Pre-Soft Open + Training

Jul 27 - Aug 11

Limited hours 11:30-2 and 5-8, 7 days. Dry-run + community drops.

Soft Open Window

Aug 19 - Aug 21

Invite-only soft opens. Influencer / VIP nights Aug 20-21. Full hours + 100% bar from Aug 10.

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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 days
TODAY

Extended Hours Approval

Conditions

You 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.

  1. 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.
  2. 2Nothing on the dining floor that belongs in storage. No boxes, no product, no clutter.
  3. 3Music on. Lights on.
  4. 4Restrooms set.
  5. 5Front area set. High chairs available.
  6. 6All drinks available.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 9Nightly update from the kitchen manager and the GM. Non-negotiable. No reminders on this.
  10. 10Pictures with every update.
  11. 11Corporate gets camera access. Please get that set up this AM.
  12. 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 Dates
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Who's On-Site
Corporate Team - Arrive / Depart

Technology & Service Providers - BLOCKED

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Every provider below must be fully set up before corporate training begins Jul 20.

Delivery / Catering

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Corporate Training Schedule6 working days - Jul 20 to Jul 25
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DayDateBOHFOHBAR
D1Jul 20(Mon)BOH Day 1 - Chef BikramFOH Day 1 - MiteshBar Day 1 - Daniel
D2Jul 21(Tue)BOH Day 2FOH Day 2Bar Day 2
D3Jul 22(Wed)BOH Day 3FOH Day 3Bar Day 3 - Final Sign-Off
D4Jul 23(Thu)BOH Day 4FOH Day 4-
D5Jul 24(Fri)BOH Day 5FOH Day 5-
D6Jul 25(Sat)BOH Day 6 - Final Sign-OffFOH 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.