Wednesday Recap 1/14/15

Written By: Leary

LY Lunch Sales: $1527
Projected Sales: $1824 (+$51)
TY Lunch Sales: $1875
+/- :  +$348, + 23%
Lunch Covers:109
Avg PPA:  $17.20

LY Dinner Sales: $4092
Projected Sales: $4188 ($14.75)
TY Dinner Sales: $4202.75
+/- :  +$4202.75,  +3%
Dinner Covers: 140
Avg PPA:  $30.02

Weather: Cold & cloudy with scattered sprinkling throughout the day

Any Special events going on?:

Who worked?:
Lunch: Clair, Kate, Sayo, Lynn, Jonathan SA, Sigele FR, Junko H
Dinner: Alex, Lindsey, Clair, Kate, Sophia, Kaori SA, Hiroe FR, Leary H ( Dena was sick and I sent her home at 6)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: It was a good lunch. Rush came a little bit earlier then normal. Seemed like everyone came in right at noon. Junko got a bit overwhelmed, but I helped her get everyone sat and we were back on track. Went on a small wait of a couple tables, but just stayed steady throughout the shift. Got 2 rotations in the party room which is always good. We were pretty full but slowing down by 110 and went 2 on. We stayed steady until about 145, but the added tables to the closers section came at a nice pace so Lynn & Sayo breezed through it. Ticket times were good except for one Sake Kasu that took almost 30 minutes because it had to be remade. Everything else came out fine.

Dinner: Really slow start. I sent Dena home at 6 and hosted for the evening because she was really sick. I thought the weather might scare off a crowd, but we started to fill up around 7. On wait by 730, got up to about 40 min, and came off the wait around 9. A lot of campers again. Several tables were sat over 2 hours during the pop. It made quote times challenging, but only two tables went over their time. I bribed a table with Kome bucks that had been sat for 2hrs 48min. The were super nice about it, and were happy for the Kome bucks. Went 2 on at 9. The two closers had a steady flow of tables until about 930. Had another 3 tables after that. Had a couple 30 minute ticket times from the kitchen during the pop. Sushi bar tickets stayed under 20 minutes.

Specials?

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
The night servers really stepped it up, and helped out a lot with the host stand. Lots of teamwork made the shift go by smoothly.
The 13 top was extremely difficult from start to finish, but Alex handled it well and made sure everyone was happy in the end.

Any VIP's in? 

Comps& Void Detail:
Comped a sake chase because of the long ticket time. The other guest was done eating for about 15 minutes by the time she got it, and didn't have enough time to finish it before having to get back to work.
Comped a 30 minute Tori Teba that the guests ended up not caring for.
Had some regulars not like the Yasai Kakiage because it was a bit underdone and doughy. Kate offered a new one, but the table had already had a bunch of food and was ready to leave.
I comped a drink for the servers for all the hard work tonight.

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?