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Host - No Late Nights!
Di Pescara • Northbrook, IL 60062 • Posted 11 days ago via ZipRecruiter
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Di Pescara is hiring a Host for their contemporary seafood and Italian restaurant. The role involves greeting and seating guests, answering phones, taking reservations, and maintaining accurate guest counts and wait times. The position offers a modern setting, opportunities for career growth, and no late nights with shifts ending by 8pm on weekdays and 9pm on weekends. Benefits include health insurance, dental, employee assistance program, restaurant discounts, and more.
Responsibilities
- 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
- Multitask calmly and effectively
- 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
Qualifications
Required
- Ability to communicate in English in order to perform and follow job requirements in written and spoken direction
- Ability to multitask calmly and effectively
- Ability to 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
Full Job Description
Job Description
Hiring Immediately: Host!
NO LATE NIGHTS - Shifts end by 8pm on weekdays and 9pm on weekends!
Benefits:
- BCBS health insurance & other options including dental
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Restaurant discounts
- Opportunities for career growth
A contemporary favorite on the North Shore, Di Pescara specializes in meticulously selected seafood, hand-rolled sushi and a satisfying range of Italian and global specialties. The setting is modern with animated, lively dining rooms, private party rooms and an intimate, well‑stocked bar. Chef‑Partner Mychael Bonner brings a modern approach to traditional dishes with results such as Miso Glazed Sea Bass, Oven Roasted Fish and housemade Gnocchi. With both small‑bites desserts and a new a la carte Sunday brunch, Di Pescara will satisfy all appetites any day of the week.
Join the Lettuce Entertain You team! Our 100+ restaurants are nationally recognized for great food and service and as great places to work. We hire and care deeply for people with creativity, passion and the drive to be the best. And we reward our teams with top notch benefits, career-long training and development and opportunities for growth.
If you want a career at a progressive company with a long-standing commitment to people, join our caring and creative team.
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
- Multitask calmly and effectively
- 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 judgement when dealing with guest challenges and respond to guest needs with patience and courtesy
- Assist with clearing, cleaning and resetting tables and maintain restrooms
- Sell and accurately account for gift cards
- Answer telephones, and take orders, messages and reservations
- Use 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
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