Bar-back TOM Chicago

Job Description

Job Description

Title : Bar-back

Location : TOM Chicago

Reporting to : TOM Management

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Role overview :

We love what we do – and it shows! Time Out Market is the division of Time Out that brings our food and cultural experiences to life for our guests, readers and clients.

Our Market Bar-backs provide outstanding guest service and products to ensure that each of our guests enjoy a memorable experience with each visit.

Responsibilities :

• Provide service to Bartenders, Beverage Runners and Guests in a timely manner
• Assist bartender with taking guest orders and ensuring proper product is served to guests
• Appear in uniform for all shifts at scheduled time
• Polish and wash glassware throughout the shift
• Prepares all mixes and garnishes
• Ensure proper rotation of all liquor, beer, wine and consumable items
• Keep bar top clean and free of dirty glasses, dirty ashtrays, trash, etc. throughout shift.
• Keep back bar clean and organized.
• Clean all spills and waste immediately. Sweep and mop as needed. Place all trash in proper receptacles
• Proper setup and maintenance of event and or banquet function spaces
• Assist with loading / unloading of miscellaneous equipment, such as boxes, food and beverage product
• Responsible to ensure all stocking is complete, requisitions are filled out and any shortage of stock is reported
• Maintain opening / closing liquor, beer, wine and consumables par
• Inform management of any complaint, comments or incident
• Ability to create and maintain service rapport
• Respond to guest inquiries and requests in a courteous and polite manner
• Anticipate guest needs
• Provide information to guests regarding our venues, menus and pricing
• Adhere to all company standard operating procedures. Maintain all company service sequence standards
• Recognize and cultivate regular Guests and repeat business
• Maintain line of sight / atmosphere control by circulating through your work area throughout shift
• Report any incidents of theft, vandalism, or violations
• Respond to Guest concerns / complaints and correct errors or resolve complaints with a positive attitude
• Recognize and acknowledge when Guests are becoming intoxicated and / or are intoxicated
• Monitor potentially intoxicated and / or disruptive Guests and promptly bring to a Manager’s

attention

Skills :

What we look for in a candidate

Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we are in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to…

About our culture

At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.

About Time Out Group plc

Through Time Out Media and Time Out Market we help our large audience go out in the world's greatest cities and connect global brands as well as local talents with this valuable audience.

About Time Out Group

Time Out Group is a global brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the best of the city - today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to Do, See and Eat across 333 cities in 59 countries and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels. Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city's best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. There are currently Markets in ten cities including Lisbon, New York and Dubai, with several new locations expected to open in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Group PLC, listed on AIM, is headquartered in London (UK).

About Time Out Market

Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs, drinks and cultural experiences together under one roof. From award-winning chefs to much-loved local gems, from cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures and celebrates the best of the city. The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into one of the most popular destinations in the city. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion, and there are currently Markets in eleven cities including New York, Montreal, Dubai and Cape Town, with several new locations expected to open in 2025 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Market is part of Time Out Group PLC (AIM : TMO), a brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city through Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city – today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to do, see and eat across 333 cities in 59 countries, and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels.

Time Out is a dynamic, pioneering brand and so is our team. We want to work with the best and brightest talent because we work for the world’s greatest cities, the people enjoying them and the businesses in them. As a truly global team we get to collaborate with colleagues from New York to Paris, Cape Town and Sydney and beyond. It’s our expertise, authenticity and collaboration that make us successful and a unique team.