What are the responsibilities and job description for the Server position at Quick Eternity?
Quick Eternity Bartender
Quick Eternity is a new cocktail bar inspired by the Herman Melville novel Moby-Dick opening in early May in the historic South Street Seaport. We are seeking servers to join our opening team led by owner/operator Bryan Schneider who has spent the last 12 years working as Bar and Creative Director for Quality Branded (Bad Roman, Quality Meats, Chez Zou, Don Angie) and previously at other cocktail bars including Clover Club and Monkey Bar.
Ideal candidates have a love of both cocktails, art, and literature (Herman Melville fans a plus!) The bar will also feature a menu of seafood focused tapas-style small plates created by chef Antonio Mora (Daniel, Frankies Spuntino, Quality Meats).
Server Job Responsibilities:
- Serves patrons with food and beverages in a positive and friendly manner.
- Provides information to help food and beverage selections.
- Presents ordered choices in a prompt and efficient manner.
- Maintains dining ambiance with an enthusiastic attitude.
- Prepares room for dining by clothing tables and setting decorations, condiments, candles, napkins, service plates, and utensils.
- Protects establishment and patrons by adhering to sanitation, safety, and alcohol beverage control policies.
- Helps patrons select food and beverages by suggesting courses, explaining the chef’s specialties, identifying appropriate beverage pairings, and answering food preparation questions.
- Transmits orders to bar and kitchen by recording patrons’ choices and identifying patrons’ special dietary needs and special requests.
- Keeps kitchen staff informed by noting timing of meal progression.
- Serves orders by picking up and delivering patrons’ choices from bar and kitchen and delivering accompaniments and condiments from service bars.
- Responds to additional patron requirements by inquiring of needs and observing dining process.
- Maintains table setting by removing courses as completed, replenishing utensils, refilling water glasses, and being alert to patron spills or other special needs.
- Concludes dining experience by acknowledging choice of restaurant and inviting patrons to return.
- Obtains revenues by totaling charges, issuing bills, accepting payments, delivering bills and payments to host, and returning change or credit card and signature slip to patrons.
Work Hours
4-5 Regularly scheduled shifts per week
Bar/Restaurant is open for service between 5pm and 1am nightly, with prep and closing duties before and after
Server Qualifications / Skills:
- General Math Skills
- Verbal Communication
- Customer Service
- Resolving Conflict
- Teamwork
- Energy Level
- Thoroughness
- Professionalism
- Proficiency in POS operations (experience with Toast a plus)
Education, Experience, and Licensing Requirements:
- High school diploma
- 3-5 years server experience
Salary : $11