana needs to be added as an admin/editor to the blog.  He currently cannot access u...

Manager Communication: Pretty good night. Trees had a good Karaoke crowd. Benjamin Button had a good crowd. EL BAR Staff Observations: Gabrielle noticed the lowboys in the lobby bar are collecting a lot of water. She wiped out and dried the inside in the beginning of shift. Matthew cleaned the bubblers in Trees. He pointed out the back wall was extra sticky behind them, most likely from all the backsplash from filling them up. -DL Closers did a good job. EL Special Events? Great Karaoke. EL 86ed / counts on items: Running low on Barbie as we prepare to replace it this Friday. Also low on Paloma until Ancho Reyes comes in. -DL Prep List: Paloma when you get that ancho, and Fistfull of $$$ - EL Pay Outs: $100 karaoke. -EL Ordering/Receiving/Shipping: Domaine Christophe Mittnacht arrived for the Dumb Money Drink Special. -DL

Manager Communication: Pretty easy evening. Okay Trees crowds. EL BAR Staff Observations: Openers Miguel and Ashley set us up, and Ashley batched a bit while Miguel helped Trees through dinner round.  Jeshua was late today. He said he misread his schedule and apologized. Darius had a great close. I was able to route him and he was ready to help with the party.  EL Special Events? The New Jack City video afterparty only attracted a hand full of people who didn't stay long. EL 86ed / counts on items: Dels, Athletic, Barbie not on count yet but very soon. EL Prep List: Paloma when Ancho arrives. EL Pay Outs: 7550 $50 New Jack City host, 5200 Pineapples $8.23 EL

Manager Communication: Pretty good night. No budge had a great bar turnout. A little before and a lot after. A lot of one and dones. EL Customer Comments: Lydia said they'd caught someone trying to dip into the lobby bar tip jar. This was early and it was empty but still something to look out for. EL BAR Staff Observations:  Great team tonight. Darius opened stuck around to work No Budge. Tevon batched and closed trees.  Lydia opened lobby and helped a little with no Budge load in. Jenna closed lobby. No problems. EL Special Events? No budge had a sold out crowd and bit Trees turnout. EL Staff Meeting Agenda notes: All bartenders have rsvp'd for next week's menu change meeting, with only Natasha being unable to make it.  Similarly, all bartenders have submitted their holiday schedule requests (Kelsey submitted under server), except for Miguel.  I sent him an email to see if it was intentional or not, and will update when he gets back to me. JH 86ed / counts on items...

Manager Communication : Busy open. EL BAR Staff Observations: Maya was great opening at Trees. Miguel texted me at 9:12am letting me know he overslept and was ultimately 88 minutes late. I texted Tevon, who was able to come in 10am and help set up lobby bar. EL I gave Miguel a written warning for tardiness. EL Fun Fact! Kelsey passed the frozen-machine-cleaning test with flying colors. Phew. AB Darius is such a positive energy behind the bar, and it was definitely contagious with guests hanging at Trees for multiple rounds. AB 86ed / counts on items: Count on Athletic N/A Lager. Barbie is officially on her last plastic leg, all product is behind the bar. I made a 1/2 batch of Paloma, so both bars are stocked until we get Ancho Reyes. Baba the Rabbit sold extremely well today, both bars are down to about 1 quart until we're back up on Genepy le Chamois. AB Prep List: We should get some Hibiscus Syrup going tomorrow. AB Pay Outs: $3 basil bar groceries EL Maintenance: Water buil...