WED PM Recap 7/16/14

LY Dinner Sales: 4800
Projected Sales: 5182
TY Dinner Sales: 4332
+/- : -$860 from projected and -10% from LY

Weather: Hot and Sunny, slightly humid. Pleasant after the sun went down.

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?: Sophia, Camacho, Sayo, Naoto, Kate CL, Hiroe FR, Joaquin SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Slow but steady. We didn't fill up until just after 8pm. Camacho expressed an interest in leaving early, no one else objected so I cut he and Sayo at 8:50pm. Sophia cut at 9:30pm.
Had an issue with the Hitachino pairing button not charging tax. Cameron walked me through the steps and we sorted it out. I had a fairly elaborate system for ringing in the specials. All of that is detailed on the specials board. Seemed to work out fine.
Joaquin seemed to be a little more with it tonight. i rarely had to remind him about much of anything. I think maybe on his days that he doesn't do well, he is allowing himself to be distracted and socializing more than paying attention to his duties. I know Cameron had a good talk with him. I just hope for his sake it sinks in and he hustles a good bit more.
Sayo seems to be coming along well. I don't know if she is pushing specials yet. I don't recall any misrings from her.

Any VIP's in? Justin and Christine, Owner of Agua Dulce

Comps & Void Detail: COMPS: I sent a couple of glasses of Cava to Christine and Justin, A beignet to Agua Dulce owner as per Kate's... suggestion, if not polite insistence. Took in a single coupon for both the Thinkery 21 and Snow Piercer promotions. VOIDS: Several misrings. Tsukiji Carpaccio to S3 was supposed to be the set. There were a couple of nama-sake nigiri that were meant to be sahsimi orders. One for Naoto and one for Sophia I think. Also Kate misrang a special for the Agua Dulce folks. They only had a single pairing but both specials. 

R&M needs?: I had to order ice pretty early on. I assume the machine has the hardest time keeping up during the warmest part of the day. It was still light outside. We didn't run short once it got dark. I think it might be a good idea to have slightly more sternly worded signs regarding our seating policies, to-go ordering and all of the other grey areas with which customers take exception. I'll think more on that and try to have ideas for the meeting.


86'd items/ need more? House white.