Café/Bar/Record Store Hiring Full Time Barista/Server as Daytime Lead

We are a local, artist-owned café and cocktail bar in Ridgewood hiring a daytime server and barista for our weekdays coffee/record store and weekend brunch service. We have a beautiful and spacious outdoor patio and nightly live music, literature events, etc.

The job involves running of all aspects of the daytime service: Making espresso drinks, serving tables, serving a small simple food menu (brunch on weekends), wine, beer and cocktails.

Must be very self reliant, motivated to be an integral part of a great local space and familiar with keeping inventory and daily upkeep of the cafe operation, communication with night staff and owners.

The right candidate is well versed and at home in the service industry with a great work ethic, highly service oriented and motivated with eagerness to learn and adapt to being part of a team and a vibrant atmosphere, knowledgable in beverage and food service and able to work at a high pace while remaining calm and attentive to patrons.

Please include a short cover letter with a few lines about yourself and a very brief summary of all relevant work experience in the email body of your reply. Resumés without a cover letter in email body will not be considered.

- Comprehensive Barista/coffee skills.

- Experience and familiarity within the world of wine and craft beer.

- Cocktail skills and restaurant experience is a big plus. Please tell us about any experience in these fields.

- Must have Food Handlers Certificate! Please don't waste time applying if you do not currently have one.

- Dependable and a good communicator.

- Polite and respectful.

- Able to speak and understand English.

- Must have availability to work full time and be available to start this week.

- Experience is a requirement but we do not require "New York Work Experience". International applicants welcome.