NPP Bar Blog

Manager Communication:  Mellow first round, but plenty of folks looking for ticket exchanges and related from Lobby bar, which may become a little harder to keep up with once the very busy dinner round kicks off.  Just something to keep an eye on tonight, and this weekend. JH Customer Comments: Everyone was pretty cool. It was buzzing for a minute. BAR Staff Observations:  Bryan has gotten much quicker at doing a full liquor restock on his Friday Trees opening, so we were well set for service by the time doors opened.  Tevon, as always, held down Lobby solo, with the exception of Filmbot-related manager calls. JH FOH Staff Observations: Monica was really great tonight. -Gus Hiring/Training: Greg is getting the hang of things. I found his test. He got an 81 on the food portion and a 93% on the Bar part. The one he got wrong was what are the two new  N/A offerings, but given that he is new and didn't know what was there before I think its a wash. -Gus Sick Leave/ ...

Manager Communication: I dropped a case of Dry Curacao. We were able to save one but the others are victims of the streets now. My bad y'all. - AB2 BAR Staff Observations:  Really similar service to yesterday, basically followed the same schedule, which was nice.  Tevon volunteered to take the first cut.  Patrick floated up to Trees once the last The Brutalist screening settled and got Jeshua through the special screening's initial service push.  Once both bars were set for the rest of the night, Patrick was able to get out of here and Jeshua and Matthew closed each bar without issue. JH Sick Leave/ Call outs: Natasha was not feeling well today. I marked her as sick on 7Shifts and we should be good with 4 Bartenders tonight. - AB2 Prep List: I made - Espresso Martini - 2 Firewalk - Simple - AB2 Ordering/Receiving/Shipping: We got a Baldor order in today. - AB2 Maintenance: Upon spilling the case of Dry Curacao, Stewart came up to say that alcohol was coming from th...

Manager Communication: If the servers could be reminded that they should not take empty dollies from Trees lounge, it is unsubstantiated speculation that this could be happening. We have been short dollies for our, clean/dirty/etc system.-LB Ian's R&D is on point! His Junglebird has WINGS. We cost checked it and he is gonna tweak recipe a bit.-LB  Patrick started infusing some vermouth trials for Spring Menu.-LB BAR Staff Observations:  First round was busy, dinner round was much more mellow, and the last round brought a couple of very sold screenings, so both bars were pretty busy throughout the evening.  Both Bryan and Matthew were able to get out of here once both bars had completed the initial service push for the last round.  Gabrielle and Patrick closed each bar without issue. JH Special Events? Happy Tet and Lunar New  Year to all!  Staff Meeting Agenda notes:  Lauren printed and laminated the comps/void sheets, and they have been placed in...

Manager Communication: Chill Tuesday. Got to check in with everyone and looking forward to tightening up in this slow period. Menu change will be exciting! - IP BAR Staff Observations: Sleepy non-trivia Tuesday. Got Lydia outta here around 7p. Darius and Greg were great in Trees - Darius stuck around to make sure Greg was fully set for closing solo. - IP Greg did an awesome job with his close. He followed the closing guidelines to a T and the bar looked great. Props to Bryan for coming up to help with a restock and to watch the bar and help out Greg with any last odds and ends after the lobby was already put to bed. - IP FOH Staff Observations: Sean was everywhere tonight it seemed. He was supporting all over the place and always has a lovely demeanor. - IP Special Events : The screening of "The Handmaidens" was great. Good crowd chilling at the bar and easy service. GOod work all around. - IP Staff Meeting Agenda notes: Had a nice bar manager meeting in the liquor room. Disc...

Manager Communication:  I think my experiment with coffee bitters has proven to be successful. Would love for anyone that likes Manhattans to give feedback on the coffee Manhattan I am working on.-LB  Entered a new recipe on Bevager and want to go over adding ingredients for this with Gus as some of the entries seemed odd to me.-LB Having the front doors lock again is really wonderful. Thank you.-LB Customer Comments: When I was routing theater 7 Kyah had just gotten a note from a table that their sodas were flat and they did not drink them, they also wanted water.  She was going to take them off their check. I encouraged her to check if they had in fact not imbibed them. They had not had much.  She got them fresh ones and I think this alleviated their dismay. I poured their sodas and they were not flat at the time, so yes sitting sodas get flat. I told her to let me know if they were still displeased.-LB BAR Staff Observations: Greg is getting more acclimated to the...

Manager Communication: Checked on Fast Kathy's website and they have the nufoam powder soap that we should get. Will touch base with Jenn on this Tuesday.-LB So I batched 3 specialty cocktails that I realized I did not the count into the POS, which is funny since this was my idea. I am putting a little reminder on those recipes in the binder so I don't forget. -LB Restocked the wine in the walk-in. - IP BAR Staff Observations: Natasha lapping the servers for brunch. Matthew opening lobby like a champ. Dream team.-LB Patrick is going to come in early on Wednesday and work on his vermouth with me.-LB Natasha relieved Matthew in Lobby so he could cut early around 4:15p. Pretty light rounds since the brunch round. Hopefully it'll pick up for dinner. - LB *Ron Howard Voice* It didn't pick up for dinner. Twas a very chill evening, but the Trees crowd continues to be robust. We also had a good amount of people stick around before and after movies to watch the NFC/AFC Champio...

Manager Communication: I got a bottle brush for Trees lounge and put a hook up for it, it is now gone.  It is useful at cleaning stubborn dishes if anyone has the whereabouts.-LB We are out of the cinnamon toaster business. Gonna ask Jenn to go over STB with me.  Patrick and I are making cocktail bitters for the upcoming menu. So I ordered mason jars from Amazon, in the interim so we can get started I will bring my own tomorrow.-LB  Yet another busy evening at Trees Lounge. Bar team and management team was firing on all cylinders. Great work all around - IP  BAR Staff Observations: Gab and Lydia held down the lobby and Jeshua, Patrick and Tevon were awesome upstairs. After Lydia left, the first floor was still super sold, so when the crowd at Trees was settled down, I swung Tevon down to help Gab with the service pushes. The team is all really in sync and they're all super flexible and ready to jump in wherever they're needed - it's a pleasure to work with them. - IP...