Friday 5.22.15

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales:  $1849 (LY Grad Fri $2179)
Projected Sales:   $2271
TY Lunch Sales:  $2759
+/- :  +49% LY and +$488 PS
Lunch Covers: 162
Avg PPA: $17.03

LY Dinner Sales: $5755 (LY Grad $6823)
Projected Sales:    $7270
TY Dinner Sales:   $7964
+/- :  +38% LY and +$694 PS
Dinner Covers: 260
Avg PPA: $30.63

For the day we finished with $10,723 in sales, 41% over LY and $1182 over PS.

Previous Days Labor %: 14%

Previous Days Comps %: 3.39% with 4.96% CTRL

Weather: Overcast and rainy here and there. 70s

Any Special events going on?: Graduation weekend, Memorial Day Weekend.

Who worked?:
Lunch: Lindsey, Krystin, Joel, Kate CL. No SA>  Jason FR, J Host.
Dinner: Lindsey, Sayo, Johnny, Jason, Dusten CL. Jason SA, Sigele FR, Ruthy & Samara Host. Grace Cocktail

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Slow and steady to start, then forceful around 1pm. We were on a wait from around 12:30-2pm. Had guests walking in right until 2 and put on a wait. Sat the last table at 2pm and got last call done by 2:15. J is still very green at the host stand, and we didn't have a busser today thanks to Nate, so I was stretched pretty thin trying to bus and help J at the host stand. Eventually I had him just bus and set tables while I took names and stood up front. Had a walk in 7 top at 1:50 that we were able to put in the party room.

Someone found ANOTHER bone in their sashimi lunch today. This is the second one in a week. I think he said it came from the suzuki. It was rather large too, not just a small one, but it had a curve to it. Either way, can sushi bar please make sure they are checking the fish?

Dinner: Good busy dinner. Went on a wait around 6:15, got off the wait around 10:30. Had a lot of large parties walk in, but other than the five 8-tops we had, the rest were pretty much all 2 tops. Except for maybe a few 5 tops that walked in as well. But a pretty smooth night at the host stand.
The night was moving along well until the sushi bar printer crashed around 8:30. I tried the ol' flip over and bang real hard (which, actually, was the issue last time) but it didn't work this time. I text Rick and he got back to me ASAP. He got up here around 10:30 and installed a new printer. The old one was caked with grease and is going to be sent out to be cleaned. He will have it mailed back to us when it's finished being cleaned and we can keep it here as a back up. Had a few long tickets here and there, but no one was upset. S10 found a long black hair on his hamachi nigiri, so I comp'd that, to kitchen error, but other than that there were few comps. Let's hope the rest of the weekend goes this smoothly. Busy and smooth.

It was a pretty long and busy day, I don't think I missed anything but if I did, I'll make sure to mention it tomorrow.

Specials?
Shshito: 17
Temp Green Beans 10
Tsk Set/ Carp: 10/11
All Star:  7

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
Lunch:
-Krystin was the teamwork rockstar this morning. Busing tables all over the place and watering tables.
-Kate got her ass kicked at sushi bar. Lots of 1 tops, and the party room was sat twice during lunch. She handled the volume in a calm manner, delegating tasks when she needed to.
- J stayed until 2:45 helping to bus and clean up the dining room. He stayed well after he needed to, to make sure everyone was set up and didn't need anything.
-Jason was busting his ass food running and also bussing in his downtime.

Dinner:
-Dusten was the rockstar for teamwork during dinner service. Saw him multiple times bussing other tables in other sections in his downtime, he was super helpful tonight.
-Also saw Camacho reaching outside his section and helping prebus the sushi bar and other sections. Nice to see him floating around
-At one point there were 4 of us in the PR busing it for the 9pm party: Ruthy, Sayo, Lindsey and myself. Nice to see everyone help out.
-Sigele as usual was helping bus in her downtime as well.
-Grace did a great job cocktailing tonight. She rang over $700!!!! And never seemed to really sweat it the entire time.

Any VIP's in?
Lunch: Sean our Austin Speciality rep (met him for the first time), Rita the Glazers area Manager she was in with her boyfriend who is in the military. She said everytime he is in town they come here, it's their favorite place. Met a regular named Phillip. We chatted in the lobby while he waited for his second person to arrive. He just couldn't say enough nice things about this place. It was nice to hear.

Dinner; Kindo-san was in...with a DATE! :) or at least with a guest that was a lady. Had Sayo wait on him so he felt comfortable.
Forgot to mention that last night Rachel and Carlos were in...for what it's worth.

Comps& Void Detail:
a few misring voids at lunch: large sencha, salmon maki
FNF for Reps in.

R&M needs?:
So we replaced the bulb above the Metal Kome Sign but it's not coming on, and Jason said when he changed it it felt like something was loose in it. So there may just be an issue with the light itself.

Jersey text Rodrigo to fix the sink in the kitchen. While he is at it I'm asking him to fix the dumpster gate hinge is completely torn off on the right side, as well as install a door knob in the (formerly) ladies room with a lock like the (formerly) mens room. I had a woman frantically pull the lock off the door...I've fixed it for now, but I think we just need to put a normal door handle on that door- the lock gets broken too often.

86'd items/ need more?