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Provide guests with information about local areas, including directions.
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Perform food preparation duties, such as preparing salads, appetizers, and cold dishes, portioning desserts, and brewing coffee.
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Serve food or beverages to patrons, and prepare or serve specialty dishes at tables as required.
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Assist host or hostess by answering phones to take reservations or to-go orders, and by greeting, seating, and thanking guests.
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Escort customers to their tables.
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Present menus to patrons and answer questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request.
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Check patrons' identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Perform cleaning duties, such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming carpet, tidying up server station, taking out trash, or checking and cleaning bathroom.
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Remove dishes and glasses from tables or counters, and take them to kitchen for cleaning.
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Prepare tables for meals, including setting up items such as linens, silverware, and glassware.
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Garnish and decorate dishes in preparation for serving.
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Describe and recommend wines to customers.
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Roll silverware, set up food stations, or set up dining areas to prepare for the next shift or for large parties.
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Stock service areas with supplies such as coffee, food, tableware, and linens.
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Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals, and take action to correct any problems.
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Fill salt, pepper, sugar, cream, condiment, and napkin containers.
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Explain how various menu items are prepared, describing ingredients and cooking methods.
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Write patrons' food orders on order slips, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff.
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Collect payments from customers.
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Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes.
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Clean tables or counters after patrons have finished dining.
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Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wines for customers.
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Prepare hot, cold, and mixed drinks for patrons, and chill bottles of wine.
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Inform customers of daily specials.
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Take orders from patrons for food or beverages.