Server

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Takes orders from guests for food or beverages, suggests food and beverages. Maintains a knowledge of all food and beverage selections. Answer questions about menu items, makes recommendations.
• Monitors ticket times and works with staff to ensure food preparation activities are executed in a timely fashion.
• Checks with guests to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and takes action to correct any problems.
• Checks guests’ identification to ensure that they meet minimum age requirements for consumption of alcoholic beverages.
• Attempts to limit problems and liability related to customers' excessive drinking by taking steps such as persuading customers to stop drinking or ordering taxis or other transportation for intoxicated patrons.
• Adheres to all OLCC State Laws regarding responsible alcohol service.
• Follows FIFO (first in, first out) practices and proper product rotation.
• Ensures proper food handling, hygiene, and cleanliness by following food safety guidelines and maintaining a clean work environment.
• Uses the P.O.S. system to input orders and collects payments from guests.
• Removes dishes and glasses from tables or counters and take them to kitchen for cleaning.
• Serves food or beverages to guests.
• Completes assigned opening, ongoing and closing side work.
• Assists host by answering phones to take reservations or to-go orders, and by greeting, seating, and thanking guests.
• Performs cleaning duties, such as sweeping and mopping floors, vacuuming carpet, tidying up server station, taking out trash, or checking and cleaning bathroom.
• Maintains a safe, sanitary and secure environment at all times.
• Performs additional daily duties including, but not limited to, answering the phone, bussing tables, cleaning workstations, rolling silverware, expediting orders, and running food.
• Other duties as assigned.