Best of 2011: Best Waiter/Waitress
Valerie Arveson
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
The Crown & Anchor
150 Franklin St., Monterey
646-6496, www.crownandanchor.net
It’s 5pm on a Thursday afternoon, and patrons circle the bar at Monterey’s Crown & Anchor Pub. In a dark “Crown” sweatshirt and black shorts, server Valerie Arveson moves quickly on the floor, filling waters, taking drink orders, listening to old guys ask if she needs to see their IDs, bouncing from the kitchen with curries and meat pies and fish ‘n’ chips. It’s a brisk juggle of jobs within a job. Later in the evening, things will get crazier as the pub’s patio fills with patrons, but Arveson won’t blink. She traffics in smiles, not stresses. It’s about “anticipating needs,” she says, “prioritizing, learning to work well under pressure.”
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