Written By: Dusten
LY Dinner Sales: 5263
Projected Sales : 5311
TY Dinner Sales: 4757
+/- : -554 under P and -10% off LY
Dinner Covers: 180
Avg PPA: 26.43
Weather: chilly after dark.
Special events?: national no beard day.
Who worked: Camacho, Kate, Grace, Krystin Clair CL, Jason SA, Hiroe FR and Samara hosting. Ruthy was sick and visibly suffering. I sent her home after we got the initial rush seated. Kate and Camacho traded cuts.
Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Fairly busy night. We were full by 6pm and on a wait until nearly 9pm. I cut Krystin and Kate at 9pm. I cute Grace at 9:30 and Camacho at 9:45pm. I heard nothing of abnormally long ticket times.
Specials: 3 king salmon boxes, 3 carpaccio, 5 beef tataki, 3 kaki fry
3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): Because I sent Ruthy home I ran a contest on helping out at the host stand. Samara and I traded of keeping an eye on things at the stand. Clair came through and helped every chance she got. It was close for a while between her, Krystin and Jason SA. I consulted with Samara and she felt Clair was a pretty clear winner. All Clair wanted for her prize was a blueberry cake donut from Mrs. Johnson's. Easy enough.
Any VIP's in? Samara had to deal with a very irate and possibly inebriated guy at the host stand as I was checking into a clogged sink in the bathroom. Apparently he took exception to our seating policy, had an incomplete party but wanted a 4-top to himself (while we were full) until his dining partners arrived. By the time I got out of the bathroom (Danny actually fixed it.) his party was complete and they had to wait maybe 10 minutes for a table, but he was still fussing. I recognized the people he was with as regulars. They said they were very aware of the seating policy. He seemed more upset that they were late to arrive. Other parties arrived after them and were subjected to the same rules and fair treatment and I think they caught on. Either way, we got them sat, I advised Kate to take extra special care of them. She said they were as pleasant and polite as can be.
Jeremy, Samara's boyfriend. Ixchel. Some other friends of Samara's.
Comps& Void Detail: $30 in kome bucks. 2 a-z's guest changed mind and 1 tamago nigiri -86'ed
R&M needs:
86'd items/ need more: viognier bottles, tamago, uni, all blue fin
Something I forgot: Camacho pulled me aside during service to look at the plating on the beef tataki. It was really... just looked like nothing. The beef was hidden under a paltry pile of greens and jicama haphazardly strewn about. Camacho and I talked to Danny about it. Danny said the presentation was how he was told to do it. We encouraged him to replete, emphasizing that this was supposed to be a 'special' and worthy of better presentation. Camacho had more specific ideas on how to rework it. Danny re-plated and it looked 100% better. As far as I can see, this blog platform does not allow me to attach images, but I'll happily forward them to whoever wants to see the before and after pictures.
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