when you fill 100% of your seats again, will you have enough workers to serve them? absolutely not. i ve been looking for three i ve been looking for three months to find a dish washer. reporter: dominic mercurio has run cafe fina on monterey s fisherman s wharf for more than three decades. he s not alone in facing a tourist crush and a labor crunch. busboys are making $25 an hour. reporter: and you still can t get people to come in? no. reporter: and if that s not enough. i have two employees that would love to come to work. they cannot find child care. reporter: at the portola hotel, reservations agent stephanie hernandez-king says with two young daughters at home she can t afford to work more than 20 hours a week. daycare is very expensive. i would have to literally pay to work. i think anybody with small children scrambling.children scr reporter: the hotel kept just 17 employees when it closed for nearly a year. managing director janine chicourrat says she hop