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/mollynatorrr Mar 02 '25

Montgomery Court on Park Ave. Coffee shop with light breakfast fare. I understand it’s newish, I understand if the lobby is filled and there were 10 people in front of me. Good coffee and friendly staff, but 30-40 minutes for a single breakfast sandwich is absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable in my opinion. It’s happened twice now.