Written By: Sarah Shaney
Event Location : Sa-Ten 2
Event Name: Tea Ceremony
Event Date : 5/26/18, from 11-2pm
Covers at Event/Turnout : 19 tickets were sold, Sa-Ten profit was $38, Tea group made $76
Items served: The group served ceremonial matcha, and sweets
Things to know for next time: The group needs more space to prepare the tea. When I talked with Rhonda afterwards she was discouraged that the turnout wasn't higher and they squeezed into the tatami room. We discussed next time using the space outside of the tatami room as the tea preparation space. They also know someone who is trained in japanese flower arranging and I suggested to maybe do a joint event of tea ceremony with flower arranging. She said that their group is participating in a festival with Kome in August (?) and suggested to have the tea ceremony after that event. This would give plenty of time to promote it and prepare.
Flow of Service: The sale of tickets didn't really interrupt service, some of the people attending the ceremony ordered drinks or food.
weather: hot and sunny
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Saturday, May 26, 2018
Thursday, May 10, 2018
RetailMeNot Buyout at Ni-Kome 5.10.18
Written By: Chelsea
Event Location : Fareground
Event Name: RetailMeNot Rally
Event Date : 5.10.18
Covers at Event/Turnout : 500
Items served:
5 Edamame Tray
6 Karaage Trays
6 Ichi Trays (5 dynamite, 5 gogo rolls)
6 Ni Trays (5 gogo rolls, 5 philly)
6 San Trays (6 Vegetable rolls, 4 avocado and cucumber rolls)
4 Yon Trays (3 california rolls, 3 hamachi avocado, 3 salmon avocado)
Things to know for next time: Kitchen went smoothly, Joey said he had no issues and didn't have any feedback for next time, said it went well. Peter asked for more information/knowledge about the event again this time, as they were given a sheet of paper to go off of. Peter also reported that not all the prep was complete. Rice wasn't done upon arrival, not nearly enough spicy tuna was made. He could see when he got here that there wasn't enough avocado cut, and those prep items needed to be completed so they'd have enough for service. Because he had to do that prep before he could get started, it took some time to get the first round going. He wasn't blaming the lunch crew, but is thinking that maybe they weren't given enough information either to know how much would be needed to prep. Jason also said more communication and heads up of what they would be making ahead of time, ie who would be making what rolls.
Flow of Service: There was literally a line of folks that the Faregrounds staff was holding back from the vendor areas, and as soon as they let them go at 6:30, our stall had a line at both ends. Went through the first round of trays very quickly, there was a small lag after those first trays cause we didn't realize how quickly it would go and they were a little behind since they had to prep. Andrew was here by 5:15 so he was able to get behind the bar and help Peter and Jason cut and plate all the rolls they made. Went through all the Karaage by 7:30-45. The first round of veggie rolls went quickly at the beginning, but then there were more of those still around toward the end. Almost two edamame trays left upon writing this (8:15). At time of writing, there is one veggie and one philly/salmon avocado tray left but they are still getting stragglers.
weather: perfectly good! low 80s.
Event Location : Fareground
Event Name: RetailMeNot Rally
Event Date : 5.10.18
Covers at Event/Turnout : 500
Items served:
5 Edamame Tray
6 Karaage Trays
6 Ichi Trays (5 dynamite, 5 gogo rolls)
6 Ni Trays (5 gogo rolls, 5 philly)
6 San Trays (6 Vegetable rolls, 4 avocado and cucumber rolls)
4 Yon Trays (3 california rolls, 3 hamachi avocado, 3 salmon avocado)
Things to know for next time: Kitchen went smoothly, Joey said he had no issues and didn't have any feedback for next time, said it went well. Peter asked for more information/knowledge about the event again this time, as they were given a sheet of paper to go off of. Peter also reported that not all the prep was complete. Rice wasn't done upon arrival, not nearly enough spicy tuna was made. He could see when he got here that there wasn't enough avocado cut, and those prep items needed to be completed so they'd have enough for service. Because he had to do that prep before he could get started, it took some time to get the first round going. He wasn't blaming the lunch crew, but is thinking that maybe they weren't given enough information either to know how much would be needed to prep. Jason also said more communication and heads up of what they would be making ahead of time, ie who would be making what rolls.
Flow of Service: There was literally a line of folks that the Faregrounds staff was holding back from the vendor areas, and as soon as they let them go at 6:30, our stall had a line at both ends. Went through the first round of trays very quickly, there was a small lag after those first trays cause we didn't realize how quickly it would go and they were a little behind since they had to prep. Andrew was here by 5:15 so he was able to get behind the bar and help Peter and Jason cut and plate all the rolls they made. Went through all the Karaage by 7:30-45. The first round of veggie rolls went quickly at the beginning, but then there were more of those still around toward the end. Almost two edamame trays left upon writing this (8:15). At time of writing, there is one veggie and one philly/salmon avocado tray left but they are still getting stragglers.
weather: perfectly good! low 80s.
Sunday, May 6, 2018
Meet the Grower 4/28/18
Written By: Alexandria
Event Location : Sa-Ten Canopy
Event Name: Meet the Grower
Event Date : 4/28/18
Covers at Event/Turnout: good business throughout event but not many people came specifically for the event
about 20 people in the shop, students and customers paused their activity to listen to the event
Items served: coffee beans
Things to know for next time: advertise a little more for such a unique opportunity
have specials going to make event more enticing
Flow of Service: steady
weather: beautiful
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Event Location : Sa-Ten Canopy
Event Name: Meet the Grower
Event Date : 4/28/18
Covers at Event/Turnout: good business throughout event but not many people came specifically for the event
about 20 people in the shop, students and customers paused their activity to listen to the event
Items served: coffee beans
Things to know for next time: advertise a little more for such a unique opportunity
have specials going to make event more enticing
Flow of Service: steady
weather: beautiful
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Slow Pour Sunday May 6th, 2018
Written By: Alexandria
Event Location : Sa-Ten Canopy
Event Name: Slow Pour Sunday
Event Date : 5/6/18
Covers at Event/Turnout : $1929.19 sales til the end of the event
Items served: iced pour overs, free handpainted mother's day cards
Things to know for next time: think about buying another 1lb of beans, another kalita
I will schedule closers to come in at 2 instead of 3 to help with flow of business and transition of shifts
Flow of Service: line to the door from 12:30-2:30, great business throughout the event
weather: beautiful, sunny and cloudless
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Slow Pour Sunday ft Good Snake and Govalle Elementary
Good Snake painted Mother's Day cards
Students from Govalle read their poems between Sho and Mazwah's set and had a booth out for a brief time to explain blackout poetry, allow people to make their own
Sold a bunch of food, sold the most pour overs we have yet- 23 bringing in $92-beans cost $20
Event Location : Sa-Ten Canopy
Event Name: Slow Pour Sunday
Event Date : 5/6/18
Covers at Event/Turnout : $1929.19 sales til the end of the event
Items served: iced pour overs, free handpainted mother's day cards
Things to know for next time: think about buying another 1lb of beans, another kalita
I will schedule closers to come in at 2 instead of 3 to help with flow of business and transition of shifts
Flow of Service: line to the door from 12:30-2:30, great business throughout the event
weather: beautiful, sunny and cloudless
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Slow Pour Sunday ft Good Snake and Govalle Elementary
Good Snake painted Mother's Day cards
Students from Govalle read their poems between Sho and Mazwah's set and had a booth out for a brief time to explain blackout poetry, allow people to make their own
Sold a bunch of food, sold the most pour overs we have yet- 23 bringing in $92-beans cost $20
Saturday, May 5, 2018
Good Snake Postcard Making & Tejano Dreams Cider Tasting - 5.4.18 - Sa-Ten on Airport
Written By: Sarah Shaney
Event Location : Sa-Ten on Airport
Event Name: Good Snake Handpainted postcards and Fairweather cider tasting (Tejano Dreams)
Event Date : Friday May 4th 5-8pm
Tentative Plan:
Set middle table up for Good Snake postcard making.
Fairweather will donate a few cans of Tejano Dreams and stickers, barista's will sample out Tejano Dreams.
Chelsea will publicize on social media.
Covers at Event/Turnout :
Notes from Carmen, night manager. "Good Snake postcard event! We had a pretty slow evening so they were never too slammed but it was super fun having them here. We got the sign put up, too! Maybe ~10 customers got to interact with them and the staff and Kayo/Take had plenty of card requests too. Cider tasting went nicely too and carried on after the event because we didn't make it through all the cans. Mixed feedback, we had a couple purchases of it but some people just described it as "interesting." But definitely some fans of the cider, too."
Items served: Fairweather cider sampled
Things to know for next time: I would like to make this a more regular event with Good Snake so we can have more time to publicize and get people here for the event. It was really cool.
Flow of Service: pretty slow
weather: rainy and cool
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Event Location : Sa-Ten on Airport
Event Name: Good Snake Handpainted postcards and Fairweather cider tasting (Tejano Dreams)
Event Date : Friday May 4th 5-8pm
Tentative Plan:
Set middle table up for Good Snake postcard making.
Fairweather will donate a few cans of Tejano Dreams and stickers, barista's will sample out Tejano Dreams.
Chelsea will publicize on social media.
Covers at Event/Turnout :
Notes from Carmen, night manager. "Good Snake postcard event! We had a pretty slow evening so they were never too slammed but it was super fun having them here. We got the sign put up, too! Maybe ~10 customers got to interact with them and the staff and Kayo/Take had plenty of card requests too. Cider tasting went nicely too and carried on after the event because we didn't make it through all the cans. Mixed feedback, we had a couple purchases of it but some people just described it as "interesting." But definitely some fans of the cider, too."
Items served: Fairweather cider sampled
Things to know for next time: I would like to make this a more regular event with Good Snake so we can have more time to publicize and get people here for the event. It was really cool.
Flow of Service: pretty slow
weather: rainy and cool
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Saturday, April 28, 2018
A night out with CORE Fundraiser, 4/27/18, Sa-Ten 2 Location
Written By: Sarah Shaney
Event Location : Sa-Ten on Airport
Event Name: A Night out with CORE
Event Date : 4/27/18
Covers at Event/Turnout : About 20 customers/guests, 3-6 Sa-Ten staff/family, 4 wine rep/sales persons
Items served: Regular menu, wine sampling/tasting
Things to know for next time: The Jazz band The Mispronunciation of Eoghan McCloskey was great, and surprisingly the 4 piece band was not too overwhelming for the space. Their first set however was quieter than the second set, which was a bit too loud for comfortable talking. We did have two girls studying and they just moved into the tatami room when the band went into their second set. The few customers that came in during that set that were not here for the concert either got coffee to go or sat outside on the patio. I believe that setting the right back of the shop up for an event is nice, it still allows for some studying or work space in the rest of the shop.
The rep (Donald) that came in for the wine tasting representing CORE and 3 badge wines was extremely excited about the event and led the wine tasting as well as spoke on CORE at the intermission of the jazz concert. Customers seemed to enjoy the wine tasting and we sold about $250 in wine. The rep said he would reimburse us the bottles of wine that were used at the tasting table. Additionally, Donald brought the incentive wine for staff as a thank you for hosting a CORE fundraiser month.
The growers from Brasil stayed for the entire event. They ate dinner and drink wine and said they enjoyed the moment to relax and listen to good music to recharge.
Flow of Service: Steady, we still had a good amount of customers for dinner and coffee. Kitchen still closed at 9 and Raymond and Jason were out of here shortly after 9. Carmen and Gabrielle made it out of here right at midnight.
weather: Clear and cool night.
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Event Location : Sa-Ten on Airport
Event Name: A Night out with CORE
Event Date : 4/27/18
Covers at Event/Turnout : About 20 customers/guests, 3-6 Sa-Ten staff/family, 4 wine rep/sales persons
Items served: Regular menu, wine sampling/tasting
Things to know for next time: The Jazz band The Mispronunciation of Eoghan McCloskey was great, and surprisingly the 4 piece band was not too overwhelming for the space. Their first set however was quieter than the second set, which was a bit too loud for comfortable talking. We did have two girls studying and they just moved into the tatami room when the band went into their second set. The few customers that came in during that set that were not here for the concert either got coffee to go or sat outside on the patio. I believe that setting the right back of the shop up for an event is nice, it still allows for some studying or work space in the rest of the shop.
The rep (Donald) that came in for the wine tasting representing CORE and 3 badge wines was extremely excited about the event and led the wine tasting as well as spoke on CORE at the intermission of the jazz concert. Customers seemed to enjoy the wine tasting and we sold about $250 in wine. The rep said he would reimburse us the bottles of wine that were used at the tasting table. Additionally, Donald brought the incentive wine for staff as a thank you for hosting a CORE fundraiser month.
The growers from Brasil stayed for the entire event. They ate dinner and drink wine and said they enjoyed the moment to relax and listen to good music to recharge.
Flow of Service: Steady, we still had a good amount of customers for dinner and coffee. Kitchen still closed at 9 and Raymond and Jason were out of here shortly after 9. Carmen and Gabrielle made it out of here right at midnight.
weather: Clear and cool night.
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Meet the Grower Event, 4/27/18, Sa-Ten 2 Location
Written By: Sarah Shaney
Event Location : Sa-Ten on Airport
Event Name: Meet the Grower
Event Date : 4/27/18
Covers at Event/Turnout : 8 Sa-ten staff or family, 2 roasters from San Antonio, 4 growers from Brasil, 4 Casa Brasil staff
Items served: Two pots of coffee, 1 Olhons D'agua and 1 Espagio
Things to know for next time: Perhaps post the event to Nextdoor sooner, and choose a time that is not prime traffic time. I think Friday from 5-7pm was a hard ask, most people were still getting off work and heading home at that time. It was however a good event to build community between the growers and Sa-ten two staff.
Flow of Service: Slow for customers not attending the event. We had about 10 customers come through and order a drink to go. Four customers came unknowing of the event and stayed.
weather: Warm and sunny
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Event Location : Sa-Ten on Airport
Event Name: Meet the Grower
Event Date : 4/27/18
Covers at Event/Turnout : 8 Sa-ten staff or family, 2 roasters from San Antonio, 4 growers from Brasil, 4 Casa Brasil staff
Items served: Two pots of coffee, 1 Olhons D'agua and 1 Espagio
Things to know for next time: Perhaps post the event to Nextdoor sooner, and choose a time that is not prime traffic time. I think Friday from 5-7pm was a hard ask, most people were still getting off work and heading home at that time. It was however a good event to build community between the growers and Sa-ten two staff.
Flow of Service: Slow for customers not attending the event. We had about 10 customers come through and order a drink to go. Four customers came unknowing of the event and stayed.
weather: Warm and sunny
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