Join us for Live Music at the Dust Bowl Monterey Tap Depot, every Thursday evening from 5pm-8pm!
Location: Tap Depot
Monterey – Host
Summary
As a Dust Bowl’s Host position, you need to be a five-star greeter and seater. We’re looking for outgoing, friendly individuals who have great communication skills and can make an awesome first impression for Dust Bowl! You will also manage the efficient and timely seating of our guests and answer incoming phone calls.
Work Atmosphere
What’s better than going to work for a cool craft brewery?! Besides the great music selection, wearing jeans to work, and the occasional plus-one four-legged guests, This job operates in an otherwise professional, fast-paced restaurant environment. Work is indoor/outdoor in varying weather conditions and temperatures.
Essential Job Role
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Warmly and graciously greet all guests immediately upon arrival.
- ID all guests upon arrival with Intellicheck software.
- Explain Dust Bowl’s food truck and beer service being different than any other standard restaurant.
- Professional phone presentation, attending to high volume phone calls and transfers to personnel, and making reservations.
- Accurate handling of cash and credit card payments for retail, take-out, to-go beer, and growler(s)/crowler(s).
- Accommodate special seating requests for guest(s) whenever possible.
- Seat guest(s) based on guest(s) preferences and balancing of customer flow in service stations per SOP training.
- When seating the guest, inform them of their server’s name. Inspect tables for proper presentation, arrangement, and completeness.
- Spot sweep and check the floors, stock baskets, and bathroom cleaning rotations regularly during shift and various end-of-day cleaning duties.
- Relay messages to servers, and Managers as needed.
- Happily, thank guests as they leave and invite them to return to Dust Bowl.
- When there is downtime, you will bus tables, run food/drinks, dry trays, roll silverware, etc.
- Side work, sweeping, cleaning windows, stock baskets, and bathrooms.
Supervisory Responsibility
None! But teamwork is essential. There are a lot of moving parts and roles at the host stand.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
You will be required to walk, balance and stoop, kneel, or crouch. You must always be able to lift and/or move to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move to 50 pounds. You must be able to work consistently in a standing position and moving position.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This position is a part-time regular employee with flexibility in shift schedules according to the operational business needs. Day, evening, and weekend work are required as job duties demand.
Travel
This position requires 0% travel.
Required Education and Experience
No previous restaurant experience is required.
Additional Eligibility Qualifications
You will need to have basic math skills and the ability to handle money and operate a POS (Point of Sale) system.
Obtain or successfully finish and maintain Dust Bowl’s paid Food Safety Certificate training.
Possess or complete and maintain a Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Alcohol Certificate.
Complete and maintain Dust Bowl’s paid Harassment Prevention and Workplace Violence Training
Compensation
$20.00 per hour
Reports to
General Manager and Assistant Manager(s)
Classification
Nonexempt
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Steinbeck Center Pop-Up Exhibit
To quote John Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row,” “There’s nothing in the world like that first taste of beer.”
We’re hoping that’s how you’ll feel at the National Steinbeck Center’s first Peninsula Pop-Up at Dust Bowl Brewing Co. Monterey Tap Depot on Wednesday, Feb. 5th from 5 to 9 p.m. The National Steinbeck Center will be showing some unique items from their archival collection related to “The Grapes of Wrath” while the Tap Depot will feature our own Dust Bowl-era brews. All Hops of Wrath pints and to-go beer will be $1 off during the event! So come join us and delve into Steinbeck history over some good Hops of Wrath India Pale Ale!
Live Music with Neil B.
Central Valley favorite, Neil B will be visiting our Tap Depot in Monterey Sunday, December 29th from 1pm-4pm. Join us for some brews, tunes & tacos from Wedos Tacos! No cover, open seating.
Heart Walk
Join us for the Annual Heart Walk in Monterey which starts and in our parking lot! Dust Bowl prizes for the 1st, 2nd & 3rd place winners. Sign up at CentralCoastHeartWalk.org.
Tap Depot
Great Beer Born of Hard Times!





