Thursday PM 3.26.15

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Dinner Sales: $5231
Projected Sales:   $5360
TY Dinner Sales: $5500
+/- : +5% LY and +$140 PS!
Dinner Covers: 184
Avg PPA: $29.89

Weather: 60s, low 70s. Windy. Sunny though.

Any Special events going on?: Texas Relays Started.

Who worked?: Sophia, Joel, Sayo, Lindsey Dusten CL. Ruthy/Josh host, Nate SA. Jason FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
We had the 5:30 Beyond Batten Fundraiser so that took up the A's. And by 5:15 we were starting to fill the B's pretty quickly. Of course as soon as Lindsey got here (early at 5:20) the flood of tables that were coming in stopped. But it was still good to have her in and help out. I didn't get the specials sheets printed out until 10 after 5 because of the Beyond Batten folks, but after that little bump in the road we were good. I called Sayo and told her not to come in until 7pm since her section wouldn't be freed up until then. Things ran smoothly. The Beyond Batten group was supposed to be 20-25 but only about 15 showed. They were easy. We had donated a $500 "gift card" to them and since we never actually gave them the gift card it acted as credit, but they only spend $380 of it and when I asked if they wanted the balance on the gift card they kept refusing, so I rang up a $380 donation gift card, and took care of their tab. So we got all of those sales still, and they were very happy.

By the time they were leaving we were starting to pile up a pretty hefty wait. And by 7:15 it was practically a Saturday night. We were on a 45-1hr wait. We most definitely could have used a cocktail- maybe start scheduling a cocktail on Thursday nights? I don't know, maybe this was a fluke? It looks like cover counts have been similar to that of Fridays and Saturdays, so getting a cocktail on the floor on Thursday nights might be worthwhile, especially in this nicer weather where people want to wait outside.

The kitchen got hit towards the latter part of the night. Had an as app gyoza hit 20 minutes and a salmon kasu rung in for the same table (at a later time) hit the table first. Not sure what happened there. Also saw a few "extra" items being made on accident: Midnight sun, kome fries, okonomiyaki to name the ones I saw sitting out.

Sophia pointed out to me that we have a few different menus floating around. Her, Joel and I went through the dinner menus and got rid of the few olders ones that were left.

Specials?
Temp Mushrooms: 4
Temp Kimchi:13
Tsk Set/Carp: 7/5

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
*Nate did a great job SA'ing tonight- I told him I barely knew he was here, he was so ninja like- he kept an eye out for tables getting up, and with the exception of around 7pm when the beyond batten folks left and a few other tables left, he kept up with it well.
*Josh hosted tonight for Grace. he worked with Ruthy very well and she gave him tons of pointers and guided him through his shift. I think he had only had 2 other training shifts before that, so he did a great job. He can't host alone, but he does well with Ruthy. I wouldn't pair him with Grace, because all they'll do is chat. But otherwise, he did well.
*Joel has really been stepping up the teamwork and helping in his downtime. Also saw Sophia back in the kitchen running some food tonight. Nice to see.

Any VIP's in?
Lots of regulars- David and Ransom, Cody & David (I'm totally blanking on their names. They work at Asti...or is it Fino)...Rachel & Carlos
And non-regulars but big fans of Komoe: Roxie & her hubby (she runs a bad-ass burlesque show that runs at the Highball- it use to run when I worked there too. Nice folks)

Comps& Void Detail:
FNF for drinks for Roxie & hubs, and for Ransom (david had yet to show up yet)
voided summertime sophia misring
comp'd DNL edamame, S7 said it tasted like an old gym shoe...I tasted it...it did not.
DNL for Poisson Cru- guest said it tasted bland. They were the second table of the night to complain about the Poisson Cru not having enough lime juice in it.
R&M needs?:

86'd items/ need more?