D Note general manager Andy Andurlakis broke his shoulder snowboarding recently. So what?

He had a restaurant to run Feb.2, supervising and making sure everything runs according to plan.

Running all over the place is a typical part of the job, Andurlakis said.

The 27-year-old half-Greek, half-Italian man who was born and raised in Arvada, is responsible for many of the small, yet technical duties at the Olde Town Arvada restaurant, located at 7519 Grandview Ave., such as making bank runs, managing the servers and the kitchen and taking care of the sound system.

His day of managing begins around 3 p.m. when he arrives to the restaurant, and according to him, is non-stop, fast-paced work until the doors close at 1 a.m.

"I'm usually all over the place," he said.

And, on this day, he was. After returning from a local music store to buy some equipment for the sound stage, he spent most of the evening doing everything: checking the sound on the speakers, talking with some of the staff about their respective tables, checking on food and interacting with the customers.

"I think the best part is that we have so many regular customers, and they're real nice. Those are the people who make up your business. We want to take care of them and accommodate them perfectly," Andurlakis said.

Coming from a family that has owned and managed restaurants for as long as he can remember, managing is "in my blood," Andurlakis said.

Before coming to D Note in 2006, Andurlakis spent eight years as a general manager at Honey Baked Ham and one year as a Kokoro manager. Friends Adam, Jeremy and Matthew DeGraff, part-owners at D Note, recruited him.

Considering that D Note is largely known for its seven-nights-a-week live music, Andurlakis says he couldn't have found a better fit.

"I like being in the environment with all the music," he said. "I've always ran restaurants, but it makes it easy to come to work when you know you're going to hear good music."