Wednesday 10/7/15 recap

Written By: Dusten

LY Lunch Sales: 1678
Projected Sales : 1804
TY Lunch Sales: 1693
+/- : 1% increase over LY and -$111 short of P
Lunch Covers: 97
Avg PPA: 17.45

LY Dinner Sales: 4147
Projected Sales : 4830
TY Dinner Sales:5047
+/- : 22% increase over LY and $217 over projected
Dinner Covers: 177
Avg PPA: 28.51


Previous Days Labor:20%

Previous Days Comps: 7%
Controllable Comps:2.59%

Weather: perfect.

Special events?: ACL week.


Who worked: Lunch: Lindsey, Sophia, Naoto, Johnny CL, Jason training John to FR, Junko H and Erica SA.

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Lunch started out well, not crazy but steady. We had our expected pop around 12:15. Things died out pretty quickly after that, right up until Johnny was the only server left. I cut lindsey at 12:45, Naoto at 1:10pm, Sophia at 1:35pm and then about 3 tables walked in. She took one and Johnny handled the rest from there on- maybe 5 more tables. We had a bento box go out a good while before a pair of austin rolls that were for the same table. To be fair the were a lot of sushi lunches being made, and those took priority. The table didn't complain, but Sophia was a little nervous about it.
-Dinner: Definitely busier. Started off tame but picked up around 7pm. We went on a wait for nearly two and a half hours. I cut Lindsey, Kate and Cindy at 9:30pm. I cut Sayo at 9:40pm. Everyone was busy. Sushi bar and kitchen alike. No significant issues with tickets.

Specials: 5 escolar special, 4 oyster specia, 4 cucumber kimchi, 4 tsukiji sets and 6 king salmon box

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): Johnny is a very competent closer. I no longer worry about him getting flustered with last minute pops. If he needs help, he tells you, and goes about his business.
-Kate always has a hawk-eye trained on every possible detail until something doesn't quite work out. She had a table of friends that either took off with their receipts, or the hosts perhaps lost them. I doubt that Samara or Cindy lost the checks. I've never had an issue with any of my checks going missing when Samara is hosting. Samara let me know that Kate had a rather sizable stack of checks from a couple of different tables. The more moving pieces the easier it is to lose track of them. Either way I let her deduct the amount of the missing checks from her department total before calculating her tip-out. She says they were non-industry friends of hers and conceded that it was possible they just took the receipts.
On the other hand, I ran a contest for the escolar and rose specials and Kate won by a significant margin. Gave her a $25 card to Antonelli's.
-I asked Hiroe to keep a closer eye on John while training tonight. An order of fries and some edamame got ran to the wrong tables early on and John got flustered trying to retrace his steps and possibly correct his mistake. I told Hiroe it was her responsibility as the trainer to keep him from slipping up; correct the mistake before it costs the restaurant money. She took that very seriously and had no further issues. She even came to me to clear things up and more or less, admit that she knew better. I thanked her and told her not to lose any sleep over french fries and edamame.

Speaking of John, he came to me to tell me that on Friday (Oct. 9th), Joe was wanting off in the morning. John wanted to pick up his shift and give his SA shift to Erica. Considering it is a BOH to FOH shift, I figured it'd be a good idea to document it here.

Any VIP's in? A few regulars for lunch- some faces usually seen at dinner. The Global Catch Guy- he likes us!
Dinner: Shane and his lady with another gentleman. Elizabeth came in with Aaron and a couple of friends. Hamilton, the owner of Oasis Brewery.

Comps& Void Detail: Nothing at lunch.
Dinner: Voided 2 glasses of the sale rose- needed to update the price. Sent a come viche to owner of Oasis Brewery- Elizabeth requested a smoking' sashimi, but Take said he needed the hama-toro for other orders. I improvised.
As I'm typing Miho accidentally rang in a go-go favorite tray. Never a dull moment.
-An alone together was rang in accidentally but it was sold to another table.
-I'm giving Lindsey a $15 kome bucks card. Her tori-teba came out raw and she got to sit down to eat long after the kitchen had been shut down.
-Employee Day off for Elizabeth

R&M needs: -Can we get the maguro zuke-don modifications (yama-kake) to print in the kitchen? That way they can bring up the rice and more specifically the raw egg when needed.
-Jessica from Petrocelli called for Elizabeth just after lunch. Her number is (512) 836-1414.
-Sophia pointed out that the floor is chipping away at between A6 and A5.

86'd items/ need more: -Coffee
-Kate pointed out that we have 2 1/2 boxes of tea filters and that if we use an average of 3 per day, we'll have enough for a year and change.
-Ben E. Keith driver thought it odd that we only ordered 2 kegs for the week.
-uni
-hokki,
-thai chili for kitchen