Saturday 6/14/14

LY Lunch Sales:  $2261
Projected Sales:  $1967
TY Lunch Sales: $1411
+/- :  down 38% over LY and -$556 from proj 

LY Dinner Sales: $5992
Projected Sales: $7190
TY Dinner Sales: $6758
+/- :  up 13% over LY, and down $432 from proj

for the day we finished -1% from LY with $8253 and short $988 from proj

Weather: Sunny and pleasant High of 89 low of 74, got muggy towards the evening

Any Special events going on?:  ROT Rally

Who worked?:
Lunch: Lindsey, Joel, Clair CL> Lina host, Joaquin SA, Kaori FR. I gave Joaquin his doc and talked to him about the importance of his responsibility towards his job and to us.

Dinner: Lindsey, Joel, Alex, Naoto, Dusten CL. Julie/Lina host, Jason SA, Hiroe FR
Alex got another compliment from a table tonight. Actually she got two compliments tonight. One came via a phone call I had to make to a guest to get his correct credit card number, from last night. He was super nice, Sean. And he had nothing but wonderful things to say about Alex and the service she provided last night, despite the computer mayhem. He went on to say that everyone last night had a smile on their face and the entire experience was great- even though we had to give him a hand written check and couldn't process his credit card until today. I wish everyone was as forgiving! Then tonight I had a guy peek his head into the office to tell me how great his server, Alex, was. He said she really made the experience such an enjoyable one. I am going to give her something for the guest compliments. Not sure what, but I want to reward her for her hard work and guest focused attitude. She may not sell all of the Tsukiji sets but she takes care of the guest.  

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Slow slow slow. I don't know what to say about lunch other than that. It did pick up around 1:45 to where it seemed full, but it was a mix of tables that just sat down and tables that were just paying out, so as quickly as it filled, it emptied. Went 2 on (we were only 3 on to begin with) at 2, and 1 on at 2:30. And it was a slow sizzle into the middle of the day

Dinner: Dinner started strong, I really thought  we were going to be as busy as we were last night. But alas, we were not. We filled up and went on a wait around 6:10, and we stayed on a wait, consistently throughout the night until about 9:45. It was what I call, a rolling wait. We had just enough people in and out at the same time to make a wait. It was anywhere from 20-30 minutes. We had one 9 top walk in and wait an hour and fifteen minutes (their exact quote time, great job Julie!) But other than that, that was it. Had a couple sit at S1-2 and bring their ipad and watch the World cup. They got here at 6:30 and left at 10pm. It fizzled out as the night went on. Cut Lindsey and Joel at 9:45, Cut Alex at 10:25, and Naoto and Dusten got a few straggling tables
Had a heavy-set guest break another chair. It's crippled in the office. Might be time to order another set of chairs. We have to use a wooden one in the dining room.

Any VIP's in?
Lunch: Wylie and Eudora
Dinner: The family with the two cute kids named Madeline and Andrew (I can't remember the parents name, but the wife is pretty and has braces and the dad is cute and short), Christina with the curly hair was dining solo at the sushi bar,
Comps of note:
nothing out of the ordinary

R&M needs?:
Freezer- as noted.
We need a bug zapping light. Plain and simple. A big blue one to put up near the dumpster and zap the god-damned flies. I can't take it anymore.
There are 4 bulbs out on the hanging lights above the patio- Kayo, you ordered the lights from Amazon? Do you know what type of bulb they take?

86'd items/ need more?
Iced Coffee cans. I think we got them in on Tuesday and we only had 2 cans when I came in Friday AM. I saw Dusten sell one, and then I didn't see who sold the other. We didn't even have the button until Friday, so I'm not sure if/how they were rung in. ALL DEPARTMENTS Please make sure employees are not drinking these without ringing them in. They are not free. Same goes for the iced green tea or anything in bottles. If anyone is drinking these they need to be rung in. BOH and Sushi can have for free but they need to be rung in and comp'd. There is an employee drink button for FOH staff that wants anything bottled (that is non-alc of course)