The store I used to work at was really good about closing, we usually clocked out around 9:05. We started working on closing tasks in the midst of all our other work around 3pm. The shift liked to put himself on customer support as much as possible so he could bang out closing tasks. He had years of experience so he knew exactly what needed to be done. We never used the cards.

There are trade offs though. It's hard and annoying to be trying to clean behind the fridges while people are busy on bar. 🤷‍♂️

we start dishes early as well, and do like blender shields & excess pitchers around 3-5 closing at 9 pm, then either put them back & spot clean @ EOD or wait to put them back🤷🏻‍♀️ we break down one bar at 7 & do an ice bin then as well. lobby gets mopped around 6:30-7:30, oven cleaned around 6-7, FOH swept & mopped 8-8:30 before we lose a precloser then spot mopped at 9:30, start putting as many dishes away as we can at 8:30 ish, do sinks 8-8:30 & wipe down at the end of the night, etc. if we get a rush it takes longer to close, like last night we left at 10 instead of 9:30, even being as prepared as we could. it also depends on who your closers are.

at my store we don’t clock out until 11pm