- July 21, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Restaurant hosts at 49th State Brewing Company answer incoming calls from several different phones, while also taking names from a line of customers wanting to dine in at the restaurant. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)
The line of people wanting a table at 49th State Brewing Company on a recent weekday evening snaked out the door and onto the sidewalk in downtown Anchorage.
Inside, four hostesses triaged the crowd: Answering questions, answering phone calls, directing customers to the bar and taking names for tables. The wait was about 90 minutes, and it was only 5 p.m. on a Thursday.
Hostess Rosabella Cebrian said this feels like the new normal.
“Super busy, so many people, you can hardly hear anything,” she said.
Server Katie Grato brings water to a large table on a Wednesday evening in July at 49th State Brewing. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)
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