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Manager Bar Closing Checklist

by Kaitlyn Ambrus, from the Community

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This manager bar closing checklist helps bar and restaurant teams complete consistent end-of-day procedures. It covers cleaning and sanitizing surfaces, glassware, wells, drains, and equipment; plugging or wrapping draft and wine towers; detailing pop guns; cleaning bellini machines; stocking and defrosting coolers; rotating kegs and applying FIFO; organizing bus bins; handling open wines with sealing and date dots; recording spillage and nightly duties; cleaning POS and requisition printers; taking out trash and preparing for morning service; and placing fans to reduce fruit flies. Use it to improve hygiene, reduce waste, and ensure a safe, compliant close.

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