Saturday 3/29/14

LY Lunch Sales:$2504
Proj:  $2954
TY Lunch Sales:$2398
+/- : down 4%

LY Dinner Sales: $6190
Proj: $6970
TY Dinner Sales:  $6696
+/- :up 8%



Weather:Sunny and so so gorgeous

Any Special events going on?: Texas Relays

Who worked?:
Lunch:Kate, Sophia, Lindsey, Johnny CL. Jake host, Hiroe FR, Jason SA
Dinner: Sophia, Dusten, Naoto, Miho CL. Jake/Julie host, Lindsey CT, Perf SA, Kaori FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Filled up by 12:15, on a wait. It was pretty crazy right off the bat. We stayed steady and busy until 1:30, it died down a little, I was waiting for a second push, but it just remained steady, so by 2:30 I cut down to 2 (writing these notes at 11:30pm I can't remember which two, probably Kate, she was the only non-double, and of course Johnny.) They were fine, and it fizzled out by 3pm. Now, let's talk about dinner....

Dinner: Well, with Stephanie out for Pink-eye, and no one to work in her place, and with Miho unable to come in until (maybe) 5:45 we opened our doors at 5:30 with 3 servers on the floor. The floor filled up immediately, within about 10 minutes. On top of that we had a 5:30 reservation. Sophia worked the horseshoe, Naoto was the back B's and Dusten was the back A's. And I was everywhere else. Like I said, literally every table was full within the first 10-15 minutes, so it was really intense. Miho didn't end up getting here until 6pm and I had started waiting on her Sushi bar tables. After 6:30 things simmered down and we all were able to take a breather. But it was almost like a wait-mare to me. Sophia had trouble keeping up with her section because not only were the tables full but they were full to capacity, meaning 4's at 4 tops, and one had 5, then she also was taking Kayo's party in the PR. I ended up taking over B1 for a little while, and helped out at B2 and A1. She was definitely dealt the hardest part of the night right then. But like I said, after that it was fine. Everyone was at cruising altitude and we remained on our wait until about 10:15. After we sat the last table, we only had one more walk in and that was Aaron. So it emptied out by 11:30. We did go over some of our quote times tonight, but everyone seemed understanding. A lot of tables were taking their time, ordering slow, and eating a lot. Or so it seemed. We had a lot of 3+ parties. Two 7 tops, and then at the end of the night all 2 tops.

Any VIP's in?
None that stick out in my mind, other than the lovely Kayo

Comps of note:
Owner comp for Kayo and Barron (our web developer), Promo comp for buzztable edamame. Miso soups for recovery comp (from B1 having to wait a while for Sophia to get to them)

R&M needs?:
Leary can you please call Austin Industrial Refrigeration to come clean the ice machine this week. Also, Not sure what is going on, but Dusten cleaned the Tea Machine this afternoon before service and he said the tea still smelled like sulfur (okay, he said farts) and we noticed that around the ice machine smells like sulfur too. So that leads me to believe that it has something to do with the water line. If you can call plumber while you're at it, that might be the issue. I'm sorry to leave all of this on your plate. If the problem resolves itself, great, if not, I can take care of it when I return Thurs AM.

86'd items/ need more?
small miso soup bowls (or clear soup bowls, same thing)
chopsticks