Wednesday 2/22/17 PM recap

Written By: Dusten



LY Dinner Sales: 5492
Projected Sales : 5572
TY Dinner Sales: 4870
+/- : 11% under LY and short PS by $702
Dinner Covers: 162
Avg PPA: 30.06

Weather: very warm this afternoon. Cooled of at night.

Special events?: On this day in Black History, The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff won the first rap Grammy in 1989 for the single "Parents Just Don't Understand." National Margarita Day


Who worked: Patrick, Liam, Grace, Lindsey, Mandy CL, Emily FR, Brennan SA, Melisa and Chelsea H

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Interesting night. Started off slow. Very slow. Traffic was bad because of a fatal accident not very far from here. Sad stuff. I cut Melisa and Patrick pretty early on. We got a pop at 8pm and went on a wait for about an hour. Ticket times were good. Cut Liam at about 9, Cut Grace at 9:30.

Specials: 4 Aji, 9 carpaccios

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): Mandy had a couple big waves of customers tonight. Like 4 parties sat withing 20-25 minutes. I haven't worked with her as the PM closer often. I think she handled the volume well, but maybe not the stress. It would serve her well to ask for and accept help. We had a talk later and I told her, even knowing how to ask for help is a skill. Also she came to me and told me (at 9:40) that she didn't have a chance to order food. I told her I'd ask if she could put in a late order and asked her what she wanted. She didn't know, which was a little off-putting. When she decided on a Poke I asked Kazu about it. He said he'd do it, but that she has done this before. I thought it was a one time thing, and she maintains that she hasn't done this in the past. I told her either way, this needs to be that last time she orders late. Anyone who has worked here half as long as her knows when to order.
-Brennan still needs to develop a quicker pace. He seems pretty detail oriented, but not very quick.
-Liam was very helpful tonight, often volunteering his assistance to everyone.

Any VIP's in? My mechanic-turned -EMT friend, Kenny and his girlfriend LaLa. Swifts Attic/Wu Chow owner with a girl that was on Friday Night Lights.  Rachel and Leslie. Photographer guy, Shaun I think is his name. He has an Asian wife, they always sit at the bar. Some other regular faces.

Comps& Void Detail: bday dessert. Customer Kome bucks. FNF'd a takoyaki for Kenny. a couple of misrings. nothing significant. It seems someone threw away most of my collection of comp receipts on the far right end of the rail.

R&M needs: Orkin came in, shortly after 10pm, with a few tables still here. Not a good look. Sure hope this doesn't continue much longer.

86'd items/ need more: Eringi