Saturday 4.4.15

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales: $2215
Projected Sales:  $2543
TY Lunch Sales: $2788
+/- : +26% LY and +$245 PS
Lunch Covers:168
Avg PPA: $16.60

LY Dinner Sales: $6525
Projected Sales:   $7144
TY Dinner Sales: $5716
+/- : -12% LY and -$1428 PS. BRUTAL!
Dinner Covers: 209
Avg PPA: $27.35

Previous Days Labor %: 12%

Previous Days Comps %: 3% with 13.38% Controllable

Weather: overcast, windy, thought it was gonna rain. It didn't. 60's/70's in the afternoon.

Any Special events going on?: Stevie Wonder played at the Erwin Center and Dave Chappell was at ACL. March Madness is still on going too I believe. Night Before Easter too.

Who worked?:
Lunch: Joel, Krystin, Sophia, Johnny CL. Nate Host, Hiroe FR, Jason SA
Dinner: Naoto, Clair, Lindsey, Mandy, Dusten CL. Ruthy/Nate host, Sophia CT, Jason SA, Hiroe FR
(Jason's 21st bday was today, btw. I had Dusten pick him up a nice bottle of Whisky as a gift from us)

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Slow to start, as usual. picked up around 1:15, and we went on a wait by 1:25. Sophia was having some tummy troubles, so I cut her, since the sushi bar hadn't been full at all. Johnny took the horseshoe and kept the first round at the sushi bar. Everyone worked together to get things done and Sophia helped out until her last table left. Ticket times were good with the exception that Gyoza Jersey mentioned.

Dinner: Wow oh wow. It started off strong and we were on a wait by 6pm but off the wait by 8:30! I cut Naoto at 8:45, and cut Clair at 9:15. I read the blog from the night before Easter last year (April 19th) and it also was very slow and I also made cuts early. So at least there's that. Also, I left a note for my future self for Easter of this year and told myself to cut quick, it's dead and we could have probably ran with 3 servers. So we shall see. Anyhow, back to tonight. After it died and I made cuts, I cut conservatively after that, but it was on a steady decline. We had maybe 5 tables come in between 10 and close. 1 of those was Rachel & Carlos, and one was Kate and Jack. And then one last table came in 10 til close when there was only 3 other tables in the entire restaurant. A1 lingered until
I cut down to Dusten and Mandy at 10pm, and then just Dusten at 10:25 because there was nothin' in here! Cut Jason and Ruthy at 10:30.

I already talked with Daniel about this but I ordered an age-dashi tofu for dinner and it came out rather well done, borderlining on tough. The "crust" was really tough and cardboardy. I showed it to Daniel and there was definitely too much "batter" on the tofu. He will talk to ziggy about it, but if everyone can keep an eye out. On the upside, my gyoza was tasty!

Also, Clair mentioned the Poisson Cru she had Wednesday night while dining with her BF was bland so I had them  make me one tonight. I tried it. Still very bland. There seems to be some debacle about the recipe. I'd like to discuss this more at the meeting on Monday.

Lastly, who ever is smoking weed outside of the restaurant after work, can you please stop. I don't know who it is, and I really don't care that you're smoking it (I'm all for legalizing it) , except for the fact that I can smell it in the office. Do this on your own time, not on Kome time. It's unprofessional. Please and thank you.

Specials?
Beef Tataki 5
Nimono 2
Tsk Carp/Set 3/ 13

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
*Krystin was very helpful in her lunch shift today. Was bussing tables in her down time.
*Mandy boggles my mind sometimes. She can be really with it and then when it comes to the beverage menu she is not with it at all. Last night I caught her having difficulties making a sake cocktail. And tonight I caught her pouring rose into a flute, and then later she asked me what was in the sake flight, if she gets to choose the sakes!? I'm not sure what the disconnect is there, but it's odd for sure.
*Saw Clair filling her downtime by prebussing outside of her section. She was doing a great job of helping prebus the sushi bar. I know Leary hasn't seen a positive side of her, but when I work with her she is upbeat and helpful.

Any VIP's in?
Lunch: Creepy single guy & little girl, Harmon & Fam,
Dinner: Drako Fam, Rachel & Carlos, Kate & Jack

Comps& Void Detail:
voided 2 rolls for Drako fam, changed mind
Kome bucks for Sophia's bust of a CT shift


R&M needs?:
The plug that goes to the lightbox is coming undone and needs some electrical tape. I was afraid to keep it unplugged(Didn't want a fire) and was also nervous to unplug it. Please don't plug it in until we get some electrical tape around it.

86'd items/ need more?
Sapporo and Asahi! grr.....