Interviewer
Rachel Baer; Brigita Wohlsein
Description
In this interview, Tess Carlson discusses her work as the wine director at Caffe Dolce in Missoula, Montana. She talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic caused interactions between restaurant staff and customers to be extremely positive or extremely negative. She discusses how before the pandemic, Caffe Dolce would invite wine distributors to come and taste wine together and how great that was. When the pandemic first hit, the restaurant was closed for two weeks and then after only open for takeout. Because of changes to state law, they could also sell wine via takeout. Carlson cannot report how wine sales have been since the pandemic compared to food because they don’t consider wine separate from food. Stimulus money was used to hire staff as delivery drivers. Carlson was happy to report that no employees at Caffe Dolce had active COVID-19 infections.
Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
COVID-19 Pandemic; Alcohol consumption
Original Date
4-15-2021
Time Period
Twenty-first century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
Wet Missoula: COVID-19 and Alcohol Oral History Project, OH 478, Archives & Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 478-002
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
00:39:22 minutes
Local Filename
OH_478_002_use_audio.mp3; OH_478_002_transcript.pdf
Citation
Carlson, Tess, "Tess Carlson Interview, April 15, 2021" (2021). Wet Missoula: COVID-19 and Alcohol Oral History Project. 15.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/wetmissoulacovid19_oralhistory/15
