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  • Food Runner
    Food Runner
    1 day ago
    $8 hourly
    Part-time
    Shirlington, Arlington

    We are always looking for passionate, hospitality-driven, people-persons! Do you want to work in a diverse space, where you truly be yourself, that serves delicious food? As a food runner/expo, you will work in a team-oriented, fast-paced, guest-centric environment where we want to see you succeed and ultimately grow, both personally and professionally. If this sounds like the vibe you're looking for, we hope you will apply! Pay: $8 an hour plus tip out from the servers/bar and To go/Online orders. You can make as much as $25 an hour with a guarantee that you will never make less than $17.50 per hour. COMPANY BENEFITS Busboys and Poets offers competitive pay and benefits including a wide choice of health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match 100% of 4% and 50% of the next 2% of contributions, 1 week sick leave per year, paid parental leave, a company paid life insurance policy, pet insurance and so much more! WHY WORK FOR US ++Join a diverse space:++ 81% of our total workforce identifies as a person of color, 45% of our total workforce identifies as female and 5% of our workforce identifies as a person with disabilities. Our executive team also represents gender diversity, ethnic diversity, sexual orientation, and more. Men and women equally represented as well as various cultural and religious backgrounds. We strive to provide an inclusive workplace where you can bring your authentic self to work. ++Grow with us:++ Over 60% of our managers were promoted from within to their existing role from line staff or from Front-of-House manager to Assistant or General Manager. Our entire Executive Team consists of existing employees who showed promise and were promoted into leadership positions. ++Work with latest technologies:++ Striving to be a leader in our industry, we utilize a broad spectrum of technologies including our tech forward training program, employee payroll system, a self-managed tip distribution system, an events and catering platform, inventory management system, our POS Toast and much more! ++Happy staff:++ Busboys and Poets is always looking for the next best way to engage with our staff. This includes raffles, anniversary boxes, an employee dedicated web-based forum and information site, blog and podcast. Job duties include but are not limited to: • Effectively communicate customer needs to line cooks and/or servers, • Expedite food and insure quality and standards are met in presentation of each food item, • Carry food, dishes, trays, or silverware from expo line to customers, • Serve food to customers and assist servers as needed, • Locate items requested by customers, • Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash, • Perform serving, cleaning, or stocking duties in establishments, to facilitate customer service, • Maintain adequate supplies of items such silverware, carry out containers, carry out bags, etc, • Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers, • Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors, • Serve ice water, coffee, or other beverages to patrons, • Other duties as assigned by management Qualifications: • Top tier communication and hospitality, • Must have weekend availability and work a minimum of 3 shifts per week, • Must be able to work with a team, • Fluent (or semi-fluent) in Spanish is a plus! Physical Requirements: • Spend time bending or twisting the body, • Spend time lifting heavy weight, • Spend time standing on feet for long hours, • Spend time using hands to handle, control, or feel objects/tools Busboys and Poets owns and operates 8 multi-concept restaurant, bar, event and bookstore spaces in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Our locations include: 14th V, 450K, Anacostia, Brookland, Columbia, Hyattsville, Shirlington and Takoma with more on the horizon!

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  • Runner
    Runner
    3 days ago
    $14–$15 hourly
    Part-time
    Braddock Road Metro, Alexandria

    Maman - Food Runner maman is a french bakery, café and leading lifestyle brand founded in 2014 by owners elisa marshall benjamin sormonte, with locations across north america and canada. inspired by family traditions, and the highest quality ingredients, maman offers a selection of delicious baked goods {including their famous nutty chocolate chip cookie}, coffee, fresh breakfast, and lunch options spanning from hearty salads sandwiches to savory quiches. in addition to hosting intimate events, maman has partnered with leading brands for partnerships and activations. from baby showers and birthday parties to engagements, they're able to help celebrate customers make new beautiful memories. in september 2021, maman founders elisa marshall benjamin sormonte released the highly anticipated maman: the cookbook. We're looking for a server/runner to join our team! Our ideal candidate is passionate about food, beverages, and welcoming customers through our doors. You love cookies, are always ready to lend a helping hand to a colleague you don't take yourself too seriously. When you join our team, you'll be responsible for providing a friendly, helpful, and responsive level of service to all of our guests. You are able to speak authentically about who we are, and every item on our food and beverage menu. You will be based at any of the mamans. Is one particularly close to home? Let us know when you come in for an interview and we will do our best to accommodate! What you'll do: • Take ownership of the cafe spaces' aesthetics, • Ensure return visitors and foster relationships with regulars through warm hospitality and impeccable service; develop one-on-one rapport with returning guests, • Navigate the Toast POS system to accurately ring up customers orders, • Make decisions based on ensuring happiness for the guests, the team and the company while maximizing profitability, • Always keep an eye out for dirty cups, napkins that fell to the ground, the cleanliness of our restrooms, • Investigate and resolve any guest concerns, • Assist with re-stocking at the end of your shift -- team work is the best work, set your colleagues up for success What we're looking for: • You have serving experience, and are an experienced front of house professional with a sweet tooth for cookies, • Hospitality is your passion, you make a point of keeping up with the latest industry trends, • You make people feel good---your team and guests alike, • You work positively and collaboratively to achieve the highest standards of delivery, • You learn quickly, multi-tasking comes naturally to you, and you are able to adapt to maman's unique culture, • Work a flexible schedule that will include weekends, holidays, and special events, • If we get stuck in an elevator together, you'll crack a joke and we'll laugh along the way, • Big plus if you have barista experience What's in it for you: • Training to get you settled into your role, learning opportunities to broaden your skill set that help you thrive at work, • Great opportunity to progress with maman, internal mobility and growth will be encouraged when possible Keep in mind that maman is growing and developing everyday. We all do a little bit of everything like to roll our sleeves up and get our hands dirty to help a colleague out. We are looking for awesome, hard-working people now that are all about creating the most memorable experience for every single maman customer. Thank you for your interest in maman and look forward to chatting with all of you cookie monsters!

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  • Busser/Barback
    Busser/Barback
    55 minutes ago
    $10 hourly
    Part-time
    Mount Vernon Triangle, Washington

    Busboys and Poets is a restaurant/bar/bookstore/event space/community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted and a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul. It is also a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide. We believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world. We are always looking for passionate, hospitality-driven, people-persons! Do you want to work in a diverse space, where you truly be yourself, that serves delicious food? As a busser/barback, you will work in a team-oriented, fast-paced, guest-centric environment where we want to see you succeed and ultimately grow, both personally and professionally. If this sounds like the vibe you're looking for, we hope you will apply! Job Type: Variable Pay: $10.00 an hour plus tip out from the servers/bar. You can make as much as $25 an hour with a guarantee that you will never make less than $17.50 per hour. ++COMPANY BENEFITS++ Busboys and Poets offers competitive pay and benefits including a wide choice of health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match of 100% of the first 4% and 50% of the next 2%, 1 week sick leave per year, paid parental leave, a company paid life insurance policy, pet insurance and so much more! WHY WORK FOR US ++Join a diverse space:++81% of our total workforce identifies as a person of color, 45% of our total workforce identifies as female and 5% of our workforce identifies as a person with disabilities. Our executive team also represents gender diversity, ethnic diversity, sexual orientation, and more. Men and women equally represented as well as various cultural and religious backgrounds. We strive to provide an inclusive workplace where you can bring your authentic self to work. ++Grow with us:++ Over 60% of our managers were promoted from within to their existing role from line staff or from Front-of-House manager to Assistant or General Manager. Our entire Executive Team consists of existing employees who showed promise and were promoted into leadership positions. ++Work with latest technologies:++ Striving to be a leader in our industry, we utilize a broad spectrum of technologies including our tech forward training program, employee payroll system, a self-managed tip distribution system, an events and catering platform, inventory management system, our POS Toast and much more! ++Happy staff:++ Busboys and Poets is always looking for the next best way to engage with our staff. This includes raffles, anniversary boxes, an employee dedicated web-based forum and information site, blog and podcast. Job duties include but are not limited to: • Wipe tables, bar or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths., • Set tables and bar with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies., • Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning as well as carrying dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to expo line., • Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash., • Maintain adequate supplies of items such as to-go materials, clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays. Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers., • Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons when required, • Fill beverage or ice dispensers, • Serve food to customers when food runners, bartenders or servers need assistance, • Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors. Qualifications: • Must have weekend availability and work a minimum of 3 shifts per week, • Must be able to work with a team! Physical Requirements: • Spend time bending or twisting the body, • Spend time lifting heavy weight, • Spend time standing on feet for long hours, • Spend time using hands to handle, control, or feel objects/tools Busboys and Poets owns and operates 8 multi-concept restaurant, bar, event, and bookstore spaces in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Our locations include: 14th V, 450K, Anacostia, Brookland, Columbia, Hyattsville, Shirlington, and Takoma with more on the horizon!

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  • Host
    Host
    1 day ago
    $17.5 hourly
    Part-time
    Shirlington, Arlington

    Busboys and Poets is a restaurant/bar/bookstore/event space/community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted and a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul. It is also a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide. We believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world. We are always looking for passionate, hospitality-driven, people-persons! Do you want to serve delicious food in a diverse space where you truly be yourself? As a server, you will work in a team-oriented, fast-paced, guest-centric environment where we want to see you succeed and ultimately grow, both personally and professionally. If this sounds like the vibe you're looking for, we hope you will apply! Job Type: Variable Pay Rate: $17.50 COMPANY BENEFITS Busboys and Poets offers competitive pay and benefits including a wide choice of health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match 100% of 4% and 50% of the next 2% of contributions, 1 week sick leave per year, paid parental leave, a company paid life insurance policy, pet insurance and so much more! WHY WORK FOR US ++Join a diverse space:++ 81% of our total workforce identifies as a person of color, 45% of our total workforce identifies as female and 5% of our workforce identifies as a person with disabilities. Our executive team also represents gender diversity, ethnic diversity, sexual orientation, and more. Men and women equally represented as well as various cultural and religious backgrounds. We strive to provide an inclusive workplace where you can bring your authentic self to work. ++Grow with us:++ Over 60% of our managers were promoted from within to their existing role from line staff or from Front-of-House manager to Assistant or General Manager. Our entire Executive Team consists of existing employees who showed promise and were promoted into leadership positions. ++Work with latest technologies:++ Striving to be a leader in our industry, we utilize a broad spectrum of technologies including our tech forward training program, employee payroll system, a self-managed tip distribution system, an events and catering platform, inventory management system, our POS Toast and much more! ++Happy staff:++ Busboys and Poets is always looking for the next best way to engage with our staff. This includes raffles, anniversary boxes, an employee dedicated web-based forum and information site, blog and podcast. Job duties include but are not limited to: • Serve as the initial point of contact for the restaurant, greeting each and every guest warmly, with a smile., • Provide guests with menus and seat them at tables or in waiting areas., • Receive and record patrons' dining reservations via company software, • Maintain contact with kitchen staff, management, serving staff, and customers to ensure that dining details are handled properly and customers' concerns are addressed., • Speak with patrons to ensure satisfaction with food and service, to respond to complaints, or to make conversation., • Answer telephone calls and respond to inquiries or transfer calls., • Inspect dining and serving areas to ensure cleanliness and proper setup., • Inspect restrooms for cleanliness and availability of supplies and clean restrooms when necessary., • Support the food runner/expo for to-go orders, to include checking IDs and presenting over to-go orders to guests., • Collect payment when needed, • Other duties as assigned Qualifications: • Must have a warm and inviting personality., • Must have weekend availability and work a minimum of 3 shifts per week, • Must love talking to people! Busboys and Poets owns and operates 8 multi-concept restaurant, bar, event and bookstore spaces in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Our locations include: 14th V, 450K, Anacostia, Brookland, Columbia, Hyattsville, Shirlington and Takoma with more on the horizon!

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  • Busser/Barback
    Busser/Barback
    1 day ago
    $7 hourly
    Part-time
    Shirlington, Arlington

    Busboys and Poets is a restaurant/bar/bookstore/event space/community where racial and cultural connections are consciously uplifted and a place to take a deliberate pause and feed your mind, body and soul. It is also a space for art, culture and politics to intentionally collide. We believe that by creating such a space we can inspire social change and begin to transform our community and the world. We are always looking for passionate, hospitality-driven, people-persons! Do you want to work in a diverse space, where you truly be yourself, that serves delicious food? As a busser/barback, you will work in a team-oriented, fast-paced, guest-centric environment where we want to see you succeed and ultimately grow, both personally and professionally. If this sounds like the vibe you're looking for, we hope you will apply! Job Type: Variable Pay: $7.00 an hour plus tip out from the servers/bar. You can make as much as $25 an hour with a guarantee that you will never make less than $17.50 per hour. ++COMPANY BENEFITS++ Busboys and Poets offers competitive pay and benefits including a wide choice of health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with employer match of 100% of the first 4% and 50% of the next 2%, 1 week sick leave per year, paid parental leave, a company paid life insurance policy, pet insurance and so much more! WHY WORK FOR US ++Join a diverse space:++81% of our total workforce identifies as a person of color, 45% of our total workforce identifies as female and 5% of our workforce identifies as a person with disabilities. Our executive team also represents gender diversity, ethnic diversity, sexual orientation, and more. Men and women equally represented as well as various cultural and religious backgrounds. We strive to provide an inclusive workplace where you can bring your authentic self to work. ++Grow with us:++ Over 60% of our managers were promoted from within to their existing role from line staff or from Front-of-House manager to Assistant or General Manager. Our entire Executive Team consists of existing employees who showed promise and were promoted into leadership positions. ++Work with latest technologies:++ Striving to be a leader in our industry, we utilize a broad spectrum of technologies including our tech forward training program, employee payroll system, a self-managed tip distribution system, an events and catering platform, inventory management system, our POS Toast and much more! ++Happy staff:++ Busboys and Poets is always looking for the next best way to engage with our staff. This includes raffles, anniversary boxes, an employee dedicated web-based forum and information site, blog and podcast. Job duties include but are not limited to: • Wipe tables, bar or seats with dampened cloths or replace dirty tablecloths., • Set tables and bar with clean linens, condiments, or other supplies., • Scrape and stack dirty dishes and carry dishes and other tableware to kitchens for cleaning as well as carrying dishes, trays, or silverware from kitchens or supply departments to expo line., • Clean up spilled food or drink or broken dishes and remove empty bottles and trash., • Maintain adequate supplies of items such as to-go materials, clean linens, silverware, glassware, dishes, or trays. Stock cabinets or serving areas with condiments and refill condiment containers., • Serve ice water, coffee, rolls, or butter to patrons when required, • Fill beverage or ice dispensers, • Serve food to customers when food runners, bartenders or servers need assistance, • Clean and polish counters, shelves, walls, furniture, or equipment in food service areas or other areas of restaurants and mop or vacuum floors. Qualifications: • Must have weekend availability and work a minimum of 3 shifts per week, • Must be able to work with a team! Physical Requirements: • Spend time bending or twisting the body, • Spend time lifting heavy weight, • Spend time standing on feet for long hours, • Spend time using hands to handle, control, or feel objects/tools Busboys and Poets owns and operates 8 multi-concept restaurant, bar, event, and bookstore spaces in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Our locations include: 14th V, 450K, Anacostia, Brookland, Columbia, Hyattsville, Shirlington, and Takoma with more on the horizon!

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