Wit & Wisdom- Barback

Why us?

Wit & Wisdom Sonoma is Chef Michael Mina’s first venture into wine country dining and delivers Mina’s signature flair with a highly curated culinary experience perfect for any time of day. This charming wine country tavern offers American comfort food and a robust wine list nestled in the heart of Sonoma. The restaurant features regional California cuisine cooked on a hearth oven, buoyed by a magnificent wine program as only MINA delivers. Whether enjoying the bocce ball court, the happy hour experience, or a celebratory dinner with friends, Wit & Wisdom is the ideal dining experience for visitors and locals who are looking for a different type of tasting room in wine country.

Job Overview

Keep all bar/lounge equipment and supplies at the proper level throughout all hours of operation in order to ensure proper service to all guests.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all bar areas are set up properly for lounge opening.
• Maintain the bar and lounge areas in a neat and orderly condition at all times.
• Assist bartenders in constantly checking the bar for condition of ashtrays, cocktail napkins, empty glasses, cleanliness, etc.
• Replenish ice as needed/requested.
• Ensure all bartenders have sufficient supplies throughout shift.
• Assist bartenders and cocktail servers as outlined on activity schedule or as required.
• Operate glasswashers as necessary, putting clean glassware in its place, checking often to ensure that there is enough on hand.
• Sweep and mop behind all bar areas at the end of every shift, removing, cleaning and replacing matting each time.

Qualifications

Education/Formal Training

None

Experience

Cleaning and stocking experienced preferred.

Knowledge/Skills

• Must have minimal hearing.
• Must have good vision.
• Must be able to see items and area to stock, clean and use proper supplies.
• Must have good speech skills.
• Must have good literacy and comprehension to identify proper stock items and record usage.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Repeated bending, pushing, pulling and lifting -up to 35 lbs. required.
• Ability to identify proper supplies.
• Repeated lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying up to 50 lbs. -cases of liquor, glasses, trash, cans, mopping and sweeping. Bending/kneeling required to clean and stock bar areas.
• Ability to mop and sweep, lift items above head to stock and bend to pick up items.
• Continuous standing, in order to stock and clean bar and lounge areas.

Environment

Physically strenuous -prolonged standing, walking, lifting and carrying throughout entire shift

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