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Restaurant and Cafe Closing Checklist

by Joaquim Vieira Borges, from the Community

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.
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Use this step by step closing checklist to complete end of day procedures for cafes, gelato shops, and dessert bars. Tasks include pulling and storing product, cleaning counters, blenders, coffee equipment and mixers, shutting down fryers and melters, emptying and sanitising bins, sweeping and mopping front and back of house, completing temperature logs, cashing off at the POS, securing outdoor furniture, checking toilets, and performing a final walk through before turning off lights and displays.
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Retail Store Closing Checklist
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MOD and Lead Closing Checklist
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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 and Dessert Bar Closing Checklist

Use this step by step closing checklist to complete end of day procedures for cafes, gelato shops, and dessert bars. Tasks include pulling and storing product, cleaning counters, blenders, coffee equipment and mixers, shutting down fryers and melters, emptying and sanitising bins, sweeping and mopping front and back of house, completing temperature logs, cashing off at the POS, securing outdoor furniture, checking toilets, and performing a final walk through before turning off lights and displays.

by South Bank Store, from the Community

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Retail Store Closing Checklist

Use this end-of-day closing checklist to secure the premises and complete final cleaning and shutdown. Tasks include locking front and back doors, closing roller doors, switching off machines, compressors, conveyor belts, and air conditioning, cleaning FOH and BOH areas (glass doors, windows, trolleys, sinks, kitchen and bathroom), emptying and rinsing dirty water tanks, mopping floors, managing waste and recycling, charging batteries, signing out on the kiosk, and ensuring all internal doors are closed. Designed for retail store operations to standardize closing procedures and maintain safety and cleanliness.

by Sunbury Vic, from the Community

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MOD and Lead Closing Checklist

This MOD and Lead closing checklist helps park supervisors shut down the facility consistently and prepare for the next day. It guides managers to close and count registers, assign team members to outs tasks, verify cleaning at the front desk, restrooms, and party rooms, and complete cafe and concessions shutdown. It also covers securing attractions, turning off equipment and lights, checking freezers, locking doors and safes, ensuring staff are clocked out, and arming the alarm. Use this checklist to streamline end-of-day operations and reduce risk.

by Alex Mesa, from the Community

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Restaurant and Cafe Closing Checklist

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