Friday 10.2.15

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Dinner Sales: $6513
Projected Sales : $6750
TY Dinner Sales: $6897
+/- : +6% LY and +$147 PS
Dinner Covers: 232 (average)
Avg PPA:  $29.73

Weather: Beautiful! Low in the 60s at night.

Special events?:ACL Day 1

Who worked: Joel, Lindsey, Johnny, Camacho, Clair CL> Jason SA, Cindy/Samara Host, Sigele FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
A nice night overall, considering the beautiful weather and the festivities. The vibe here was happy and positive. Lots of joking around but work getting done. Despite it being a little "slower" in sales, spirits were high. We went on a wait around 6:15 and got off the wait around 9:30. Wait times were lower than they usually are- hovering around 25-35. Early on we had a few walk in 5-tops, and then a walk in 10 top that turned into 11 (they squeezed a chair), on top of our two reso's (both 7 tops), we also got a walk in 7-top around 10pm. So a big night for big parties,and lots of rolls. Sushi bar got backed up with roll tickets taking upwards of 30 minutes during the peak, lots of tables ordering rolls tonight. They bounced back shortly thereafter. A3 was in celebrating a birthday and said they went to Uchiko but their power was out and they were recommending people to come see us. I thought that was nice to hear, and A3 had a great time.

Cut Joel at 9:30, Johnny at 10, went 2 on at 10:15 and just Clair at 10:30. After 10pm hit it just slowed waaaaaay down. Only one more table came in after 10:30 and it was a 1 top that sat at sushi bar and was out by 11pm. All tables left by 11pm. Strange. But kind of nice :)

Specials:
Stuffed Shishito Peppers 10
Escolar 6
Fried Oysters 11
Blue Fin 25
Tsk Set (madai, katsuo, king salmon) 17

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Lindsey was in the back B's and every time a sushi bar seat got up, she would always either bus it entirely, or help bus it on her way back to the service station. nice to see full hands in/out
-Clair handled the sushi bar with ease tonight and is a fantastic closer, very thorough.
-Camacho was last cut but stayed late to help Clair with her closing duties. Very nice.

I ran a contest: Featured the Pinot Noir Rose tonight for $7 (great deal! the guy that came in at the very end of the night told Clair "that's kind of expensive for a wine special" Ummm where does this guy get his wine?" and also ran a Shishito contest. Clair won the wine, Camacho won the Shishito.

Any VIP's in?
Elka (old Real World caste member, and new regular to us!), Kenny.

Comps& Void Detail:
DNL for a Shio Saba. Guest said "this tastes very fishy"... um, yes.
Lots of Bday desserts
FNF for Kaya's friend at B2
FNF for Brandy- Birds Barbershop GM

R&M needs:
The lights on the patio and the Kome sign went out again tonight. But then came back on shortly thereafter. This happened the other night (after we closed) and I didn't think much of it. But on Monday or tomorrow I will give Andy a shout and find out if he can take a look at it. Maybe just a bad breaker or connection.

86'd items/ need more: