Company description

The Alna store is a highly recognized and celebrated restaurant and market off the beaten path in MidCoast Maine. We work with many incredible local farms, fisherman and artisans to serve beautiful, innovative, farm driven food, limited and beautiful natural wines, and inspired seasonal cocktails with warm hospitality.

We currently offer dinner service 3 nights Thursday - Saturday and serve brunch on Sunday in a remodeled and revamped general store, serving 200-400 covers weekly.

Like our sister restaurant in Tucson, AZ, we challenge the idea that profitability in the service industry necessitates the exploitation of labor, resources, and agriculture.

Job description

The Alna Store is hiring a warm, welcoming, thoughtful + thorough Lead Server / Maître d' to run services (thoroughly and thoughtfully).

Ideal candidate:

• has a command of and reverence for warm and informed hospitality
• has fine dining experience but craves a more community oriented, casual environment
• is knowledgeable about or interested in sustainable food systems, local farms, and culinary technique
• has knowledge of wine, spirits and cocktails
• has a desire to work as a team, help uplift others and work hard alongside their coworkers.
• Is extremely reliable, punctual, and responsible.
• knows how to have fun

This position involves:

• Managing reservations and scheduling FOH
• Serving and or Hosting 4-5 (4 hour) services per week - with reservation management and preparation for service this position can expect to work 35-40 hours/week.
• Ensuring all side work, deep cleans, daily tasks are completed by FOH team.
• Training and coaching new and seasonal FOH employees, and throughout the year as needed (menu trainings, steps of service, side work, deep cleans)
• Assisting with restock of merchandise and facing of market - involvement in sourcing and shaping of this environment, if desired!
• Working alongside ownership and bar management to facilitate FOH trainings on wines, spirits, seasonal cocktails
• Command of reservation system, strong ability to host/ help to manage reservations, update system seasonally, release dates, maintain notes on guests and guest preferences, anticipate and accommodate needs.
• Ability to give and receive feedback in a high volume and fast paced setting. Strong professional communication skills are a must.
• Comfort with cash handling; counting drawers, closing day, and being a key holder.
• Willingness to help others close up shop if someone is struggling or overwhelmed.

We're looking for someone who wants to be an integral, respectful, communicative contributor to The Alna Store and its continued growth, change, and pursuit of excellence. Looking for someone who shares our vision of impeccable sourcing, warmth of hospitality, and meeting the needs of community. In a time when hospitality and quality are waning, we aim to push even harder toward being a bastion of warmth and beauty.

This is a pooled house. Tips are distributed amongst all employees involved in the execution of service, ensuring a more equitable environment in which folks work as a team to run service. Average hourly wage for this position (including tips) is $48-$68 an hour (seasonally).

Base wage is DOE

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $60,000.00 - $80,000.00

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Deadline

no deadline