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Days Until Open
13 days
Setup + Training (Wks 1-2)
31 days
Dry-Run + Soft Open (Wks 3-5)
Aug 22
Grand Opening
Timeline Overview
Jul 14 - Aug 22 - 1 daysTODAY
Extended Hours Approval
ConditionsYou are approved to open beyond the soft opening window of 11:30 to 2:00 and 5:00 to 8:00.
That approval holds as long as every one of the following is true, every day you are open. These are conditions, not suggestions.
- 1Dining room set for online and walk-in at all times. Not just at open. At all times. Clean, mopped, windows and doors smudge free.
- 2Nothing on the dining floor that belongs in storage. No boxes, no product, no clutter.
- 3Music on. Lights on.
- 4Restrooms set.
- 5Front area set. High chairs available.
- 6All drinks available.
- 7Every employee clocks in and takes orders on Toast under their own ID. No shared IDs. No group IDs. Shared logins wreck our labor data and create wage and hour exposure we are not taking on.
- 8Keep practicing. Keep role playing. Every shift. Kitchen and Front. This is the time to work on speed, consistency and brand standards. Weigh each burrito coming out. Make the perfect one. Line them up against each other, show kitchen what consistency looks like. Practice every single food item, again, again and then again.
- 9Nightly update from the kitchen manager and the GM. Non-negotiable. No reminders on this.
- 10Pictures with every update.
- 11Corporate gets camera access. Please get that set up this AM.
- 12Tables not wobbly. All chairs securely built. No loose chairs.
If these slip, we go back to the soft opening window until they are fixed.
- AK
Key Datesv
Who's On-Site
Corporate Team - Arrive / Depart
| Name | Visit | Arrive | Depart | Days |
|---|
Technology & Service Providers - BLOCKED
-/1Every provider below must be fully set up before corporate training begins Jul 20.
Delivery / Catering
0/1Corporate Training Schedule6 working days - Jul 20 to Jul 25v
Corporate Training Schedule6 working days - Jul 20 to Jul 25
| Day | Date | BOH | FOH | BAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1 | Jul 20(Mon) | BOH Day 1 - Chef Bikram | FOH Day 1 - Mitesh | Bar Day 1 - Daniel |
| D2 | Jul 21(Tue) | BOH Day 2 | FOH Day 2 | Bar Day 2 |
| D3 | Jul 22(Wed) | BOH Day 3 | FOH Day 3 | Bar Day 3 - Final Sign-Off |
| D4 | Jul 23(Thu) | BOH Day 4 | FOH Day 4 | - |
| D5 | Jul 24(Fri) | BOH Day 5 | FOH Day 5 | - |
| D6 | Jul 25(Sat) | BOH Day 6 - Final Sign-Off | FOH Day 6 - Final Sign-Off | - |
Shifts from Birmingham Plan
- 1.Sundays closed throughout training and soft-opening period. Birmingham ran 7 consecutive days; Smyrna is Mon-Sat only.
- 2.Bar compressed to 3 working days (Mon-Wed) with Daniel. Birmingham stretched bar training across the full week.
- 3.Training start gated by (1) Chef Prasad completing 10 straight working days in Birmingham and (2) verified Smyrna staffing: 15 FOH covering AM/PM/MID/weekends, 12 line, 2 prep, 2 dish.
- 4.Corporate trainers depart Sunday Jul 26 (store closed). Practice dry-run + community drops begin Monday Jul 27.