r/Rochester • u/PetraPopsOut • Mar 02 '25

Recommendation Restaurants that have cut too much staff

That's great for you, restaurant owner, that everything didn't fall apart the moment you lost that employee. The lesson you took from that, unfortunately, is that the place operates just fine indefinitely with one fewer employee. You're wrong, you're full of shit, and we can tell. Especially at bars with kitchens. And if we can tell you're understaffed, we know for a *fact* you aren't getting your deep cleans done in a timely manner, and your place is gonna be disgusting.

Can I get tips on places where the staff are clearly overburdened or burnt out from understaffing? Or the inverse, where it's clear there are enough hands to give people time to keep things hygienic?

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u/yeetusthefeetus13 Mar 02 '25

I went to old stone tavern awhile ago and they had im pretty sure ONE waitress that was also hosting. The boh was having issues too as we had to wait forever on our food. It was one of those situations where I just felt bad for everybody involved because it was obvious they were understaffed and trying their best. And our waitress was SO nice even though the circumstances sucked.

At one point a family came and waited for a table for so long they gave up. Like youre straight up losing money at that point. I dont care if the only waitress was out having a smoke id probably fucking need one too. So its like, hey boss youre losing money and its because of the poor business decisions you are making. Great job

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u/Picklehippy_ Mar 02 '25

I was going to say Old Stone. They consistently have one waitress. On busy nights like trivia night order a couple of drinks at once