Friday 12.05.14

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales:$2217
Projected Sales: $2420
TY Lunch Sales: $2547
+/- : +15% LY and +$127 PS
Lunch Covers:135
Avg PPA: $18.87

LY Dinner Sales: $6135
Projected Sales:  $6360
TY Dinner Sales:$6530
+/- : beat LY by 6% and +$170 PS
Dinner Covers: 215
Avg PPA: $30.37
For the day we did $9077.   +9% LY and +$297 PS

Weather:sunny and warm. mid 70's? Really pleasant when I stepped outside mid afternoon

Any Special events going on?: 

Who worked?:
Lunch: Sayo, Lindsey, Alex, Lynn CL. Ixchel host, Jonathan SA , Jason FR
Dinner: Sayo, Johnny, Sophia, Camacho, Dusten CL. Jason FR, Ruthy/Alley Host, Kaori SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Was a mellow start. We went on a wait around 12:30 and it wasn't too much but then at 1pm was when the bulk of the business came in and we were on a 30 minute wait. Still by 1:30 we were quoting 20-30 minutes. I cut down to 2 at 1pm because a lot of tables were just sat, but still Alex & Lynn were able to get quite a few more tables thereafter, making it a profitable shift for both. Alex stayed and helped Lynn close down. Lynn ordered a sake kasu for lunch and never got it, so we owe her one.

Matt was supposed to work prep along with Shiloh this morning. Jersey didn't realize until after the shift, so he didn't bother to call him. But that put us behind in not only prep, but dishes. Poor Marilu was in up to her ankles in dishes. I mean, was had bus tubs stacked on the dessert freezer that's how backed up we were. That ended up over flowing into dinner service, and dish pit was backed up quite a bit until about 8pm or so when Randy jumped on and was able to bang it all out. We did, however, have a ton of glassware all night. I don't know what it was but I felt like every time I turned around there was another glass rack to be put away. Odd. 

Dinner: Started slow too but around 5:45 multiple tables came in and by 6:15 we were on a wait. We stayed on a wait until about 9:45. It was steady and busy all night. The height of the wait hit about 45-1hr but I don't think anyone waited the full hour expect for one table that Ruthy accidentally deleted. I bought them a recovery edamame and miso soup and they were cool. Didn't have too many issues tonight, had one long 25 minute dessert donut, but that was it. I know Daniel and Steve were really treading water though most of the night. It seemed like they were barely making it by. At one point we ran out of grated ginger and they just didn't have time to prep more. But I was really impressed with how well they did tonight. They toughed it out like a champ!!

We had 2 Resos in the PR, one at 7 and one at 9. and we were lucky enough to be able to squeeze one in before the 7pm res. So Sayo had quite the busy night. Both the 7pm and the 9pm group wanted to do Sake-bombs, and Sayo did a great job of telling them that they could pour their hot sake into their beer but there would be no raucous event. They were both cool with that. but what are the odds.

All 3 groups spent a good amount of money and were all in and out in their time requirement. Couldn't have asked for a more perfect run. Let's hope the reso's tomorrow go that way too.

Specials?
Clams: 1
Poisson Cru: 9
I ran a Bingo Contest, but no one won :( They said they had fun though! That's the important part!

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
*Jason SA was a beast at dinner tonight. he was not only doing a great job Food Running but in his downtime he was SA'ing. I was really blown away by his performance tonight. Great great work!!!
* Sayo did a great job not only on her double, but handling the stacked parties and her section.
*Johnny was a super helper tonight with the glassware. It seemed like no matter what, every time I turned around there was glassware to be put away and Johnny was always ready to help

Any VIP's in?
Lunch: Sean is a regular who's name I never knew until today when I chatted with him briefly about the thanksgiving holiday. He has a beard and longish shaggy hair. tall dude. In for lunch by himself, super nice. 
Dinner: David & Ransom for dinner. Those were the only familiar faces I saw for dinner.

Comps& Void Detail:
Lunch- just makani discounts that I can recall. I did a FNF for S9 in lieu of a dessert that Take wanted to send. She didn't want dessert so we just threw the comp on it (which was equal to the price of the discount anyway)
Dinner: Had 2 Ika Yaki comps for DNL, both were expecting something like fried calamari, even though both Johnny and Sophia told them it wasn't the same. DNL for saba and aji for Dustens S4 they said it was too fishy....???, Had a Recovery Comp for A6 because Ruthy accidentally deleted them off the waitlist. I sent them edamame and miso soups and they were happy. 
Voids: 1 Kirin Misring, 5 Sapporos because they were warm, 1 Superstar changed mind,

R&M needs?:
ABC will be out Monday to look at the mens toilet gasket.
Kayo, do you have an ETA on the mens room soap dispenser?


86'd items/ need more?
I picked up more GC envelopes this afternoon, as well as a notepad for the host stand. And I was overjoyed to see that we received our gift card shipment! yeay!!!