Bartender
SBK Spring 2024
About Shy Bird:
We are an aspirational and accessible neighborhood restaurant group, offering affordable and approachable food & beverage paired with sincere hospitality. We want to provide a meaningful employee experience that provides for all team members and offers professional growth for those who seek it. We firmly believe in the role of restaurants in strengthening communities and positively impacting the lives of our employees and guests.
Shy Bird is seeking a Bartender to join the team. Bartenders currently earn $29-35+ per hour between hourly rate and a share of gratuities. This is an average and may vary by time of year and shifts worked.
Purpose of Position:
The Bartender role is, like Shy Bird, multi-faceted. By day, you could be behind the counter taking orders, running food, or helping to pack takeout. By night, you're making Negronis, opening bottles of wine, and chatting bar-side. You will be trained in our food, wine, spirits and beers, helping bring these programs to life for our guests. The description below is for a Bartender, but everyone works side-by-side at Shy Bird, so everybody needs to be cross-trained to support one another. Chefs run food and bus tables. Counter team does dishes. Bartenders seat guests and stock plates. We all run chicken.
Responsibilities:
- Greet all guests warmly
- Seek meaningful connection with guests in a fast-paced environment
- Comprehensive knowledge of the food menus
- Comprehensive knowledge of coffee, soft beverage, wine by the glass, beer and cocktails
- Commitment to building knowledge of wine, beer and spirits
- Prepare drinks in accordance with recipes in a timely fashion
- Help pre-bus, maintain and clean the bar and dining room during service
- Assist with opening and closing restaurant duties and re-stocking
- Support mise en place and preparation across Shy Bird
Keys to thriving at Shy Bird:
- Positivity, Urgency, Reliability
- Seek connections and build community with colleagues and guests
- Be curious about food, beverage, and hospitality
- Run food, bus tables, always be mise-ing
- "All In, All Day"