Friday PM 3.7.14

LY Dinner Sales: $5319
Proj: $6780
TY Dinner Sales:$7401
+/- :up 39% and $621 over projected


Weather:Sunny and nice. Not too chilly at night.

Any Special events going on?: First day of SXSW

Who worked?:
Jason, Clair, Alex, Miho, Dusten CL. Kaori FR, Julie & Jake Host, Lindsey CT

It was a rocky start with both Julie and Jake at the host stand, and Jake tried to take the helm but it became busy, fast, and she was struggling with the iPad so I had Julie take the reigns and told her to be the post and for Jake to be the runner. They stayed in their stations all night and it worked out great. They did a great job. 

Looks like Take double booked himself tonight as 3rd person and Ichiban. The kitchen was totally fine running without one, but Steve was on Fry and I did see Greg having to bail him out a few times, which I am sure lead to some frustration on Greg's end. I know we talked about moving Steve off busy nights, so this was a good solidifier of that. I emailed Jason about getting a 3rd person in here tomorrow night, per Take's request.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Another slow start to the night when I expected a heavy push from the start, but we finally filled up at 7pm and went on a wait. We were on a steady wait all night until about 10:30. The night semi-flew by. We only had one real hiccup with 2 under-quotes. We went over on two tables, but I got them both miso soups and edamame and they were happy in the end. I tried to get out there and talk to some tables tonight. Some first timers and some out of towners. A good mix of both. 

Also, I got onto both Julie and Jake about seating incomplete parties. They did it twice in a row, once was Clair's prodding I think, since it was her friends and she wanted them in her section. But the other was a 5 top that someone snuck in incomplete. I told them that they both need to make sure they are complete, especially with larger parties. Otherwise it puts us in a compromising position when trying to make it a standard. They both understood.

We 86'd Aji sashimi pretty early on in the night. A few servers mentioned that this is an item that we frequently run out of early. Is there any way to order more Aji or, anyway around it? I am sure there is a good reason as to why.

Any VIP's in?
I met Oden and Rosa- they come in frequently. Oden works for the Violet Crown Cinema and Rosa works for Drink.Well (so said the Kome bucks she handed Dusten). But they were really nice and Oden said that any out of towners he talks to he always recommends they try us. So that was really nice.

Comps of note:
Had 1 Daruma receipt in today. It was from Eileens table last night. 

R&M needs?:
We need to get some high dusting done. 

86'd items/ need more?