Thursday PM 1.12.17

Written By: Elizabeth

LY Dinner Sales: $4898
Projected Sales : $5656
TY Dinner Sales: $5584
+/- : +14% LY and -$72 PS. So close!
Dinner Covers:  192
Avg PPA: $29.08

Weather: Windy and in the high 70s again. Somewhat humid.

Special events?: gearing up for ANOTHER 3 day weekend. Those government job people be lucky!

Who worked: Liam, Lindsey, Krystin, Sayo, Dusten CL. Tori & Leigh Host, John SA, Kelly FR

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times:
Happy hour started with a decent pop. We went on a wait by 6:30. Another 9 top walk in (is that our magic number?) and some other 5s as well. The 6pm  reso was late by 30 minutes. I vaguely remember the guy on the phone telling me that he and his wife were going to show up around 6 but the rest of the party wouldn't be there until 6:30. Which was true. by 6:30 only 5 were here, so I sat them, only because we had another party after them and I wanted to give them enough time. Even though they didn't leave until 8:05 anyway. But that's beside the point. They were nice and enjoyed their time. The 8pm reso was for Spencer and his family. But when he showed up at 8pm he said it was only 5 of them now. Since we already had a 9 top on the wait list, I said Sorry Charlie, and put Spencer at A8, and put the 9 top walk in  in the party room. He was lucky, however, because A8 was already up, so he didn't have to wait long.

The flow of the evening was weird- as staff- we kept running into one another. But that was really the only other thing to note. It was smooth sailing otherwise. . The wait list lasted until almost 9pm. At that point I cut Lindsey and Liam. Then Krystin at 9:15 and then went to just Dusten at 9:35

About Gratuity and the spreadsheet: I think maybe I misunderstood but I thought we had to add the Auto Grat into the credit card tips- but with doing Krystin's checkout tonight I noticed that her auto grats were already in her CC tips. So I didn't have to add them in.

Specials:
Whole Aji (86'd by 7pm) 1
Chefs Nigiri 17
Salmon Katsu 3 (plus one for employee)

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how):
-Lindsey kept her head up despite a big bad tip
-Leigh should only be scheduled with stronger hosts. She was with Tori tonight, which was great. Her verbiage with guests makes me uncertain of her as a host
-During the peak of service, Lee was left the sushi rice in the rice cooker, then in the container on top of the ice chest. Both Krystin and Dusten has to move it to make Parfaits. I asked why this happened and he took responsibility for not getting the rice done in time. When he was getting a blue bin down to put the rice in, he tipped it too far, and it fell and hit Kelly in the head. She was okay, just a little sore. But I'm not sure why Lee was having a hard time tonight. Hopefully it's just a bad night.

Any VIP's in?
Spencer and his family

Comps& Void Detail:
Emp day off for Spencer
Also took care of their Miso Soups
Bday Desserts

R&M needs:

86'd items/ need more: