CLOSING CHECKLIST
4 / 4Dining room & bar
- 01Dining room reset
- 02Bar well restocked
- 03Patio heaters stored
- 04Closing note posted
Hours AI for food & beverage
Run service from one roster.
Hours AI drafts the roster from your rules. Sections, clock-ins, call-outs and tips run on it, and the close goes to payroll.
60 days free from subscription checkout. Card required. Then $2.75 per active employee/month.
Restaurants Breweries Bars
Pre-shift check
Roster & coveragePlanned
Floor & sectionsAssigned
Opening checklistReady
Roster and call-outs
Ask who
can cover.
Hours AI drafts the roster from availability, time off and your rules. When someone calls out, it suggests a qualified, available cover. You decide.
Copper Tap · Example venue
Friday dinner
- Mara V.Floor lead5 PM–11 PMDraft shift
- Noah R.Bartender5 PM–11 PMDraft shift
- Ari T.Bartender5 PM–11 PMAvailable to cover
Illustrative workflow. No schedule is changed.
Availability & rolesTime-off & shift swaps Review before publishing
Sections
Put a section
on every shift.
Bar rail, main dining, patio. Assign a section to each shift so staff know where they’re working before they walk in.
THE FLOOR / FRIDAY DINNERTry placing Eli on the patio
Copper Tap · Friday dinner
Service assignments
1 section unassigned
Message the team from the schedule. Announcements, messages and requests reach staff in the app, next to their shifts.
Web + employee appChecklists and logbook
Close on
a checklist.
The reset, the restock and the closing lead’s note go on a checklist and in the logbook, so the opener starts with them.
- Custom opening, closing & cleaning checklists
- Recorded responses & completion history
- Manager logbook & shift notes
Write the checklist once.
Staff tick it off in the app.
For the opening lead
Patio heaters are by receiving. Brunch setup notes are ready for the opening shift.
The checklist is recorded and the opening lead has the note.
After the last table
Close out hours,
tips and sales.
See recorded hours and labor against the sales you enter. Preview the tip pool, approve the timesheets and export the payroll CSV.
- Time & attendance
- Review recorded hours and timesheets.
- Tip pool
- Equal · By hours · Percentage by role
- Payroll export
- Payroll-ready CSV exports in Gusto and ADP formats.
Labor cost is worked out from clocked hours.Enter sales by hand, or connect Square and they sync automatically.
COPPER TAPFriday close · Illustrative
Manager review- Manual sales entry
- $6,480.00
- Tip pool
- $720.00
- Method
- By hours
- Pooled rate
- $22.50 / hour
| Team member | Hours | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mara V. | 8.0 | $180.00 |
| Eli B. | 7.5 | $168.75 |
| Noah R. | 8.5 | $191.25 |
| Camila S. | 8.0 | $180.00 |
| Reconciled total | 32.0 | $720.00 |
Integrations
Square, payroll
and calendars.
Everything listed here works today. If your venue runs on something else, tell us and we'll build the connection with you.
Map my venue's connections- Live
Square
Connect Square and sales sync automatically, with clock-in timecards if your team already punches in on Square.
- Live
Manual sales entry
Enter daily sales yourself and see labor cost against revenue, no POS connection needed.
- Live
Payroll CSV
Approve the week, then export hours in a generic, ADP-ready, or Gusto-ready file for payroll.
- Live
Calendar subscription
Employees subscribe once and every published shift shows up in the calendar they already use.
Free for 2 months
Start with
next week’s roster.
Add your people, publish real rosters and export your first payroll file. The first 2 months are free.
Create your account. We’ll guide you through setup.
Free.
Subscription during trial$0
Then $2.75 per active employee, per month.
60-day trial starts at subscription checkout. Card required. Then $2.75 per active employee per month. Cancel before the trial ends to avoid a charge. Before applicable taxes; a minimum of one employee is billed after the trial.