Burdock + Bitters Bartender

Description

POSITION

PURPOSE:

To serve beverages and/or food to guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction and to prepare beverages for other servers to supply guests.

• Maintain proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis including requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws, stirrers, condiments, and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.
• Greet guests in a courteous and friendly manner and promote and document orders for drinks. Mix, garnish, and present drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practice prudent portion control.
• Input orders into a register at the point of sale and create a check for each guest and personnel guests, including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Maintain glassware inventory, and ensure cleanliness.
• Maintain condition and cleanliness of bar and guest areas throughout shift.
• Assist and or provide service to all guests sitting at the bar.
• Assist with service of tables if needed.
• Receive cash from guests, make any change needed, verify validity of charges, record charges, and insure vouchers are properly executed in order to balance all moneys.
• Maintain service bar for servers.
• Lock up and store all beverages, food, and other equipment items, deposit cash drops and secure bank.
• Perform general cleaning tasks using standard cleaning products as assigned by supervisor to adhere to health standards.
• Must adhere to all State, Federal, and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests to ensure all laws are being followed.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested e.g., special guest requests, assist security with disorderly guests.

• Must be 19 years of age or older to server alcohol.
• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service levels for a high volume restaurant.
• Must have high level of knowledge for spirits and beer. Must be able to recite trendy liquors, create new drinks, and have a good understanding of wine.
• Must be able to change keg beer (lifting up to 100 lbs.)
• Must be able to carry multiple drinks at once.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.
• Basic English language writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions, balance sheets, and vouchers.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnishes, pick up glassware and bottles, use a corkscrew, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.
• Ability to read, speak, and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.
• Ability to remember, recite, and promote a variety of menu items.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and perform point of sale procedures to pre-check an order and close out a check.
• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time.
• 1-2 years of bartending experience required.
• Ability to obtain any government required license or certificate. Bartending certificate required. TIPS or similar certification required.
• Required memorization of all table numbers.

Equal Opportunity Employer