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Cafe Closing Procedure Checklist

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Ensure a smooth close with this cafe closing procedure checklist. It covers cleaning dining and prep areas, washing cutlery, sanitizing equipment, shutting down coffee machines, grinders, microwaves, ice maker and dishwasher, securing fridges, switching off POS peripherals, and completing X and Z POS reports, card settlements and cash counts. Includes Sunday deep clean tasks and supervisor sign-off to keep operations consistent, safe and audit-ready.

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Food and Beverage Closing Checklist
This food and beverage closing checklist helps restaurant and cafe teams standardize end of day procedures. It guides staff through cleaning surfaces, stocking dry goods and fridges, switching off and sanitizing equipment, securing merchandise, and recording temperatures for milk, pastry, sandwich, display, walk in, prep, and beer fridges and freezers. It covers areas such as cafe front of house, kitchen, cabin, and grill stations to ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient shutdown.
by Bess Burgess, from the Community
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Cafe Closing Checklist
This cafe closing checklist helps teams complete end of day tasks consistently and safely. It covers dining area and facade checks, wiping tables and displays, storing desserts, recording temperatures, shutting down POS and equipment, replenishing side stations, cleaning restrooms, and locking doors. Use it to maintain hygiene, document records, reduce wastage, and ensure security before leaving the premises.
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Closing Down Procedure Checklist
This closing down procedure checklist helps bar and pub teams end each shift consistently and safely. Tasks include restocking fridges and spirit shelves, disposing of perishables, cleaning ice buckets, drip trays and bar equipment, sweeping and mopping floors, bringing tables and outdoor items inside, servicing toilets and emptying bins, and shutting down music, TV and lights. Finish by securing doors with padlocks and confirming completion with a signature.
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Restaurant and Cafe Closing Checklist
Use this step by step closing checklist to wrap up end of day operations in a restaurant or cafe. Tasks include cleaning coffee machine group heads, soaking portafilters, securing refrigeration and shutters, emptying bins and compost, checking fridges and freezers are shut, charging tablets and speakers, switching off air curtains and lights, and locking waste and recycling. Adapt this template to your site and procedures to support food safety, cleanliness, energy savings, and a consistent close.
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Food and Beverage Closing Checklist

This food and beverage closing checklist helps restaurant and cafe teams standardize end of day procedures. It guides staff through cleaning surfaces, stocking dry goods and fridges, switching off and sanitizing equipment, securing merchandise, and recording temperatures for milk, pastry, sandwich, display, walk in, prep, and beer fridges and freezers. It covers areas such as cafe front of house, kitchen, cabin, and grill stations to ensure a safe, compliant, and efficient shutdown.

by Bess Burgess, from the Community

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Cafe Closing Checklist

This cafe closing checklist helps teams complete end of day tasks consistently and safely. It covers dining area and facade checks, wiping tables and displays, storing desserts, recording temperatures, shutting down POS and equipment, replenishing side stations, cleaning restrooms, and locking doors. Use it to maintain hygiene, document records, reduce wastage, and ensure security before leaving the premises.

by Dennis B, from the Community

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Closing Down Procedure Checklist

This closing down procedure checklist helps bar and pub teams end each shift consistently and safely. Tasks include restocking fridges and spirit shelves, disposing of perishables, cleaning ice buckets, drip trays and bar equipment, sweeping and mopping floors, bringing tables and outdoor items inside, servicing toilets and emptying bins, and shutting down music, TV and lights. Finish by securing doors with padlocks and confirming completion with a signature.

by Star Pub, from the Community

10+

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Restaurant and Cafe Closing Checklist

Use this step by step closing checklist to wrap up end of day operations in a restaurant or cafe. Tasks include cleaning coffee machine group heads, soaking portafilters, securing refrigeration and shutters, emptying bins and compost, checking fridges and freezers are shut, charging tablets and speakers, switching off air curtains and lights, and locking waste and recycling. Adapt this template to your site and procedures to support food safety, cleanliness, energy savings, and a consistent close.

by Joaquim Vieira Borges, from the Community

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Cafe Closing Procedure Checklist

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