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The Library Historic Hotel
Bartender Archive Lounge Speakeasy
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What they do
A Bartender mixes and prepares cocktails and serves drinks to customers. Works with other wait staff in a bar or restaurant; checks to be sure that customers are legal drinking age. May work at private parties.
$31,615 / year median in Michigan
+10% projected growth
Job Description
The Archive Lounge the speakeasy tucked beneath The Library Historic Hotel is hiring bartenders. We're a small, 21+ boutique hotel and cocktail bar inside a restored 1904 Carnegie library in downtown St. Joseph, MI. We open at 4 PM and close around 9-ish. No late-night grind, no bottle-service circus. Just craft drinks, hotel guests + locals who care about the room they're in, and a bar built to feel like a secret.
What you'll do:
Build cocktails from our seasonal menu + off-menu asks (we'll train you on the specs)Take care of hotel guests, locals, and private-event partiesOpen, close, count, restock, keep the bar spotlessRun tabs through Toast POSHelp shape the room we're small enough that your taste actually mattersWhat we're looking for:21+ (state law + adults-only hotel)1+ year bartending, ideally in a cocktail-forward or hotel/hospitality settingSolid on classics, comfortable learning our house programWarm with guests, calm in a rush, tight on cleanlinessAvailable evenings + some weekends; open Wed SunTIPS / Michigan alcohol server certification a plus (or willing to get it)What you get:
Competitive hourly + tipsFlexible schedule built around the team, not against youA room that people talk about great for building a following and a portfolioApply through Poached with a short note about where you've bartended and why the Archive Lounge sounds like your kind of room.
What you'll do:
Build cocktails from our seasonal menu + off-menu asks (we'll train you on the specs)Take care of hotel guests, locals, and private-event partiesOpen, close, count, restock, keep the bar spotlessRun tabs through Toast POSHelp shape the room we're small enough that your taste actually mattersWhat we're looking for:21+ (state law + adults-only hotel)1+ year bartending, ideally in a cocktail-forward or hotel/hospitality settingSolid on classics, comfortable learning our house programWarm with guests, calm in a rush, tight on cleanlinessAvailable evenings + some weekends; open Wed SunTIPS / Michigan alcohol server certification a plus (or willing to get it)What you get:
Competitive hourly + tipsFlexible schedule built around the team, not against youA room that people talk about great for building a following and a portfolioApply through Poached with a short note about where you've bartended and why the Archive Lounge sounds like your kind of room.