NPP Bar Blog

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 ...