Saturday 8.23.14

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales:  $2711
Projected Sales:  $2814
TY Lunch Sales: $2243
+/- : short 17% (how the hell did we do those sales LY?) and missed projections by $571 :(
Lunch Covers: 123
Avg PPA: $18.24

LY Dinner Sales: $6407
Projected Sales: $7060
TY Dinner Sales: $6868
+/- : up 7% over LY, and missed proj by $192
Dinner Covers: 271
Avg PPA: $25.34
For the day we broke even over LY at 0% :(

Weather: HOTtttttt

Any Special events going on?: Bat Fest @4pm-midnight

Who worked?:
Lunch: Lindsey, Alex and Johnny CL> Ruthy Host, Hiroe FR, Trained Amanda, Jason SA
Dinner: Camacho, Miho. Sophia and Naoto. Dusten CL  Krysten & Mandy Host, Hiroe FR, Jason SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch- we got a small pop around 1pm but that was about it. Lots of larger parties today though, three 7-top walk ins, one 8-top reso and one 8-top walk in. I was a little nervous that we would be in over our heads with only 3 servers on but it worked out well, everyone had sales over $700 but no one was every overwhelmed the whole day.
I had a 3pm interview with Lina's friend Ixchel today. She seems really great, similar to Lina, so I hired her. She will be in on Monday to do her orientation with me, and then she will train with Ruthy on Tuesday at 4:30, Krystin on Friday at 4:30 and Ruthy again on Sunday Morning at 11:30a. Her final train will be on Sept 2nd (please schedule Ruthy or Krysten as host that night) and then she will be on her own. I think she's a great hire.

Dinner:  What a long and drawn out night. It started as usual with the tables here and there, we got full by 7pm and stayed full and on a gradual slow wait all night, until 10:25 when we finally got off the wait, with seating a walk in 7 top. Again, lots of big parties tonight. The Party room got sat all 3 rotations with reservations, the Drako family was in right at 5 with 9 people (okay only 4 adults), however, with as many 6-9 tops we had we also had a large amount of 2 tops filling up the dining room. The highlights of the night include: Take got a compliment from a guest at the sushi bar. He said that Take was "wonderful" I told him he better be wonderful he's the owner! We both laughed, but then the guy couldn't say enough about how great Take was with him and his (date?) so Props to Take! Getting involved at the sushi bar! I love it! And I saw a lot of it all night. Super ups to Take. :) What else happened tonight you might ask? The chair at A6 broke. The leg bent, like, bad bent. We tossed it. There was no saving this chair. Luckily the guy was really cool about it- I told him we've been having problems with these chairs as they tend to fold easily, which made him feel better. I sent him and his wife both a glass of sake for being so cool about it.

I didn't make cuts until 10:40, and when I did, I cut everyone but Dusten. I cut Mandy (H1) at 10pm. That's the ball game folks

The fridge wasn't staying cool again tonight. A trend we will likely see until this weather cools off. It got up to 87 degrees in here. That's only 5 degrees cooler than my Hot Yoga Class....

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):

• Camacho and Sophia both came in early to help open since once again, no one was scheduled to open for dinner. 
• Miho was turning tables like crazy tonight. The silent server, she's fantastic
• Mandy is awesome. Constantly moving and helping tonight. I really like her. 

Any VIP's in?
Lunch: Drawing a  blank on his name, might be Michael and his wife with the baby. They're super nice regulars. Brought his step-daughter in today, her name is Shelby. They had a great meal. Karen was in for lunch, and then the regulars whos names I totally forget because it's been months since I've seen them- but she had Cancer and he's a white dude, and they are headed back to Chicago until November.

Dinner: The Drako's are back in town and came in tonight with 9ppl, David and Ransom, Ryann and Husband (can't remember his name, or maybe that is his name, but I thought it was hers), Someone that Take knew sat at A3 and he sent them a smokin sashimi. And the fireman that was one of the guys that gave us our fire inspection came in with a party of 8, but then left because it was going to be an hour. He's gonna try us during the week instead.

Comps& Void Detail:
Lunch: Had to comp a few items to Server Error, a table left without paying. They signed the receipt though, so maybe they thought they had paid with a credit card? Who knows!

Dinner: Ume shiso kyu comp DNL for kid, 4 miso voids for Kome Set swichover for Sophia, Buzztable Edamames, Croquett for double ring for Camacho, Two Thinkery redeemed, Had  a Snow Piercer coupon come in. I honored it for 10% off, since they had  a hefty bill.

R&M needs?:
Patrick will be in tomorrow morning at 8am to take a look at our wiring system and also look into putting fans in the dining room. Kayo did you order them yet?

86'd items/ need more?
We ran out or are close to running out of so much alcohol! People were boozing it up this week! I can't believe it. And lots of bubbles have been sold. We are going to run out of both the Cava and the Prosecco before next delivery (I think). I'll bulk us up now that we're in full swing and have a holiday weekend coming up.