wednesday 9/9 recap

Written By: Dusten

LY Lunch Sales: 1905
Projected Sales : 1575
TY Lunch Sales: 1243
+/- : -$328 under projected and -35% down from LY
Lunch Covers: 75
Avg PPA: 16.57


LY Dinner Sales: 3441
Projected Sales : 3460
TY Dinner Sales:4420
+/- :28% up from LY and $960 over projected
Dinner Covers: 152
Avg PPA: 29.08


Previous Days Labor: 21%

Previous Days Comps: 6%
Controllable Comps: 8.07%

Weather: overcast and muggy 80's, torrential downpour after 8:45pm.

Special events?: National Teddy Bear Day


Who worked: Lunch: Grace, Lindsey, Sayo, Johnny CL, John SA, Jason FR, Junko training Laura
Dinner: Grace, Lindsey, Naoto, Miho, Jason training Erica SA, Samara and Cindy H and Hiroe FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Lunch was very slow. No pop. No filling up. Cut Grace at 12:30, Lindsey at 1:30 and Sayo at 1:40pm.
Dinner started slow. We filled up at 7pm. But didn't really go on a wait until about 8pm. Picked up for a little while and then dropped off with the rain. I made cuts accordingly.

Specials: 11 of the pork belly special and of the shishitos. 7 tempura specials, 5 all stars, 4 hon-maguro and toro nigiri, 24 bitches brew roll- our most popular roll by a considerable margin.

Held a contest for the baird beers. Sophia sold one. No one won.

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): Lauren seems pretty sharp, but as slow as it was there wasn't much practice as there was instruction. I even got a few somewhat timid 'irrashaimase's' out of her. Good first day.
-Alex in the kitchen is always super nice and pleasant to work with. I can't speak to his performance in the kitchen, but I hardly notice mistakes or long tickets coming from him.
-I've noticed at times Lindsey can slack off. Not just today but a bit of a pattern. I see her walk empty handed past sushi sitting at the bar for her tables. Tonight I saw her walk up, again empty handed to her table with only a couple of glasses, pick up her check and menus and leave the glasses. It was totally within her power to completely bus the table. I can understand being in the weeds and not having time to do something, but her saunter suggests she doen't feel she has to if there is an SA coming at any moment anyways.
-Erika is slow going and needs a bit of guidance in the details of SAing, but I am sure she will catch on soon enough. I reminded Jason to stick by her and not let her go off on her own too much. She's never carried a tray before, so there is a considerable curve for her to get over right there.

Any VIP's in? some Thursday sushi bar regulars. People that I know their orders but not their names.

Comps& Void Detail: comp'd a miso to kitchen error. Guest found plastic in soup. Also 20% recover to that table to smooth things over. It worked.
Several misrings. A bottle of Rose, some suzuki sashimi. A few DNL's. One for a camembert. A 'guest changed mind' for a takoyaki.

R&M needs: B1's table top is really loose. My guess is it's from dragging the tables around rather than lifting them. 
There is a new/old leak in the kitchen around the window sill.

There is a yelp review from an Elite Yelper in which we get 4 out of 5 stars. The only fault I can see in the review is regarding parking. The solution the author offers is to park in the neighborhood.
A kindly worded response might present a good opportunity to mention our alternative parking options that would be such a nuisance to our neighbors.

Will called about his last paycheck. He wanted to know if his brother could come get it for him as he lives out of town and doesn't have transportation. I didn't know what to tell him other than to ask Elizabeth. His brother's name is Jesse Castellanos.


86'd items/ need more: Camembert, okonomiyaki, sake toro