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Summer’s here and with case counts trending in our favor (knock wood), eaters in a mood to celebrate are returning to restaurants in force. In ordinary times that would be good news right there, but at eateries dealing with unprecedented worker shortages and government-mandated capacity restrictions, that can mean long lines and wait times.
There are simple ways eaters can ease the experience not just for themselves, but for other diners and maxed-out restaurants. We polled owners and managers around Honolulu for their best win-win advice.
Call orders in early Lots of my customers call their order in around 9 or 10 a.m. for pickup at 11 or after. If it’s really busy and you walk in, there could be 10 to 15 tickets ahead of you and I will honestly tell my walk-ins it’s probably a 45-minute to one-hour wait. The smaller the establishment, the smaller the crew. For us it’s just three pairs of hands going as fast as we can. ....