Thursday 1.1.15 Happy new Year!

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales: $2428 (Jan 1st) $2251 (Same day LY)
Projected Sales: $2381
TY Lunch Sales: $2350
+/- : +4% LY same day, or -3% Jan 1st LY. $31 Short of Projected sales.
Lunch Covers: 118
Avg PPA: $19.92

LY Dinner Sales: $4890 (Jan 1) $4833 (Same day LY)
Projected Sales: $5120
TY Dinner Sales: $5260
+/- : +9% LY and +$140 PS
Dinner Covers:  192
Avg PPA: $27.40

Weather: Cold in the 30's and raining

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?:
Lunch: Joel, Mandy, Johnny, Lynn CL. Junko Host, Sigele FR, Jonathan SA
Jonathan put his notice in. I knew it was coming after he called out of that shift last week and then was kind of dragging his ass the other day at lunch. I will put an ad on Craigs list for a busser. Kaori is taking her availability down to the weekend and only 2 shifts, so I'm really going to struggle for bussers after that.

Dinner: Joel, Mandy, Stephanie Camacho CL. Stephanie/Ally Host, Sigele FR, Jason SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch started out really busy- as expected. A lobby full of people waiting, and we were on a wait due to the high number of large parties. (3) 6-tops, (4) 5-tops, and lots of 4 tops. It started to die down around 2pm and I cut down to just Johnny & Lynn, and then just Lynn for the last 30 minutes. I also cut Junko around 2:15.  really mellow.
Had one guy at B2 pretty upset about his "watery" Tonkotsu Ramen. Both he and his friend said that it was watery, and when he tasted his other friends ramen that was sitting across from him, he said his was rich and delicious. All the same Ramen. Don't know if it was just a placebo affect or what, but this guy was not having it. he gave Mandy an earful, then me an earful. I let him talk because obviously he had something to say, and in the end I comp'd his and and his friends ramen (his friend ended up getting a katsu don and seemed satisfied) and gave them both $10 Kome bucks to come back and give us another try. He left Mandy $0 tip on his $2 bowl of rice. Just bad ju-ju that guy.

Dinner started busy just like last night- I was really afraid it was going to be exactly like last night but it wasn't. We did go on a wait by 5:45 and stayed busy through the rest of the night. Note for next year: Have everyone in by open. Both Today and yesterday. And probably for the entire week of New Years. The night was busy busy busy, several big tops. Nothing much else of note. It was just really, really busy. Slowed down the later it got, but by 9:30 we still had a full house. Cut Mandy at 9:30 and no other cuts until close.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
*Mandy was back and happy to be- She handled her busy section with ease today
*Johnny helped Lynn close it down today by doing extra closing duties with her. She wanted to buy him a beer but instead I just bought him a beer for being a teamplayer. Rather, a cider (he's on the no carb thing)
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Any VIP's in?
Lunch: John- a regular who I met last night at Contigo who introduced himself to me saying "you're always at kome!" and we joked about how bad I am about introducing myself to regulars. We're BFF's now.
Also James was in for the first time in a while. He use to come in more frequently for lunch and sit at the sushi bar (he has long hair and usually sits around S1 or 2)- he doesn't come in as often anymore because he moved. He use to come in because it was on his way back to work after going home to let his dogs out, but now it's not close by.

Comps& Void Detail:
Lunhc: DNL for the 2 Tonkotsus, Voided sashimi for Lynn's S5 changed mind (not made) void for alone together wasn't made (I think that was for johnny) Kome Bucks for Johnny's 6 bentos, Kome bucks for Naoto's lunch that I owed him from yesterday, Kome bucks for the 3 bottles of Chandon I gave to contest winners yesterday.

R&M needs?:
The patio heaters gas lines need to be looked at. I was hoping to do it Tuesday but business has been so busy I haven't had time. They need to be completely unassembled and put back together. Leary took a look at them and surmised the same thing: a kink or some issue in the gas line. Dusten or Leary, can one of you look at that next week if you have time- otherwise I will the following week.

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