Thursday Recap 1/15/15

Written By: Leary

LY Lunch Sales: $1523
Projected Sales: $1843 (+$72.65)
TY Lunch Sales: $1915.65
+/- : +392.62,  +26%
Lunch Covers: 117
Avg PPA: $16.37

LY Dinner Sales: $4238
Projected Sales: $4484 (-$552.30)
TY Dinner Sales: $3931.70
+/- : -$306.30, -7%
Dinner Covers: 144
Avg PPA: $27.30

Weather: Pretty warm and sunny afternoon, Clear skies and chilly evening

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?:
Lunch: Lindsey, Sayo, Johnny, Lynn, Jonathan SA, Junko H, Kaori FR
Dinner: Lindsey, Kate, Sophia, Dusten, Naoto CL, Jason SA, Sigele FR, Grace H

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:

Lunch had a solid start. Pretty much full by 12 and on a small wait by 1230. Started to slowed down around 1. I was expecting a bit of a later pop., but it never came. Went 2on at 120, 1 on at 145. Cut Host at 145. Ticket times were good all around.

Dinner started with a good happy hour ($609). Unfortunately it seems the trend for some happy hour tables is to order cheap the first hour, and sit at the table for another hour. Had another table sat for 2hr 50min. We continued to fill up after happy hour pretty quickly, and went on a wait by 630. I was expecting a pretty busy night since it was such a nice day, and it's been so rainy and cold lately. Figured folks would be stir crazy, and ready to get out. We had a decent early crowd, but mostly 2 tops and it started to thin out at 830. I was expecting a later pop, but it never came. Went 2 on at 9. 1 on, cut host, and SA at 930.   Had 4 or 5 tables sat in the last hour. No reservations, and party room was never sat. The pace of business came at such a mellow rate that the sushi bar, and kitchen had pretty easy nights. Ticket times were great, and the food looked good.

Spencer did well with his train tonight at the sushi bar. Take bought the FOH a roll each at the end of the night so he could get some more practice at the end. They looked good. His speed seemed decent, and will get better with time.
Spent a lot of time with Grace at the host stand tonight because Dena was still sick, and I told her to stay home. Grace is great with guests, and knows the buzz table system well. Her biggest focus area is quote times. She tends to over quote people. It can definitely be tricky, and I tried explain several factors of table awareness to consider and help her  out. She'll get better with time.  

Specials?

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Siege did a great job as always.
Naoto was a very solid closer, and handled the sushi bar rush well.
Steve did a great job at fry. His tempura looked and tasted perfect.

Any VIP's in? Rachel & Carlos

Comps& Void Detail:
FnF for Steve's roommate
Training comp for practice rolls for new sushi chef Spencer

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?