Bar Backs are responsible for keeping the bar running smoothly by supporting the Bartenders and other staff members. The Bar Back will assist in cleaning the bar, preparing garnishes, ensuring the bar is well stocked with glassware and all other necessities.

Idóneo candidate is knowledgeable about menu items, attentive, and focused on providing warm, friendly service in a fast-paced environment. You should be passionate about working as part of a team to make and serve great food and drinks.

You must be efficient, reliable, and perceptive with excellent communication and time management skills.

Duties & Responsibilities:

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position
- Assisting with opening and closing duties, such as restocking the bar with garnishes, straws, and napkins, ensuring that Bartenders have clean towels, glassware, etc.
- Ensuring bar is well-stocked with ice, liquor, wine, and beer
- Checking taps and appliances to confirm that they are working properly, changing out kegs, as needed
- Keeping the bar clean by wiping down surfaces, sweeping and mopping, removing soiled glassware, scrubbing coolers and storage areas, and emptying trash receptacles
- Learning about menu items and cocktail recipes
- Taking orders, preparing drinks, bussing tables, opening tabs, and processing payments especially during peak hours
- Speaking to customers, answering questions, involving others when appropriate

Required Education & Experience:

- High School Diploma or equivalent
- More experience, education, training, or certifications may be preferred
- Courteous, friendly & professional personality




- Knowledge of menu items, including beers, wines, cocktails, and liquors
- Basic math and computer skills
- Strong problem solving, communication, and interpersonal skills, ability to handle tense situations with coworkers and customers calmly and rationally
- Observant and thorough
- Responsible, punctual
- Ability to meet physical and scheduling demands of the position, including, walking, standing, or lifting heavy items for extended periods and working nights, weekends, and holidays.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

- Must be 21 or older
- Must maintain active TIPS certification, must obtain TIPs certification within the first 30 days of employment
- Must successfully complete BarSmarts training within first 60 days of employment

Work Environment: This position operates in a restaurant setting. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Hazards may include, but are not limited to, cuts, slipping and tripping.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Employee must be able to walk and stand for long periods of time, continuously reach, bend, and lift items up to 35 lbs. Must be able to talk, hear, and speak professionally in English.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This position regularly requires long hours and frequent weekend work.

Other Duties: Please note this is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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