Monday 10.10.16

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Lunch Sales: $1763
Projected Sales : $2265
TY Lunch Sales: $2169
+/- : +23% LY and -$151 PS
Lunch Covers:133
Avg PPA:  $16.31


LY Dinner Sales: $5211
Projected Sales : $5600
TY Dinner Sales: $5157
+/- : -1% LY and -$443 PS
Dinner Covers: 174
Avg PPA:  $29.64


Previous Days Labor: 25%

Previous Days Comps: 6%
Controllable Comps: 5.50%

Weather: Beautiful! High 80s towards the late afternoon but very cool for most of the dya.

Special events?: Columbus Day, Post ACL

Who worked:
Lunch: Sayo, Alex, Kelly. Johnny CL.  Gabe SA, Taylor FR, Junko Host!
Dinner: Kelly, Mandy, Ruthy, Clair, Camacho CL. Taylor SA, Hiroe FR, Chelsea and Patrick Host

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Lunch: Slow start but by 12:45 we were in full swing and we went on a wait. Taylor got a chicken katsu and pork katsu mixed up and dropped at the wrong tables, so we had to remake them, but the tables were seemingly fine about it. The wait hit about 20 minutes at the height of lunch, though I don't think anyone waited the full quote time. Had a 2 top get a little hangry when they sat, but we got them food and smiles. Kenta's friends loooooove Gyoza. 11 orders exactly. 7 at first, 4 more later. They slurped noodles too. Those boys had quite the appetite. However the Gyozas did sent the kitchen into a bit of a tailspin, pushing some tickets longer. We also ran out of rice and had to reheat some we had extra of, so that also affected ticket times. However no one was too upset and we didn't have to comp anything, so we were in the clear! We stayed busy until our 2pm close. Did last call around 5 after, and had tables stay until 3.

Dinner: Solid Happy Hour to start. Then it slowed down and we thought that would be it for the night, but like clockwork at 7pm we picked up at a very rapid pace, which left the restaurant feeling a little hectic. The kitchen got hit hard and worked to pump out all the tickets in a timely manner, which they totally did. Meanwhile, in the dining room, B1 had a child that wouldn't stop screaming and throwing a fit. Eventually i had to go over and ask them that if she continued would they mind taking her outside, since it was impeding the experience of our guests. They let the child scream more, then took her outside. That could have been what also lent to the tense mood in the restaurant at that time. In any case, the rest of the night flew by. Didn't make cuts until 9pm and we slowed to one on by 9:45

Specials:
Snow Crab 5
Tsubu Wasa 9
Iwashi Nigiri 12
River Shrimp 5

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Camacho got highlighted tonight by a guest saying how fantastic his service was and that they would come back just to be waited on by him. Very high accolade.
-Ruthy was getting a little behind and wasn't delegating what she needed until someone asked her. I would like to see her get better about
-A new hire, Matt Gerber, staged/trained tonight as prep and dish. He worked a few hours with Yuka. he's VERY green and is only looking for 2-3 shifts a week to supplement his other jobs. He said after this week he'll have a better idea of what his availability will be like but he'll be in Wed and Thurs at 4pm to train with Yuka again.

Any VIP's in?
Lunch: Hectors Cousins, Kenta and his soccer buddies, and Kayo & Kaya
Dinner: Lee's Brother, Lori & her husband and children, Old John

Comps& Void Detail:
FNF for the family members that came in (15%)
Owner comp for the Asazus
FNF a Temp Spec for the first timers in Jasons section


R&M needs:
The leak near the ice machine (to the left of it) definitely is more than just a pipe not sitting right. I kept checking the piping all day and it was down. When I was cleaning up the melted ice from the fish delivery this morning, I used the remainder of the towels to clean up some of the water to the left of the ice machine, but as soon as I mopped it up, more came out. Might be worth having someone come out to assess. Or just get a plumber to repair the whole thing.

86'd items/ need more:
Straws