We offer:
- Work today, get paid tomorrow: and receive up to 50% of your previous day's pay!
- BCBS health insurance & other options including dental
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Restaurant discounts
- Opportunities for career growth
Bub City is Chicago's destination for barbecue and whiskey. It is open for lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and late-night dining. The Southern spot offers more than 125 different whiskeys from well‑known and independent distilleries throughout the country, house-smoked pitmaster favorites, and a Southern-inspired weekend brunch menu.
EOE. We participate in E-Verify / Participamos en E-Verify
Hosts are responsible for the initial, warm greeting and seating of guests, answering telephones, taking reservations and messages, maintaining accurate guest counts and wait times, and saying goodbye to all guests. Assist with Coat Check duties as directed.
Essential Functions
- Warmly greet and seat guests in the restaurant
- Answer telephones, and take orders, messages, and reservations
- Available to work a variety of hours, days, and shifts, including weekends
- Safely and effectively move chairs, tables, highchairs, and booster seats
- Safely and effectively use and operate all necessary tools and equipment
- Ability to communicate in English in order to perform and follow job requirements in written and spoken direction
- Ability to multi-task calmly and effectively in a busy, stressful environment
- Work in a confined, crowded space of variable noise and temperature levels
- Able to move and lift up to 10 pounds, frequently move and/or lift up to 25 pounds, and occasionally move and/or lift up to 50 pounds
- Ability to stand and walk for an entire shift and move safely through all areas of the restaurant, which may include stairs, uneven or slick surfaces
Key Responsibilities and Duties
- Ensure the overall guest experience exceeds expectations and anticipate guests’ needs
- Greet guests with a warm, sincere smile
- Use tact and good judgment when dealing with guest challenges and respond to guest needs with patience and courtesy
- Assist with clearing, cleaning, and resetting tables and maintaining restrooms
- Sell and accurately account for gift cards
- Answer telephones, and take orders, messages, and reservations
- Use the proper phone and voicemail etiquette and guidelines
- Understand and respond knowledgeably to questions about the restaurant and menu
- Follow all steps of service
- Understand and follow the food allergy procedure and special orders/restrictions
- Proficiency in the use and operation of all necessary tools and equipment, including the reservation, telephone, paging, and voicemail systems
- Comply with all safety and sanitation guidelines and procedures
- Successfully complete alcohol awareness training
- Follow all rules, policies, procedures, and conditions of employment, including those outlined in the Employee Handbook
- Get along well with others and be a team player
- Other duties will be assigned as needed
