Sat PM 5.3.14

LY Dinner Sales: $6108
Projected Sales: $7121
TY Dinner Sales:$5691
+/- : down 7% and over a shit ton from projected.

Weather:Sunny and high 80's, low 90's during the day. Pleasant in the 70's high 60's at night

Any Special events going on?: Pecan Street Festival! And Psych Fest. Also ABW was having their 3 year anniversary party today from like noon until 8pm. There was a lot going on today.

Who worked?:
Naoto, Stephanie, Alex, Miho, Dusten CL. Julie/Krysten host, Lindsey CT, Hiroe FR, Jason SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Slow and Steady wins the race...unless you are a restaurant, in which case slow and steady wins nothing. That is exactly the type of night it was. Pretty sure the nice weather and the Pecan street festival had something to do with the lack of guests this evening. Lindsey, the CT, only rang up $11 in sales. ELEVEN DOLLARS! I kept expecting a late pop but by 9pm we were still only revolving people in and out I cut Lindsey and Julie. We would go on little spurts of wait times for about 15 minutes, but that was it. Went on a small 15 minute wait around 8:15, then again at 9:30 and last at 10pm. People trickled in all night but it never amounted to much other than a brief wait. I cut Naoto at 9pm and we ran with 4, then cut down to 2 at 10pm. Had a few waiting for tables at 10pm but not many, then had a few more tables in, then two final tables at 10:50pm, both of which Dusten took because

Thank goodness tonight was a little out of the ordinary though, because Buzztable went down and has since stayed down. I can't even access their website from the computer, or anywhere, to call for service. Every time I try the screen turns white and nothing happens. Same with the app. We busted out the old school waitlist and took it by hand.  I'll check it again tomorrow and see what's going on, but it's a little concerning since we have been using this app since August and have all adjusted to its way of life. Let's hope it's just a quick-fixable glitch....that they fix by tomorrow.

On another dinner related note (namely, what I ate for dinner) I asked Daniel if he could saute my tofu steak instead of fry it, and it came out so delicious! I have to say, I think that tastes better than frying it. It still retains it's firmness, but gets a nice crunch on the outside. Just wanted to give him credit there for that one. yum!

Any VIP's in?
So many regulars in tonight!! Eudora and husband, Amy Westlake and husband and party in the party room. It was Neil's birthday so he brought in his family. And then at the end of the night, in true late night dining fashion, Carlos and Rachel.

Comps of note:
Alex had some guests that DNL the ankimo, and had another table order the Temp Morwiase and then send it back saying they didn't order it. 

R&M needs?:
Please repair the dishwashers (dishwasher people) in learning how to do their job correctly. If Basilio and Orlando load the dish racks up with the dishes first, and use the spray nozzle to spray down the dishes second, they won't need that damn step stool.

86'd items/ need more?
Topo Chico