Tavern hospitality
August 10, 2011
Sarah Reed/Democrat-News
Since J. Huston Tavern reopened this past spring, tourists and locals alike have wandered through the doors to experience the historic location.
Wendy Ntsame-Assoumou, an MVC international student from France, fills salad bowls at J. Huston Tavern Saturday, Aug. 6.
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Joey Hostetter of Malta Bend is an incoming freshman to MVC's Hospitality and Tourism Management Program. He's currently fulfilling an internship at Arrow Rock's historic tavern.
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Shellee Peuster, director of MVC's hospitality program as well as the catering manager for Pfoodman, stands in front of one of J. Huston Tavern's dining areas. The state maintains the historic building and completed several projects, including painting the interior, earlier this year prior to the college program moving in.
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Though Tanesha Hunter is not part of the college's hospitality program, she continues to work at the tavern through her MVC undergraduate career. "You meet a lot of people ... because people come from all over," she said of working in Arrow Rock.
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Kenny Leech, an MVC hospitality student, checks the temperature of potatoes as he preps for lunch during the week.
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David Hostetter of Malta Bend High School, works alongside Ikumi Nagahiro, an MVC international student from Tokyo, Japan, while she sets tables at J. Huston Tavern before the dinner crowd arrives.
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Manager Pat Reiter, with Pfoodman, also preps in the tavern's kitchen for lunch. "There's only so much (students) can learn from a classroom," he says of the internship program. Pfoodman manages the tavern along with MVC's hospitality program.
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Gian Traverso, who's in his first year of Hospitality and Tourism Management, steam cleans the wood floors before the restaurant opens for lunch. After nearly three years of deciding on a major, he feels he's finally found one that works for him.
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