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Restaurant General Manager – The Toasted Yolk Café
Why You'll Love Working Here
Ready to take the next step in your restaurant management career without sacrificing your evenings? The Toasted Yolk Café is looking for an experienced, motivated Restaurant General Manager to lead daily operations, develop a high-performing team, and create outstanding guest experiences.
As General Manager, you'll take ownership of the restaurant's success—from food quality and hospitality to employee development, operational efficiency, and financial performance. You'll lead by example, build a positive team culture, and ensure every guest experiences the quality and service The Toasted Yolk Café is known for.
If you're a hands-on restaurant leader who enjoys coaching people, improving operations, and delivering results, we'd love to meet you!
What You'll Do
Lead and Develop Your Team
We're looking for a confident, hands-on restaurant leader who understands that great results come from developing great people and consistently delivering exceptional food and service.
The Toasted Yolk Café is all about great food, great people, and a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Founded in 2010, we've grown around a simple idea: breakfast and lunch should be something to look forward to. With chef-inspired dishes made from quality ingredients and a lively, welcoming environment, we're passionate about creating a great experience for both our guests and our team.
Ready to Lead Something Great?
Build a restaurant you're proud of, develop a team that thrives, and enjoy a career that leaves room for life outside of work. If you're ready to bring your leadership experience and passion for hospitality to The Toasted Yolk Café, apply today!
Why You'll Love Working Here
- No late nights! Lead a thriving breakfast and lunch restaurant while keeping your evenings free.
- Flexible scheduling: Enjoy a daytime-focused restaurant schedule.
- Leadership opportunity: Take ownership of restaurant operations, team performance, and guest satisfaction.
- Career growth: Develop your leadership career with a growing restaurant brand.
- Discounted meals: Enjoy great food at a discount.
- Great team culture: Build and lead a team that takes pride in great food, great people, and exceptional service.
Ready to take the next step in your restaurant management career without sacrificing your evenings? The Toasted Yolk Café is looking for an experienced, motivated Restaurant General Manager to lead daily operations, develop a high-performing team, and create outstanding guest experiences.
As General Manager, you'll take ownership of the restaurant's success—from food quality and hospitality to employee development, operational efficiency, and financial performance. You'll lead by example, build a positive team culture, and ensure every guest experiences the quality and service The Toasted Yolk Café is known for.
If you're a hands-on restaurant leader who enjoys coaching people, improving operations, and delivering results, we'd love to meet you!
What You'll Do
Lead and Develop Your Team
- Build a strong team: Lead hiring, onboarding, training, and development to create a capable, engaged restaurant team.
- Coach and inspire: Set clear expectations, provide meaningful feedback, and help employees and managers grow into future leaders.
- Create a positive culture: Foster teamwork, accountability, open communication, and a workplace where employees feel supported.
- Manage staffing: Oversee scheduling, shift coverage, and labor deployment to support efficient restaurant operations.
- Oversee daily performance: Lead front-of-house and back-of-house operations to ensure smooth, efficient breakfast and lunch service.
- Maintain food quality: Ensure recipes, portions, presentation, and preparation standards are consistently followed.
- Deliver exceptional hospitality: Set high standards for guest service, respond to feedback, and resolve concerns professionally.
- Maintain restaurant standards: Oversee cleanliness, food safety, sanitation, equipment care, and compliance with operating procedures.
- Lead by example: Stay engaged in daily operations and step in alongside your team when needed.
- Local Store Marketing: Be the mayor of your city! Promote the business through building relationships in the local community.
- Drive financial results: Monitor sales, labor costs, food costs, and overall profitability while identifying opportunities to improve performance.
- Manage inventory and purchasing: Oversee ordering, inventory control, product quality, and waste reduction.
- Use data to make decisions: Review restaurant performance, identify trends, and adjust operations to improve efficiency and guest satisfaction.
- Take ownership: Partner with ownership or operations leadership to achieve restaurant goals and maintain brand standards.
We're looking for a confident, hands-on restaurant leader who understands that great results come from developing great people and consistently delivering exceptional food and service.
- An experienced leader: Proven ability to manage restaurant operations, coach employees, and hold teams accountable.
- Business-minded: Understands restaurant financial performance, labor management, food costs, and operational efficiency.
- Guest-focused: Passionate about hospitality and creating experiences that bring guests back.
- A strong communicator: Able to lead conversations, provide constructive feedback, and build positive working relationships.
- Organized and decisive: Comfortable balancing competing priorities and making sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Hands-on and adaptable: Willing to work alongside the team while maintaining accountability for overall restaurant performance.
- Growth-oriented: Motivated to improve processes, develop future leaders, and continuously strengthen restaurant performance.
- Previous restaurant management experience required; General Manager or Assistant General Manager experience strongly preferred.
- Experience overseeing both front-of-house and back-of-house restaurant operations.
- Working knowledge of restaurant financials, including P&L statements, labor costs, food costs, and inventory management.
- Experience hiring, training, coaching, and managing employee performance.
- Familiarity with commercial kitchen operations, food preparation standards, and food safety procedures.
- Ability to work opening and closing shifts, including weekends and holidays as needed.
- Ability to obtain or maintain required food safety and alcohol service certifications, as applicable.
- Ability to stand and move for extended periods and lift up to 40 lbs, with or without reasonable accommodation.
The Toasted Yolk Café is all about great food, great people, and a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Founded in 2010, we've grown around a simple idea: breakfast and lunch should be something to look forward to. With chef-inspired dishes made from quality ingredients and a lively, welcoming environment, we're passionate about creating a great experience for both our guests and our team.
Ready to Lead Something Great?
Build a restaurant you're proud of, develop a team that thrives, and enjoy a career that leaves room for life outside of work. If you're ready to bring your leadership experience and passion for hospitality to The Toasted Yolk Café, apply today!