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Restaurant Opening And Closing Checklist Your Shift Lead Can Run From WhatsApp

Drop one link in the staff group and your team works the restaurant opening and closing checklist live — FOH, BOH, prep, and end-of-night cash all in one wapin.

Most restaurants run their restaurant opening and closing checklist on a clipboard that mysteriously vanishes by Friday — and the answer to 'did the line cook actually rotate the walk-in?' becomes a guess. This restaurant opening and closing checklist combo wapin lives in the staff WhatsApp group: openers tick off FOH and BOH prep on their phones, the shift schedule is visible to everyone, the cash drop and tip pool are settled inside the same link, and closers leave shift notes for the next manager. No clipboard, no missed tasks, no Monday-morning forensics. Use this restaurant opening and closing checklist for one shift and you'll never go back to paper. The restaurant opening and closing checklist updates the moment a task is checked, so the manager sees exactly where the team stands without walking the floor.

Sample Restaurant Opening And Closing Checklist

5 apps · all in one link
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Restaurant opening and closing checklist — FOH opening
Checklist
Disarm alarm & unlock front doors
Turn on lights, music, AC
Wipe down host stand & menus
Cash drawer count — confirm $200 float
Stock POS receipt paper & card terminal tape
Polish glassware & cutlery
Set tables — linens, candles, water
Brew coffee & top up condiments
Pre-shift line-up with team
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Restaurant opening and closing checklist — BOH opening
Checklist
Walk-in temp check & log
Reach-in temp check & log
Receive deliveries — verify invoices
Rotate stock (FIFO) in walk-in
Pre-prep mise en place by station
Sharpen knives & sanitize boards
Test fryers, ovens, grill — confirm temps
Confirm 86 list with FOH
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Restaurant opening and closing checklist — closing
Checklist
All tables broken down & wiped
Floors swept & mopped (FOH + BOH)
Walk-in covered & temp logged
Hood filters cleaned
Fryer oil filtered or changed
Trash & recycling taken to dumpster
Cash drawer counted & dropped to safe
POS Z-report printed & filed
Lights off, alarm armed, doors locked
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Shift schedule this week
Schedule
Schedule5 people
Best time: Wed 29, 2 PM5 people
Mon
27
Tue
28
Wed
29
Thu
30
Fri
1
Sat
2
Sun
3
9 AM
2
2
10 AM
1
11 AM
2 PM
4
5
3
3
3 PM
3
4
4 PM
2
1
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Tip pool & cash drop
Split money
Split Money$1100.00
Participants
Server 1Server 2BartenderBusser
Friday tip pool$480.00
Paid by Server 1 · Split evenly
Saturday tip pool$620.00
Paid by Bartender · Split evenly
Summary
Server 1$480.00
Server 2$0.00
Bartender$620.00
Busser$0.00
PaidFair share
Settle up (3 payments)
Server 2Bartender
$275.00
Send via WhatsApp
BusserServer 1
$205.00
Send via WhatsApp
BusserBartender
$70.00
Send via WhatsApp

How it works

Step 1

Create

Go to wapins.com and create your restaurant opening and closing checklist. It takes 5 seconds — no signup, no email.

Step 2

Pin

Copy the short link and paste it in a WhatsApp chat with yourself. Pin that chat. Done.

Step 3

Use

Tap the link anytime to view or edit. Check off items, add notes — it all stays synced.

Frequently asked questions

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