Saturday PM 8.16.14

Written By:Elizabeth 


LY Dinner Sales: $6342
Projected Sales: $6975
TY Dinner Sales:$6506
+/- : short $469 from projected, but beat LY by 3% still. Good, considering
Dinner Covers:247
Avg PPA:$26.34

Weather: 100 Degrees again

Any Special events going on?:UT students returning this upcoming week

Who worked?:
Lindsey, Camacho, Sophia, Naoto, Dusten CL> Lina host, Krysten CT, Hiroe FR, Jason SA and Jonathan staged as Busser

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Started steady enough. By 5:30 we were mostly full save for 3 two tops and the sushi bar. But we didn't go on a wait until 7p. And it was a pretty short wait at that. Ebbs and flows all night. Rushes and lulls, is the best way to describe tonight. We had 3 rushes. One at 7, one at 8:45 and another at 9:45. By the last one I had already cut Lindsey and Jason and Dusten got about 5 tables at once. He got a little overwhelmed so when B3 got sat I gave it to Naoto. After Naoto had greeted them, he asked Dusten if he was okay and gave it to Dusten. I told them both of them that they need to trust what I see and if I ask for someone to take a table the intent is for them to keep it. Dusten was obviously overwhelmed by the mass of tables he had just inhere ted and therefore I wanted to make sure service was not compromised in the least. When S11-12 got sat, I gave that to naoto and made sure he kept it. by 10:45 it slowed down and I cut down to just Dusten. No more tables came in after that, however.

Jonathan came in for his SA stage. He was under the impression that he was just coming in to interview. I, however, did not find this out until the end of the night when I talked with him about how I felt his shift went. He said it would have gone better if he weren't wearing his nice boots (he said he was sliding all over the floor tonight). I asked why he wore them, and he said Cameron told him he was interviewing. For future reference, a stage is when you work a shift in the position to see if you are a good fit and also for the employer to see if they are a good fit. Jonathan did okay tonight. Obviously staging in a restaurant you've never been in before can be a little daunting, especially on a Saturday night. But he gave it what he could. He has a lot of expo-ing experience, so it will take him a little while to get adjusted on the FOH side, but I think it's possible. He is an expo at Takoba so he is only looking to work about 3-4 shifts, which will be just about right for us. He is going out of town tomorrow for a family thing but will be back in town late next week and as soon as he gets his schedule from Takoba he will email me and we will set something up. Should be a good fit.

Mandy was supposed to train as Host tonight but never showed up. I'm not sure if she was confused when I told her to come in Sunday morning as well or what. But I emailed her and am waiting to hear back from her.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Lindsey- has a great positive attitude and despite stresses at the end of the night was still about to keep calm. Though the one thing is, I would like to see her pre-bus her sections more and take a little more care in table maintenence.

Naoto was very helpful and really on the ball tonight. Never had to worry about him one bit.

Jason (Camacho) seemed like he was in a rush to get out and wasn't helpful during the end of the shift when Dusten needed it. He seemed to be a little aloof of how busy everyone was and continued moving at his own pace. A little annoying

Any VIP's in?

Comps& Void Detail:
FNF for Nishimoto Reg.Mgr, Owner comp for Kayo. Guest DNL for Jason's B7 on Ika-yaki. Guest Changed Mind on a glass of Muscadet, Promo Edamame, One Promo Thinkery that I accidentally ripped up, it was for B2. Kome Bucks from Sophia

R&M needs?:
I am going to call Radiant on Monday about looking at our AC just to get a second opinion. It looks like we wrote a check to Ed this morning for $97 but I don't know what he did.
Also, the beverage cooler was running high all night. I'm not sure if it was a combination of how hot the service station was and then just the constant opening and closing of doors or what, but the last I checked (at 11:53pm) it was still sitting at 60degrees F. I'll look in the morning and see what the temp is. If still running high, I'll call Boyd on Monday too

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