Tuesday 2/3/15 PM recap

Written By: Dusten


LY Dinner Sales: 3747
Projected Sales: 4247
TY Dinner Sales: 4181
+/- :13% over LY and $66 up from projected
Dinner Covers: 159
Avg PPA: 26.71

Previous Days Labor %: 21%

Previous Days Comps %: 3%: 3.81% uncontrollable and 94.01% controllable

Weather: Chilly willy and cloudy

Any Special events going on?: Setsubun

Who worked?:Krystin, Lindsey, Kate, Alex, Clair CL, Sigele FR and Josh SA

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Today seemed pretty steady. Not crazy busy but a constant trickle of folks in and out. I didn't hear of any out of control ticket times. Sigele ran a gyoza to the wrong spot at the sushi bar. The kitchen remade it pretty quick and no one complained. One nthink that I liked about the situation was Clair (working the sushi bar) had Sigele, who made the mistake ask the kitchen to remake the dish. Seemed appropriate and efficient. We had a couple larger tables walk in. A 9-top and a 6-top. We had a 7-top call and reserve the room for tonight. We had a short wait from maybe 7:30pm-8:45pm. I cut Krystin and Lindsey at 8:40, I cut Kate at 9:15 and Alex at 9:40pm.

Specials? 5x spicy mussel, 1 temp special ( Take's food), 10 Aji aburi, 2x carpaccio special

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):I ran my "Dusten needs everyone to help each other and especially him at the host stand" contest and it worked out wonderfully. Krystin won 1st place by a large margin. She was prebussing, filling waters, bringing menus, chopsticks and even helping to seat people. Lindsey came in second, answering the phone and helping on the floor every chance she got.
I must say it is refreshing to have coherent support staff. I havent worked in a supervisory context with Josh, but he did a great job. Sigele passed a very important test. I saw her examining a recently abandoned spot at the sushi bar that needed to be cleaned. She stopped and looked at it, looked around at the floor for Josh or Clair, shrugged her shoulders and proceeded to clean the spot herself. Love it.

Any VIP's in? Owner of La Vie, Ex kitchen employee Diego came in for a b-day dinner, Rachel and Carlos just back from Cancun... lucky.

Elizabeth: Gretchen Ellis called early on during service and wondered if you still need her CC info. Her number is: 512-415-3975.

Comps& Void Detail: 1x b-day dessert. We had a family with a 21st b-day and Lindsey asked about comping his 1st beverage, so $6 kome bucks to cover his first (legal) Sapporo in public. That was it.

R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more? Asahi kegs. Floor mats for server station and host stand. That concrete is brutal without any reprieve.