NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication: Congratulations to everyone on receiving an A from DOH! -DL BAR Staff Observations: Ian and Tevon were great with ensuring both bars were DOH ready when I came in. They made the inspection go that much easier in the midst of the tension. Ian supported Matthew and Maya in Trees until the last rush from Dune and was able to get out by 9:30. Tevon knocked out some batching while Jeshua was able to handle lobby by himself. -DL Prep List: Winter GT kicked at the end of the night.  Tevon made 3 batches of the Dune special to prepare for tomorrow. -DL  Ordering/Receiving/Shipping: Manhattan delivered a case of Sorrel Liqueur rather than just a single bottle. I already contacted them to pick it up this week. Please leave in box. -DL

Manager Communication: The In The Mood For Love in lobby bar was froze over this morning when I came in. It was set to cold but kept itself to a freezing temperature all night. After calling it in to Elmeco they confirmed we have an issue with the part that reads the temp in that specific side of the machine. They're shipping a new piece right away that should be here by the end of the week for free. We can install it ourselves or call a 3rd party tech from the area to install it but the customer service rep said it's an easy part to swap out. -DL Bar mats- Gil pointed out to me they were extra sticky this morning. May be time for us to order more. If anyone can communicate where we get them from I can place an order this week to ensure we get the same ones. -DL I swung Matthew up to Trees to support since TH1 and TH2 were both sold out and had their drink pushes line up at the same time. They didn't order as much as anticipated, however, so he stocked both bars and was ou...

Manager Communication: Quiet Monday. Spent most of the early day getting prepped for NSF this week. -DL Dinner round was pretty busy on the first floor, and The Last Dragon screening in Th1 was the most popular screening of the night.  People loved it, and were ordering food and drink throughout.  Trees actually had a fair amount of couples come in for a weeknight, just to hang out on Mezz with some bevvies.  Decent late night crowd for a non-Trivia Tuesday. JH BAR Staff Observations: Kept Gabrielle on to get through The Last Dragon seating, and she was able to get out of here after Lydia got a restock in.  Ian batched us up and was back in Lobby in time for Darius to slide into The Last Dragon .  Once Lobby was routed and shut down, Ian was able to bop up to Trees Lounge to help Lydia with the last call crowd, and then Lydia was well onto their way closing once the last guests left just after midnight. JH Special Events? Empty bottles are in the liquor room ...

Manager Communication:   Very smooth day across the board. Due to sales, Jenna was cut once everyone had family meal and bars were set for the night. Ian caught us up on the more treacherous batching (it was bloody concentrates y'all) and was then free to go. Frozen machines got cleaned. AB BAR Staff Observations:  Ian was a delight to work with tonight, going above and beyond to make the most out of a slower day. AB FOH Staff Observations: I've noticed staff, particularly runners, hanging around Trees while still on the clock. It appears like innocent banter with a coworker that has already been cut, but for long periods of time. I also feel uncomfortable putting an unknowing bartender in the position of possibly serving them. AB Prep List : I got us up on most of the Shorts Fest prep. I made a double of Lemon Verbena-Jalepeño syrup and a double of the Lion's Mane-Mushroom syrup, I just didn't have cranberries for the Ranchiversary prep. AB We'll need to start a W...

Manager Communication: Busy morning over here while the second round fizzled out a bit. Notting Hill & Space Jam were bumping. Kelsey and Maya slayed service in Trees while Miguel prepped so much for the team! He got us back up on fresh juice and roll-ups. AB Darius was able to take apart the coco lime side of the frozen machine in lobby and readjust the piece that was making it leak. He cleaned and refilled it to make sure it was good to go. Was able to do this and still get out at a regular time. -DL Customer Comments: Getting a lot of people trying to bring young children in during the late rounds. Just something to have the lobby bartenders keep an eye out for. -DL BAR Staff Observations: Darius was amazing in lobby this evening. Kept a smile on his face throughout his whole shift in lobby while directing the many first-timers that visited. I swung downstairs to help him with Filmbot a couple of time and for a restock but he was pretty much a one man machine. -DL  FOH St...

Manager Communication: Notting Hill & Space Jam were super popular this morning, and I anticipate the same for tomorrow morning.  Plenty of the smaller theaters selling out now that we have the shorts programming and Poor Things out of the big theaters, with ticket sales growing steadily throughout the day.  Scheduling was great today, really well timed, and service was very smooth.  Just busy enough that I never pulled any Leads for batching, but we will definitely have extra hands and time this evening to catch up on the few small things we need to make. JH    The last two rounds continued to stay busy. A lot of last minute walk-in that caused big jumps closer to the start time of the movies. Still found a lot of time to restock Trees and get some batching completed in order to get a bit ahead of tomorrow. DL  Customer Comments: Had 3 women in Trees this evening that gave Lydia and Gabrielle an issue towards the end of the night. They had one round...

Manager Communication :  Hello, busy Friday! We had an all-star team to keep up the pace. Drive Away Dolls definitely has a heavy drinking crowd, and had lots of walk-ins similar to Bob Marley: One Love. Tevon got us batched up for the weekend, reset Gabrielle in Lobby, and was cut. Ian held down Trees with Darius and Matthew until the last TH1 push settled down. From there, Trees got stocked and we finished the night as smoothly as possible. AB I know we are all aware of our quirky pool-pocket-problem. The center pockets now fall out to the ground if a ball falls in. Thankfully we had some handy black duct tape, and I got a little ghetto with it so folks could continue their game. Just touching base if we ordered new ones already. AB   Customer Comments:   A couple in TH2 were brought to our attention by Alex in the last round of Bob Marley: One Love. They arrived very late and were clearly intoxicated and didn't respond well to not being served. Daniella and I stay...