Sunday PM 12/31/17 recap

Written By: Dusten



LY Dinner Sales: not entered
TY Dinner Sales: 9387
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Dinner Covers: 236
Avg PPA: 39.78


Weather: Cold front. High 20's with snow flurries.

Special events?: NYE


Who worked: Kelly D, Zayn, Cindy, John, Derek CL1, Mandy CL2, Hiroe FR, Beorn SA, Veronica and Chelsea Hosting and Annie Cktl

Flow of Business, Cuts and Ticket Times: Busy Sunday night. We thought perhaps the weather might keep things mellow. Not so. Big line at opening. We went on a wait nearly immediately and stayed that way until 9pm. Quote times for tables were well over an hour at the height of things. Phone ringing off the hook. Food looked good. Nigiri tickets took a long time as it seemed people were coming out to treat themselves tonight. I cut Annie, John, Zayn, and Kelly as soon as we were off wait. Chelsea took over the host stand so Veronica could go too.

Specials:

3 Staff members that stood out (why/how): John, Kelly and Zayn were all doubles and I probably saw them helping others outside of their section the most. They all had great attitudes and hung tough until the end.

I did notice that both John and Mandy were ringing well over 4 different types of nigiri on a single ticket. I don't think that rule has changed, has it? Might be something worth adding to pre-shift notes.

Every. Single. Time. I work with Derek his bestest friend in the whole wide world is here and he asks me for a FNF discount. Just like the last time, their tab was over $200. I took off two hama-toro nigiri pieces, to which he seemed annoyed. I told him that most of the veteran servers, when they want to send something out to a table, do so on their own tab and have done so for years. He said that is not the information he is getting from other management. Either way, it happens invariably when I am manager. Chelsea has told me the same story when she is managing. He asks, every single time. Either he is the most well known and well liked server among the Austin community since we opened, or he is abusing the privilege... or I'm just imaging things.

Just a thought, but it might be a good idea to give any tickets for go-go sauce, eel sauce etc. to the Yon-ban station. There has been a bit of waste when those tickets take a while and the server or a manager grab the sauce the second time the table asks.

Any VIP's in? Derek's friends,
Zayn's girlfriend,
Annie's boyfriend,
Chelsea's friends from Homeaway,
Last Stand Brewery folk.

Comps& Void Detail: FNF for: Derek, Chelsea, Kayo,
FNF 2 maguro nigiri for owners of Last Stand Brewery
Employee day off for Sa-ten
Owner comp 2 duck breast pieces for Take,
Bday Taiyaki,

There was a $43 tip on the Thai Fresh catering order, cobined with the other $20 tip from the others, I split $63 among the 5 AM sushi bar crew. I added $12 each. I put Leo and Joh's on the AM checkout and Peter, Gereal and Kazy on their PM tip outs.

R&M needs:

86'd items/ need more: 2017