1/7/15 PM recap

Written By: Dusten

LY Dinner Sales: 3902
Projected Sales: 4050
TY Dinner Sales:4267
+/- :up 9% over LY and $217 over projected
Dinner Covers:155
Avg PPA: 27.53

Weather: cooooooold. sunny and breezy and then coooooold!

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?: Krystin, Alexandra, Kate, Naoto, Sophia CL, Ally Hosting and Hiroe training Dena to Food Run.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: We had maybe 7 tables walk in between 5pm and 5:30 when the other servers came in. One was a party of 7 looking for ramen. Naoto managed to keep them here. It was pretty slow until about 7pm and then we got our pop. we stayed on a wait for the better part of 2 hours. With the impending cold snap, I expected a slower night. The only ticket time I saw take a little while was a tonpei yaki that took about 30 minutes. I went to kitchen and it was nearly done. I told the server (naoto) to give his table an update and to mention that the dish can take a little longer than others to prepare. Not only that but also to mention that Take himself was in the kitchen overseeing the newer kitchen staff and when the tonpei did arrive it would be well worth the wait. No complaints. Krystin cut at 8:45pm, Alex at 9pm, Naoto at 9:20 and KAte at 9:40pm. 

Specials?1 clam, 5 poisson cru 3 mini uni-don

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):Ally was great at the host stand. She mentioned to me that she really likes hosting and is a little concerned about cross-training for other support staff jobs. I told her even if she wants to primarily host, it would be to her benefit to gain some experience and knowledge from training to do the other jobs also.
*Hiroe did a great job training Dena. I asked her about Dena's progress and she mentioned Dena's reluctance to hold still and listen when someone is explaining things. I know Hiroe just lets that roll right off and will keep on her about learning the job. I think Dena did well training today, but I quizzed her here and there over things (what was in that tsukemono you took out?) one to get the depth of her training, two to give her an idea of the questions tables will ask, and three to let her know there is much more to learn so that hopefully she'll take an interest in absobing that information. I know she doesn't have much experience carrying loads on tray so it'll be interesting for her to food run a lunch service.
*Neither Kate nor Naoto had any misrings or needed really anything from me. I had to press them to let me help. Otherwise they were just fine and handled all of their business.

Any VIP's in? My good friends Holly (she own's Meggs Cafe in Temple) her boyfriend Evan (he was one of the caterers at Elizabeth's wedding) and my friend Lavon (Vulcan Video owner) and his girlfriend Shannon came in and dropped some bucks. Parker, the possibly Australian regular (he and his girlfriend always order hot sake, kukicha and topo chico right off), the older couple (white guy with Japanese wife).

Comps& Void Detail: I gave Holly a FNF discount at 10%, there were about $20 kome bucks I got, a buzztable b-day discount, b-day dessert, seaweed salad void and 2 miso voids. Sophia sold a bottle of La Marca earning a bottle of Chandon

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?