Charles Mendes

• Empower Youth to resolve current issues and to develop coping strategies for the future.
• Provide a model for a healthy, trusting relationship through clear communication and setting appropriate boundaries
• Be an active listener and offer support and encouragement when appropriate
• Engage in activities outside of the home to help expose youth to new opportunities and experiences

• Write patrons’ food orders on order slip, memorize orders, or enter orders into computers for transmittal to kitchen staff.
• Explain how various menu items are prepared, describing ingredients and cooking methods.
• Take order from patrons for food or beverages
• Bring wine selections to tables with appropriate glasses, and pour the wine for customers.
• Describe and recommend wines to customers.
• Check with customers to ensure that they are enjoying their meals and take action to correct any problems.
• Prepare checks that itemize and total meal costs and sales taxes.
• Collect payments from customers.

• Worked various shifts within the restaurant
• Informed customers of daily specials.
• Answered questions about menu items, making recommendations upon request.
• Took orders from patrons for food and beverages.
• Checked on customers frequently to ensure they were enjoying their meals.
• Prepared checks that itemized and totaled meal cost and sale taxes.

• Took food and drink orders to provide fast and courteous service to patrons.
• Kept restaurant and serving station clean and presentable.
• Responsible for knowing recipe ingredients of all food served.
• Served full and half bottles of wine to customers.
• Promoted constant up sales of the restaurant.
• Collected and processed customer payments.

Obtained Class A CDL license