Weekly focus 04/11-04/17

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,


please find attached weekly focus for this week. Please read it
carefully and let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Zlati

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 4.11 - 4.17.

Please let me know if you have ant questions.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening,

As you know from tomorrow officially we are going to have refreshment of
the food, cocktail and wine items in our menu. For your convenience in
this email you can see all changes.


From the food items we are not going to have :
*Sausage platter, Cold potato salad, Pickled cabbage, Blue cheese
kajmak, Veal stew, Slow cooked pork.


Instead them we are going to have :
* Quinoa salad, Strawberry kajmak, Seasonal grilled vegetables, Summer
stuffed peppers, Ham and cheese crapes.

Slightly changes you will see in few dishes :

* Balkan kebab now comes with somun, zlatibor and marinated red onions
on a side.
* Stuffed sour cabbage will be served on different plate with mashed
potatoes and topped with yogurt.
* Seafood platter is going to be served with Organic slaw instead Cold
potato salad.

Changes you will see in our Specialty drink list as well – we are taking
out:
* Sava
* Dunja
* G&T
* Pear Daisy
* Sofia Negroni


Instead them we are going to add :
* Ultimate gin and tonic
* Rakija Gimlet,
* Visnja sour
* Negroni Punch
* Berry Daisy


In the wine list we are going to have :
*Stobi Veritas
*Zvonko Bogdan
*Stobi Rkaticeli

Since we still have few bottles of Montepulciano and Three Saints
Chardonnay the next days we will do daily competitions who will sell
most.

We are going to add Berry Daisy and BIP Beer to the Balkan experience
drink list. Miller light is going to be available for A La Card order.


If you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

Best,
Zlati Christovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 4.18 - 4.24.

We are inviting a lot of new members in to Ambar family. Please give
them coaching and respect that you expect from yourselves.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Tomorrow we will roll out our new food and beverage menu. I would like
to share our new menu with you so you can be prepared for your first
shift. Please take a look and let me know if there is anything that we
should correct before we print them out.

Your help will be very appreciated.

Moving forward we will be offering only wines from the Balkan region. We
decided to make that move due to very low interest from our guest to
purchase wines which are not from the Balkans. Since we still have them
on our inventory we will organize a weekly competition. Rules are very
simple. The winner is the person who sell the most bottles of listed
wine from Monday to Sunday. We will have special prices for those wines
every night during the week which will help you to sell those wines
easier.


Bottles to sell:

1. Bibic R6 Riserva 6 bottles left
2. Visconti Montepulciano 17 bottles left
3. Three Saints Pinot Noir 26 bottles left
4. Three Saints Chardonnay 1 bottle left
5. Italico Pinot Grigio 21 bottles left

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a good night.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 4.25 - 5.1. and schedule bid
for the first two weeks in the May.

We will try to please all your requests so please return those bids to
me as soon as you can.

Please welcome Bishan as a new/old member to our team.

Welcome back Bishan.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening,

as you know we have few new tasty and delicious items on our dinner
menu. Every pre-shift we speak about the food items, but so far you
didn't have the food description for Stuffed pepper. You can find the
ingredients in this weekly focus, plus Stobi Veritas and one really
important focus - our guest and your connection with them.

Please find attached Weekly Focus for this week.

Let me know if you have any questions.


Best,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Please find attached weekly focus for this week.



Best,

Zlati Christovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 5.2 - 5.8.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[U. Jojić]

Bartenders/Servers,

Product consistency is as crucial to profitability behind the bar. The
drinks you serve should taste the same regardless of the night or who’s
behind the bar. Otherwise, you may be serving a product that is
different in taste, cost and presentation from what we originally
intended. Inconsistency behind the bar leads to fluctuating costs and
hit-or-miss drinks.

In order to keep everything under control and to every bartender/server
makes the drink with the same recipe, I prepared a updated cocktail list
for you. This will be very useful not just for new staff members on
training but for everyone to refresh their knowledge.

Couple changes have been made so please go through the list carefully
and make sure to follow the recipe for each drink.

Let me now if you have any questions.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,


attached you will find allergies menu - updated and ready for you.
Please make sure that you open the file, remind yourself and learn. I
can assure you Chef will be excited to hear more accurate knowledge
which stays beyond "seafood allergy" in Mussels, "dairy allergy" in
Spicy pork and "Gluten allergy " in Forest Gnocchi. If you have any
questions or concerns i will be more then happy to help you!



Thank you,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,

As we spoke few times on the pre shifts this week, we have to spend more
time to remind ourselves and learn the possible allergies from certain
ingredients in dishes. This week we are going to be focused on helping
each other in the process of learning to perfection all Gluten, Nut and
Diary allergies, all Vegetarian, Pescetarian and Vegan options in our
menu, plus modifications of dishes you could offer instead.

I can see the progress in the knowledge of all of you for the past few
days and now we just need to find strong ground for all the information
you already have and use all efforts to remember it.

Extensive product knowledge is the key to being a successful server.
Learning about our restaurant is an integral part of providing quality
service. It is vital to be familiar with all of our food and beverage
menu items and the ingredients that accompany them. It can be difficult
to answer menu related questions if you don’t have the proper knowledge.

Although selling Ambar’s food and beverages is part of your job, using
suggested selling will enhance your guests’ experiences and make you
more money. As a server in a restaurant you are almost guaranteed to
make a sale. There is little effort required in selling food and
beverages; however, with extensive menu knowledge you are more likely to
up-sell to the guest. Be prepared to routinely offer suggestions to our
guests and guide them through the dining experience. Guests will value
your knowledge and suggestions. While selling helps our guests enjoy
their visit with us, it will also add to your tips.

Giving recommendations, showing knowledge and concern for the best
experience of people (with allergies) is going to make you an “expert”
in guests’ eyes.

Attached you will find Allergy menu. If you have any questions or
concern let me know.


Best,
Zlati Christovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 5.9 - 5.15.

I would really appreciate if I can have schedule bid returned to me as
soon as possible so I can start making the schedule for another week.

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,


moving forward every Friday we will prepare family meal for all
employees. Chris will be in charge for all recipes and the great meals
you would have chance to taste. Please come 15-20 min before your shift
if you want to have your bowl/plate of goodness so you can be fully
ready for work for your scheduled time.


Thank you,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,

Please find attached weekly focus for this week.
If you have any questions let me know.


Thank you,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

And now second try - PDF file:)

Have a great night,
Zlati

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 5.16 - 5.22.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Find attached schedule for the week 5.23 - 5.29.

Please welcome Kristin and David as new members of Ambar's family.

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,


attached you will find weekly focus for this week.

If you have any questions let me know.

Best,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,


attached you will find dessert descriptions.

If you have any questions please let me know.



Best,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Team,


Find attached weekly focus for next week.

Please let me know if you have any questions.



Best,

Zlati Chistovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Find attached schedule for the week 5.30 - 6.5.

Please welcome Jhonatan as a new member of Ambar's family.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please be advised that some lines and stations will be disrupted in the
next year. To prevent you from being late I am sending you this link
where you can find more information.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/metro-closures/



Do not forget that tomorrow is Memorial Day and that we are open for
brunch. Please check your schedule carefully.


Thank you,

Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,



Attached you will find weekly focus for this week.

Let me know if you have any questions.


Best,
Zlati

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Find attached schedule for the week 6.6 - 6.12 and bid for period of
6.13 - 6.26.

Please send me your schedule bid no later than Tuesday (6.7.16).

[U. Jojić]

Team,

It was about time to organize the general cleaning of the whole
restaurant. While we are all trying to keep Ambar clean during our
regular hours, at some point it's necessary to organize some extra
cleaning. This time servers and bartenders will come at the same time
and do a cleaning on 3 different floors on three different days.

Tuesday / Team 1 - Tigran, Milica Perac and Marija Donevska (1st floor
bar). Milica Radojkovic, Stefan Simic and Bojan (1st floor dining)

Wednesday / Team 2 - Dimitrije, Bishan and Yuliia (2nd floor bar). Alex,
Marija Dimitrijvic (2nd floor dining)

Thursday / Team 3 - Dijana and Snezana ( Patio bar).

Please come at 1:15pm so you can have enough time for perfect cleaning.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Attached you can find our new lunch menu. As you can see, the menu is
pretty much the same but we added a couple of items at Balkan fare
selection. Everything is in the system and you should be familiar with
all those items since we serve them during the dinner service.

New additions are :

1. Meat Pie $8
2. Cheese Pie $7
3. Ham and cheese crepe $8
4. Spicy sausage $12
5. Balkan kebab $12
6. Summer pepper $11
7. CHEF'S PLATTER (consists of: veal soup, Balkan salad, cheese pie,
Balkan kebab and stuffed sour cabbage) $19.

Our guests will definitely have more options now but our focus will be
selling Chef's platter since they cant get the most popular traditional
Balkan dishes on one plate for $19.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,



Attached you will find weekly focus for this week.

Please let me know if you have any questions.



Best,

Zlati Christovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the week 6.13 - 6.19.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Find attached schedule for next week and schedule bid for period of
6.27. - 7.10.

Please send me the schedule bids back by Sunday, June 19th.

Have a great night.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening Ambarians,


please let me know if you have any questions about our focus this week.


Best,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Dear Ambarians,


Starting this weekend we will have few new items in our brunch menu. I
would like to share with you the descriptions of 2 new omelets, kebab
and burger.

If you have any questions please feel free to approach Chef for more
information.




HAM OMELET :


Ingredients:
- Ham(grilled)
- Balkan veggie(same as lamb sausage)
- Smoked Gouda cheese
- Egg(3 omelet)
- Spinach basil sauce( basil, spinach, cream ,garlic, vegeta)

A la carte- served with popara and potato hash
Unlimited- no sides

Method of Making:
Make 3 eggs omelet and place on serving plate. Place vegie on omelet
then smoked gouda and ham. Close omelet and toped with basil spinach
sauce. Garnish with sprouts

.........................................................................................................................

VEGGIE OMELET:


Ingredients:
-Yellow pepper
-Red pepper
-Yellow onions
-Red onions
-Garlic
-Tomato
-Salt
-Pepper
-Vegeta
-Spinach
-Creamy ajvar sauce(ajvar ,sriracha, pickled jalapeno and carrot, cream
vegeta)

A la carte- served with popara and potato hash
Unlimited- no sides

Method of Making:
Make 3 eggs omelet and place on serving plate. Sauté all vegie and toped
on omelet. Close omelet and toped with sauce. Garnish with chives.


...............................................................................................................................

BURGER:

Ingredients:
- Burger meat(beef & pork and onions)
- Spicy sesame aioli
- Boston lettuce
- Crispy bacon
- Cheese sauce(American cheese, cream, mix cheese powder)
- Potato roll(burger bun)

A la carte - served with potato hash and mix greens
Unlimited - no sides

.............................................................................................................................

KEBAB:

Ingredients:
- Kebab meat(beef & pork)
- Potato hash
- Egg

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for next week.

Let me know if you have any questions.


Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening,

Attached you will find weekly focus for this week.

Let me know if you have any questions.


Best,
Zlati

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the following week and schedule bid
for period of 7.11 - 7.25. I would really appreciate if I can have your
bids sent to me no later than Wednesday.

We will be open for brunch on Monday and restaurant will start serving
brunch at 9:30am due to a high volume of reservations and requests for
big groups. Please read your schedule carefully and be at work on time.

Please be advise that on Monday, 4th of July, we will have parade on the
street. We are expecting 2500 visitors on the street and hopefully we
will get a lot of walk ins. Parade starts at 10 am.

Have a great night and I ll see you early in the morning.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,


Please find attached weekly focus for this week.




Thank you,
Zlati

[U. Jojić]

Team,

We had a great week here at Ambar and you all did outstanding job. It’s
been so busy lately, but there is always time to stop and say thanks for
your help. We sincerely appreciate all your hard work and dedication.

All team members are expected to work neatly, keeping their work area
clean and organized. More importantly, team members are expected to work
as a team. While everyone has their designated job functions they are
not limited to these responsibilities alone. Team work is the only true
way to operate a successful establishment.

Our bars need some attention and bar cleaning will be organized in 3
days.

TEAM 1 (Tuesday, Patio bar) - Milica Dimitrijevic, Stefan Simic, Milica
Radojkovic and Bojan.

TEAM 2 (Wednesday, 1st floor bar) - Milica Perac, Yuliia, Alex and
Snjeza.

TEAM 3 (Thursday, 2nd floor bar) - Dimitrije, MArija Donevska, Dijana,
Marija Dimitrijevic

One more time, THANK YOU!

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the next week.

Welcome Rachael and Nenad as a new members of our team.

Have a great day.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,


please find attached weekly focus for this week.

If you have any questions let me know.


Best,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,

Please find attached weekly focus for this week.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the next week.

Don't be surprised when you see Milica Radojkovic on this Thursday. She
has opened up her availability and we will see her more often at Ambar.
We are always pleased to hear that someone is willing to work more for
us, to pick up extra shifts, to pitch in when necessary. Ambar is a
place where your hard work and dedication is greatly appreciated. Big
thanks for everyone who has shown the same behavior in the past as well.

Our business is growing and we are all excited too see so many new
guests at our restaurants. They are visiting us for many reasons. We are
unique, different, exotic... They are coming with big expectations and
in order to deliver them a great experience we have decided to make some
adjustments on the schedule.

If you see someone is scheduled ON CALL, that means that we are
expecting higher volume of business on that day than usual and we would
love to be fair to our guests and prepare our team to provide the
outstanding service. Our guests deserve only the best and we will make
them happy only if we all work as a team and when we help each other
when needed.

Attached you can also find the schedule bid for the end of July and
beginning of August. Please send them back to me no later than
Wednesday. I am always willing to accommodate all your requests but
those last minute changes can be very hard to please sometimes so take
this friendly reminder seriously.

[marta simic]

Hi, I've made changes to the Office doc "July Bid1.docx" stored on OneDrive.

To review the changes I've made, click this link.
https://onedrive.live.com/redir.aspx?cid=d74785677c38f1f1&page=view&resid=D74785677C38F1F1!159&authkey=!AFeF7gUD6PSXsww

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> Subject: Schedule 7.18. - 7.24

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached the schedule for the following week.

We are happy to see that our lunch business is growing so we have
decided to adjust the lunch schedule adding 2 utility bussers ON CALL on
Mondays and Fridays. This adjustment will improve our lunch service and
will give a chance to our servers to spend some more quality time with
our guests. I truly believe those changes will make a significant
difference. Being busy is not an excuse. Our guests want to have the
same type of the experience like they have while enjoying our dinner.
Take your time to introduce them with Balkan culture, make them feel
like at home and treat every guest with respect...and a cookie...or
glass of wine or lemonade. Hug them. Shake their hands when it's a good
moment. Ambar is your home and feel free to welcome every guest using a
world known BALKAN HOSPITALITY.

Have a great day.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,

Attached you will find weekly focus for this week.


Please let me know if you have any questions.




Best,
Zlati Christovova

[Zlati Christovova]

[Uros Smiljanic]

Team,


Please mark you calendars for mandatory staff meeting on Friday, July 27th at 2PM at Ambar.
All servers, bartender and support staff is invited to come.

On this meeting we will share our future plans and company goals.


I look forward to seeing you all.

ps If you notice someone is not cc'd on this email please share.

Thank you,

Uroš Smiljanić
General manager
Ambar
O:202.813.3038
C:240.461.2684

[Smiljanic]

Team,

I wanted to remind you about our mandatory meeting tomorrow at 2pm. You are all expected to attend. Please be sharp and on time!

At this meeting we will share future plans and ideas.

I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Thank you,

Uroš Smiljanić
General manager
Ambar
O:202.813.3038
C:240.461.2684

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[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,


Attached you will find weekly focus for the week of 8.1-8.7. This time
we would love to hear your comments, advises and feedback about your
personal experience in different situations at work. Let's create debate
and a lot of ideas for better team work and better communication.




Best,

Zlati Christovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for next week.

Vanja, Lucija and Nevena welcome to our family! On behalf of our team
and management, we would like you to know that we are so grateful of
having you. We believe that you can contribute a lot for our company’s
success and improvement. Welcome aboard.

Best,

Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good evening team,

For the past couple of months Chris and Ivan prepared for you tasty,
delicious meal on Friday before shift so you can be fully ready for work
at scheduled time and prepared for the busy night.
But the main reason to add the family meal on Friday was to spend some
quality time together and speak for everything we want as a team and
coworkers.

That's why this Friday we would love to prepare one big table at the
rooftop, so all of us can sit down and have lunch together. And if it
works well, that will be the beginning of a new tradition from now on.
We would love to create the atmosphere for family between coworkers and
to build great team spirit.

Please until Thursday let us know (in person or by email) who is willing
to come at 2:30 pm on Friday to share one table, one meal and and a lot
of positive energy with all of us!


Best,

Zlati Christovova

[U. Jojić]

Team,

My day starts with strong Turkish coffee and TripAdvisor reviews. Yes, I
do enjoy reading those since most of them are very positive and our
guests are sharing good words about us. I enjoy even more those notes
when our guests recognize our skills that we actually pay attention to
every detail. Those details make a huge difference between us and any
other restaurant in DC. We are in different pace than our guest while in
restaurant, and they do have time to notice every single detail. One
of those details is our new A frame sign (Balkan experience $49) and I
was so excited to read a review after I saw that one of the guests
posted the picture of our new great looking A frame.

I was hoping for the best, bit I was disappointed at the end with the
content of that review. It made me feel that I wanted to give a call to
the guest, ask him to go out and get drunk together. Yes, I wanted to
deliver a guest real Balkan experience. At Balkan, we are pushing people
to eat, we don't accept no as a answer if they refuse a drink or rakia.
Balkans always complain that they don't have enough money, but somehow
they will bring the best food and drinks to the table. It's not a magic,
we call it BALKAN HOSPITALITY! That's what we do at Ambar. Delivering
BALKAN EXPERIENCE to our guests using BALKAN HOSPITALITY!

Every guest, every table or party is different. Your job as a
server/bartender/manager of your section/ is to read your table and push
the right button. If you have a nice shy couple who is asking for a
privacy, push the "privacy button". If you have a group of older guests
who were traveling around the Balkan region, push the "Balkan stories +
rakia button". Every guest or table has a button. You just need to push
the right one. If you are having issues with finding one for your table,
solution is to involve as many members of the team as possible so we can
all together make a best experience for our guests.

Please find and read this review and think what button would you use...

If you want to hear my opinion, I would push "one more glass of wine+
cheers everyone" button.

There is very thin line between very satisfied and unhappy customer. You
can deliver the best experience possible for 2h and than ruin the whole
experience in one sentence.

As a addition, I am sending you a very interesting article from New York
Times. Please find some time to read it as I think you can learn a lot.
We can discuss more on pre-shift meetings.

Have a great night and don't forget that we are here because of our
guests. At Ambar they always come first.

Best,

Uros Jojic

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Attached you can find schedule for the following week.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,


Please find attached weekly focus for the week of 8.8-8.14.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Aleksandar Krsmanovic from Balkan wine project is coming on Monday,
August 8th at 2:30pm to train us and provide more information about
Balkan wines. This training is mandatory for servers/bartenders who are
scheduled for that day. Everyone else is invited to joins us. He is very
knowledgeable and and I truly believe you can learn a lot.

He will talk about: Stobi Zilavka, Stobi Rose, Stobi Rkasiteli, Budimir
Tamianika, Budimir Margus, Dveri Yanez and Istrian Malvasia.

Please read descriptions for those wines and come prepared with
questions.

See you tomorrow 2:30pm.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Smiljanic]

Team,

Please take the time to vote for Ambar Clarendon to be win as a most wanted new restaurant in Arlington area.

https://www.arlnow.com/2016/08/09/morning-poll-which-new-restaurant-are-you-most-excited-for/

Currently we hold second position.

LETS WIN THIS ONE!!! 💪💪💪

PLEASE SHARE WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW.

THANK YOU!

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Attached you can find some more information about Open Table and Trip
Advisor reviews for the month of July. Our motto is very simple:" Let's
just be better today than yesterday everyday." In other words, let's
have 4.9 rating on OT for the month of August so we can beat the numbers
from previous month.

Every guest who made a reservation through Open Table is marked with a
note WEB or VIP and each guest will get a email from Open Table to write
a review. We are doing great but we can be even better with small
adjustments. Check your sections before the shifts and communicate with
a hostess about reservations. Our obligation is to provide the best
service for everyone, but those guests should always get something from
us. Can be dessert platter, can be to go cookie, Balkan spreads, rakia,
wine tasting, hand shaking, gift card, Balkan sparkling wine, infused
rakia, Ambar matches...etc. Those guests made a reservation with a
specific reason - not to have someone who will just serve them. They are
coming to Ambar for a EXPERIENCE. Our job is to deliver!

Have a great night.

Best,
Uros Jojic

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon team,


attached you will find weekly focus for next week.

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Restaurant week is starting tomorrow. Our books look heavy on
reservations already and number of reservations will even grow during
the week. Due to a high volume of business we are expecting next week,
your schedule will be quite different than usual. Your hard work,
positive energy and dedication will be very appreciated. Let's all be
Ambar addicted a little bit more next week. :)

We will have a team and individual competitions during the RW. As a
team, we are expected to sell %80 Balkan experience dinners. On other
hand, whoever sell the most Balkan experience dinners will get a prize.
After the shift, please write down the number of covers and number of
guests on your check out report so we can track the results.

Attached you can find the schedule for the next week. Before you open
the document, take a deep breath and prepare yourself. After you read
it, put the best smile on and don't forget that Joja loves you all. :)

LET'S HAVE THE MOST AMAZING, SUCCESSFUL AND THE MOST BUSIEST WEEK EVER!
LET'S BREAK THE RECORD FROM LAST YEAR TOGETHER!

Best,
Uros Jojic




On 2016-08-07 13:03, U. Jojić wrote:

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http://www.ambarrestaurant.com/mail/urosj.html

[Uros Smiljanic]

Team,

AMBAR WON!!! 

Check this link out:

https://www.arlnow.com/2016/08/09/morning-poll-which-new-restaurant-are-you-most-excited-for/

Let's keep on winning!!! 

CONGRATULATION 💪💪💪🎉🎉🎉

Uroš Smiljanić

General Manager

523 8th Street SE,
Washington, DC, 20003
cell: (240) 461-2684

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[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please fill out the schedule bids and send it back to me no later than Friday. Some bids are already printed and you can find them at the host stand. Please understand the importance of this task.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

[Smiljanic]

CONGRATS TEAM! 

Ambar was voted top ten overall best DC restaurants in competition with  3 thousand of others.

Take a moment to enjoy and celebrate this amazing accomplishment - it is all your doing!

I'm proud of you!!!

 

http://www.opentable.com/best-washington-dc-restaurants?topic=Best%20Overall&m=9&ref=9472&cmpid=em_BestOverall&et_cid=1400125&et_rid=14740817

[Zlati Christovova]

Good afternoon Ambarians,


Attached you will find weekly focus for the week of 8.22-8.28.


It's good to recall knowledge, to remind yourself and learn in all the
time. Please read all steps of Ambar wine service and come prepared for
pre-shift.

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

Please find attached schedule for the following week.

Welcome Melvin Ocampo as our new member of Ambar family.

 

Best,

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Uroš Jojić Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

First week of the RW is over and attached you can find results. Congratulations Marija Dimitrijevic, you are the winner! :)

 

Unfortunately we didn't reach the goal of 80% of bottomless tables as a team competition. We may failed to complete that task but we have broken another record and officially last week was the best  week ever. You all deserved a nice prize!

 

Thank you everyone for long hours and extra effort. We do have one more week of RW, this time without a competition. This time just focus more on your tables, make them happy and let them know why do we have the best RW deal in DC.

 

All the best,

 

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Uroš Jojić Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

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[Smiljanic]

THANK YOU FOR BEING AWSOME AND MAKING ALL THIS HAPPEN!!! 

Keep your focus and have fun this week. 

Uroš Smiljanić

General Manager

523 8th Street SE,
Washington, DC, 20003
cell: (240) 461-2684

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[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Good afternoon team,

 

 

Attached you will find weekly focus for next week.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please find the schedule for the next week.

 

We do have a lot of new members on training and they all have to be introduced with our system and our concept. During this transition we need to be stronger than ever and always find a way to help each other. 

 

Please welcome our new members and make them feel like at home.

 

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

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[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Whoever didn't fill out availability bid, please do it and send it back to me at earliest convenience. 

 

Thanks,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

[U. Jojić]

Team,

Please find attached schedule for next week.

Be aware that we are open tomorrow for Labor Day brunch.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager

523 8th street SE,

Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Please find attached weekly focus for the week of 9.5-9.11. 

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Good afternoon Ambarians,

 

Attached you will find weekly focus for the week of 9.12-9.18. Make sure you come prepare for pre-shifts. 

 

 

 

If you have any questions please let me know.

 

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 Team,

Please find attached the schedule for the week of 9.12. - 9.18.16.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

[U. Jojić]

 

Good evening team,

 

After 4 busiest weeks we had since we open the restaurant, it's was about a time to organize the restaurant/bar cleaning. Bellow you can find the schedule for cleaning on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

 

1 st Floor - Tigran(captain), Donevska, Simic, Alina, Kristen - Tuesday 2PM

 

Patio bar - Dima (captain), Yuliia, Marija Dimitrijevic, Bojan - Wednesday 1:30pm

 

2nd floor - Dijana (captain), Milun, Marta, Smiljana, Melvin - Thursday 1:30pm.

 

You will receive all the instructions from the manager on duty. Main focus will be our bars, but since we have more people in the teams than usual we will clean some parts of the restaurants that haven't been cleaned in a long time.

 

Have a great rest of your day.

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

Please fill out the schedule bids forms for next two weeks and send it back to me at earliest convenience.

Have a great day.

Best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Attached you will find weekly focus for next week. Please come prepared for pre-shifts.

 

Thank you,

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 202/751-7755

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please find attached schedule for the week of 9.19. - 9.25.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Attached.

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Dear Ambarians,

 

Moving forward after a lot of great and nice changes for our sweet Ambar  i thought is a good idea if we made official our lunch greet as well. We updated the lunch menu few months ago and we realize that the greet for dinner doesn't match perfectly for lunch service. Read the following:

 

"Welcome to Ambar,

 

My name is .................. and i will be your server today. We are Balkan inspired restaurant and our lunch menu offer variety of unique flavors. ( If it's your first time I strongly recommend you to choose from the Balkan fair options - here you can find some of the most authentic Balkan dishes.). As well you will see deal for $16 per person - includes 2 small handcrafted European style open faced sandwiches + drink and $13 deal - lunch size salad + drink. ( For additional $5 you can get cup of soup and dessert)."

 

 

 

Dear team,

 

You can play with the greet and you can make it work best for you - don't be robots:)

What are the most important points to say :

 

 - You MUST say that the sandwiches are SMALL, HANDCRAFTED and is possible to TAKE TIME to be served (especially if is big group).

 - If our guests decide that they want to order sandwiches you MUST give them option between regular and gluten free bread.

 - If our guests are here for first time offer them our Balkan fair (Chef's platter like a best option to taste a lot of authentic flavors) and explain to them about the sizes of the dishes in this section.

 

Feel free to give desserts to our first time guests, lunch cards for free sandwich. If our first time guests decide to order sandwich or salad feel free to send them unlimited portion of Stuffed sour cabbage, kebab, cheese pie or meat pie and etc. to try. Let show them our hospitality!

 

 

 

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Good evening team,

 

 

We want to remind you the importance of the total amount of guests you have at your tables. Please make sure if you have 2 guests at table 302 to click on N 2 when Micros ask you to Enter Number of Guests. If you have 4 guests on table 50-51 please add 4 guests in Micros system and not some random number. The reason why we are asking you for that is connected with the total number of covers the computer system is showing at the end of the night. If you don't add the correct amount of people at your table Micros makes miscalculations in the end of every shift. Let's try to help to uncle Micros to do his job better and help him with some numbers!

 

If you have any questions let me know.

 

 

Thanks,

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please find attached schedule for the week of 9.26. - 10.02.

 

You are all invited to come to Ambar on Monday, 26th of September at 8pm for a employee party. This will be a award for the great job you have done during the RW. We didn't reach the goal but we will be generous enough to throw a party for you. Let's have a great time  tomorrow.

 

All the best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Find attached weekly focus for the week of 9.26 - 10.2 as well with wine presentation and dinner allergy menu.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

Please attached schedule for the week of 10.3 - 10.9.

All the best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Team,

 

Attached you will find Quiz focus for this week. Please come prepared for pre shift. If you have any questions let me know.

 

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 202/751-7755

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Attached you can find the schedule for the week of 10.10. - 10.16.

 

Please note that we will be open for brunch tomorrow!

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

Please find schedule for the week of 10.17. - 10.23.

Zlati, welcome back! ;)

Best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

It's time for shopping :)

 

Since we are not going for standard black pants/black jeans anymore, below you will find links as to what is required from you to wear starting Monday, October 24th.

 

Bottoms we recommend are super comfortable and stretchy. Their dark color fits into our desired outfit perfectly and apron matches stitching.

 

Those of you who do not feel comfortable wearing skinny jeans please use these as guidelines as to what to purchase and wear to work. They have to be dark wash jeans and match colors from the links below. 

 

Ripped, low waisted, super high waisted, washed out, etc jeans are NOT allowed.

 

Ladies:

 

https://www.ae.com/women-aeo-denim-x-jegging-rinse-indigo/web/s-prod/0431_9158_918?cm=sUS-cUSD&catId=cat20116 

 

 

Gentleman:

 

https://www.ae.com/men-aeo-extreme-flex-slim-jean-dark-vintage-wash/web/s-prod/0117_3706_952?cm=sUS-cUSD&catId=cat5180058&N=4294960658

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please find attached the schedule for the week of 10/24 - 10/30.

 

Best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Team,

 

Please find attached weekly focus for this week.

 

 

Best,

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Zlati Christovova Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 202/751-7755

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Good morning dear servers,

 

Attached you will find recipes for all cocktails in our menu.

 

Few times already we spoke about the importance of making drinks so you can be support for the bartenders and for yourself as well. Let's slowly learn all unlimited drinks - write down the recipes in your notebooks and in the beginning of each shifts we will practice with our bartenders. Once all of you feel comfortable to make them, each of you can show curiosity and motivation to learn how to make the rest of the cocktail list as well.

 

Team work makes the dream work!

 

 

 

Best,

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Good evening team,

 

Please find attached weekly focus for this week. 

 

Best,

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please find attached the schedule for the week of 10/31 - 11/6.

 

Please let me know if you have any questions.

 

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Be advised that clocks will be adjusted from 2 a.m. to 1 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. In other words you have one extra hour of sleep. :)

 

http://www.al.com/articles/19611729/time_change_2016_its_time_to_f.amp

 

All the best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Team,

 

Please find attached weekly focus for the week of 11.7-11.13.

 

Best,

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

Please find attached the schedule for the week of 11.7. -11.13.

Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best,

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

 

Good evening team,

 

Please find attached weekly focus for the week of 11.14-11.20.

 

Let me know if you have any questions.

 

 

 

Best,

 

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Zlati Christovova Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

Please find attached the schedule for the week of 11.14. -11.20.

Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

 

Dear Ambarians,

 

Attached you can find our new HH menu and new dinner menu items with all descriptions. Since all of this dishes are new for Ambar Capitol Hill I will be very happy to see the descriptions in your note books.

 

This items will be available for our guest starting next week, so please study and be ready for customer's questions. Chef is here for you to help and make you feel comfortable with the new menu, so  use him as much as you can:)

 

Please if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.

 

Best,

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Zlati Christovova Manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 202/751-7755

 

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Attached you can find the schedule for the next week.

 

Please note that restaurant will be closed on Thursday, for Thanksgiving.

 

Should you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096

 

[Zlati Christovova]

 

Good evening team,

 

Attached you will find weekly focus for the week of 11.21-11.27. This week we will talk about our main responsibilities as a employees, coworkers and team at Ambar. What you have to do when you come for work and what you have to do before you give your clock out to the manager on duty? 

 

 

Best,

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Zlati Christovova Manager

523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003

cell: 202/751-7755

[U. Jojić]

 

Team,

 

Please find the restaurant calendar for the end of the year.

 

24th November - Thanksgiving - CLOSED

 

25th December - Christmas - OPEN for brunch, CLOSED for dinner. 

 

31st  December - NYE - OPEN for brunch, OPEN for dinner.

 

1st Jan - OPEN for brunch, OPEN for dinner.

 

Restaurant cleaning will be organized in 3 days.

 

TEAM 1 - Monday (21st Nov, 1pm) - 2nd floor bar. ( Dimitrije, Milos, Milica, Kristen, Milun)

 

TEAM 2 - Tuesday (22nd Nov, 1:45 pm) - 1st floor bar. ( Tigran, Stefan, Alina, Smiljana, Barbora)

 

TEAM  3 - Wednesday (23rd Nov, 1pm) - Patio Bar. ( Marija, Yuliia, Marko, Ernesto, Collen).

 

See you tomorrow.

 

Best,

 

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Uroš Jojić General manager
523 8th street SE, Washington, DC, 20003 cell: 240/838-0096