Amara, located at 670 N Midvale Blvd in Madison, WI, is seeking barbacks to join our team.

Amara is our take on contemporary coastal Italian cuisine featuring sharable small plates and bites, hand-crafted pastas, and entrées showcasing the bounty of Madison Wisconsin. Our wine list will feature cutting edge Italian and Italian-inspired artisan wines farmed by hand and made with classical methods. Our bar will showcase the art of Italian drinking including aperitifs, negronis, cocktails and espresso​. Amara will open its doors in the late summer of 2022.

The name Amara derives from the Ancient Greek ‘Amáranthos’, which means ‘everlasting flower’. Amore in Italian, Amará in Spanish, and Amara in Arabic all refer to love. Yet, Amara in Italian means bitter, conjuring some of the hallmarks of Italian cooking and drinking, where herbs, bitter greens, and digestivi are celebrated for their health benefits and healing botanical qualities. Bitter and sweet are often found together, and at the same time, and couldn't be more relevant to us now as we move forward with purpose and intention seeking balance, healing, health, sustainability, and love.

Amara Barback

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Barback position is the engine behind the scenes in the restaurant providing critical operational support for the bartending team, with an orientation to the guest and our mission. Responsibilities include:

Bar Operations, Pre-Service

• Ensure the bar is set up with all necessary wines, beers, spirits, cocktail ingredients, and garnishes.

• Make sure all equipment is clean and ready to be used.

• Assist in cleaning all bar areas to be presentable before guests arrive.

Bar Operations, During Service

• Support the bartender during service.

• Fetch replacements for empty bottles, reserve wine, or any other ingredients needed from basement storage.

• Assist in glass break cleanup.

• Refill spirits, syrups, juices, etc.

• Keep the bartop clean and dry.

• Clear finished dishes, empty glasses, signed checks, tips, etc.

• Stock wells as needed with ice, juices, egg whites, fruit cuts, fruit for peels, etc.

• Juice, cut garnishes, stock ingredients, batch, as needed during busy services.

• Clean dirty tins and dirty jiggers.

• Wash, polish, and restock glassware.

• Pour wine and beer for bar guests and fill beer and wine tickets for service bar.

Bar Operations, End of Service

• Clean the wells, sinks, and rails by removing all the bottles and wiping down rails thoroughly.

• Wash all equipment including tins, stirring glasses, spoons, jiggers, bar mats, etc.

• Wipe down all well bottles, bitters, and syrups.

• Clean and organize all back bar coolers.

• Wipe down the bartop, stools, and backbar.

• Save and secure product:

• Put away juice bottles, garnishes, and fruit cuts and make sure all are labeled properly.

• Sweep and mop.

• Drain and shut down the dishwasher.

• Place and turn on fans.

• Dispose of garbage.

REPORTING

The role will report to Bartenders, Bar Leads, the Bar Manager, the Assistant General Manager and the General Manager of Amara.

Benefits:

• Competitive wages

• A flexible and predictable schedule that is posted two weeks in advance

• 50% dining discount for your friends and family

• Free and healthy GF Vegetarian or Regular staff meal

• Access to Amara's online classroom with training materials, recipes, and checklists. After full orientation, we offer weekly paid training opportunities to taste wine, spirits and food with industry experts

• Our mission is centered around treating each other and ourselves well through our love of food, drink, and community.

• Sustainability must be possible and attainable in our industry!

• All employees are offered health, dental and vision insurance

• Paid time off

• 401k contribution

• The chance to work in a brand new clean facility with state of the art new equipment

• The chance to contribute to one of the most dynamic restaurant groups in the region

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Our ideal Barback has:

• 1 year customer service experience. Casual fine dining experience is a plus.

• The ideal Barback has excellent personal qualities, is polite, confident, a great sense of humor and above all, enjoys dealing with people.

• The Barback should be warm and genuine using verbiage and vocabulary that is guest-focused and positive

• Able to thrive in a team environment as a reliable and trustworthy player on the floor.

• Barbacks need to be able to multitask and remain organized in a fast-paced environment. Staying calm and collected is key.

• The barback, along with all staff members, is expected to be clean, neat and tidy in their personal appearance and also in their working habits; they shall also maintain the highest standards of hygiene in their workplace.

• The barback, along with all staff members, is expected to embody the organizational mission and caring, inclusive, and authentic values in terms of who we are and what we believe.

About RNO

Amara is a restaurant managed by Rule No. One Hospitality Group (RNO). RNO seeks to create a space for celebrating and treating each other and ourselves well. We are a mission-driven lifestyle company seeking to provide warm, fun and an endlessly interesting mix of inspired programming that challenges, invigorates and delights our guests by celebrating our craft, who we are, what we do and what we believe -- capturing the neighborhood’s unique lifestyle and culture. Cook It Forward is a non-profit advocacy arm of Rule No One Hospitality, Inc. with a mission to address ongoing inequities in our food systems. ​ We are all working collectively on social entrepreneurship, social equity, and social justice-- one meal at a time

Our Values

Inclusivity. We will establish a culturally diverse and inclusive environment, one that specifically supports minorities, all genders, and those historically underrepresented in our industry.

Humility. We are modest about capabilities, admit mistakes, and create the space for others to contribute.

Effective Collaboration. We are a team centered around positivity, that stands for one message which involves empowering others, empathizing with each other, and uplifting others as a collective.

Respect and Justice / Health and Well-Being. All team members need to be treated respectfully and fairly. This pertains to equity in pay, and specific attention to physical/mental health, well-being and safety.

Positivity and Love of Food and Community. Cooking and serving others is a powerful act of caring and love for one another. Let us work together to bring our community together through the power of food and drink

RNO is a mission-driven lifestyle company dedicated to creating spaces for celebrating and treating each other and ourselves well. We seek to provide warm, fun and an endlessly interesting mix of inspired programming that challenges, invigorates and delights our guests by celebrating our craft, who we are, what we do and what we believe. As a community-driven hospitality management organization, we are active in social causes supporting women, Black, LGBTQ+, and Indigenous communities everywhere. Cook It Forward is a non-profit advocacy arm of Rule No One Hospitality, Inc. with a mission to address ongoing inequities in our food systems. We are all working collectively on social entrepreneurship, social equity, and social justice-- one meal at a time.

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Our Values:

• Inclusivity. We will establish a culturally diverse and inclusive environment, one that specifically supports minorities, all genders, and those historically underrepresented in our industry.

• Humility. We are modest about capabilities, admit mistakes, and create the space for others to contribute.

• Effective Collaboration. We are a team centered around positivity, that stands for one message which involves empowering others, empathizing with each other, and uplifting others as a collective.

• Respect and Justice / Health and Well-Being. All team members need to be treated respectfully and fairly. This pertains to equity in pay, and specific attention to physical/mental health, well-being and safety.

• Positivity and Love of Food and Community. Cooking and serving others is a powerful act of caring and love for one another. Let us work together to bring our community together through the power of food and drink

Projected Pay Rate:

$17-$21/hr total compensation, $11/hr base rate + tips

Amara is an equal opportunity employer, with a mission to support women, Black, LGBTQ+ applicants. As an organization, we support a minimum wage of $16/hour.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Madison, WI 53705: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

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