Walks out to patio with hostess during Taste of Italy and this confusing scenario happens:
Me: (points to table for two) May we sit here?
Hostess: No, I can't seat you here
Me: Why?
Hostess: Each section is under a different server and I can't seat you here. Sorry, please sit in this area instead
Not even half a minute later, two people gets seated in the exact table I had requested for. Ten minutes later, a group of people were seated at the table beside the seat for two but they requested to move to another table in the area I got seated at.
This really baffled me so I spoke with a manager on duty and this was his response: it's possible that the server responsible for the area you wanted was not available at the time you came and just after you were seated, that server became available.
The managers reasoning was understandable but it didn't make the original experience with the hostess any more pleasant. The only positive thing out of this visit here was that our server was wonderful.