Head Bartender

Job Title: Head Bartender

Date: October 2026

Place of Work:

Puritan & Company, 1166 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA 02139

Puritan Oyster Bar, 1164 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA 02139

A staple of the Cambridge culinary scene since 2012, Puritan & Company is located in Inman Square. We serve Modern American cuisine with an emphasis on traditional New England fare, often nuanced with flavors from other cultures. Our ingredients are sourced from local farms we know. In 2023, the team opened Puritan Oyster Bar right next door, a seafood-focused joint, featuring 6 rotating oysters, crudos, lobster rolls, and caviar cones, with a casual, convivial bar-centric feel.

Led by Chef/Owner Will Gilson, our team brings an award-winning mix of culinary and beverage acumen that affords our guests the opportunity to enjoy high-quality, thoughtfully prepared food, local and exotic beers, and wines from independent winemakers worldwide. Our space is casual and cozy. Our staff is down to Earth. Our service is lively. We aim to share our excitement about our food and beverage options. Our guests and their friends should feel comfortable in our friendly, warm environment.

Cambridge Street Hospitality Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

The Head Bartender for Puritan & Company and Puritan Oyster Bar leads the in-house beverage program for both hospitality spaces, ensuring a bar and beverage program that executes at the highest level and collaborates with restaurant and group leadership in developing and executing bar- and beverage-related initiatives. This role manages product and systems related to bar and beverage, but does not directly manage people. Responsibilities include executing creative beverage vision, implementing and maintaining standards of bar operations, and assisting with on-the-job training and education of new and existing staff. The Head Bartender is the principal “face” of the bar and liaises with our Marketing and PR teams for promotion of our beverage offerings and relevant staff.

5 scheduled shifts per week, split between active service and administrative time as dictated by specific projects or assignments. Some administrative duties may be performed off-site. This role begins in three phases over 90 days, to allow for growth and development into the restaurant space and integration with the team.

General Manager, Puritan & Company, Puritan Oyster Bar (solid line)

Group Beverage Director, Cambridge Street Hospitality Group (dotted line)

The Head Bartender position offers a springboard for growth company wide. Personal and professional goals, both quarterly and longer-term, are set early and honest and candid feedback is provided on a regular basis, resulting in a valuable professional skill set. This role is a suitable precursor for future opportunities in full salaried restaurant management roles or beverage-centric roles with broader scope.

• Beverage Creative
• Work with members of the bar team to develop and execute new cocktails for both Puritan & Company and Puritan Oyster Bar on an ongoing basis for regular menus and private/special events, in conjunction with broader planning and goals from restaurant and beverage leadership.
• Curate a diverse and attractive selection of beverage products, in conjunction with broader planning and goals from restaurant and beverage leadership.

• Beverage Operations
• Plan and place weekly beverage orders through established ordering channels.
• Receive and reconcile invoices weekly through inventory management platform..
• Track and account for transfers of beverage products between departments and restaurants, e.g. beer for kitchen use, emergency product received from another restaurant, etc.
• Complete periodic inventory of all beverage products through inventory management platform according to restaurant’s accounting cycle.

• Training and Education
• Work with restaurant management and beverage leadership to create, implement, and maintain new and existing training and education documents, e.g. educational resources, outlines for in-person / on-the-job training, etc.
• Assist restaurant management with beverage-specific training for new employees.
• Conduct periodic bar staff meetings, minimum monthly, in conjunction with beverage leadership to meet training and educational goals..
• Coordinate and execute ongoing education and training initiatives for all front of house staff, collaborating with beverage leadership and outside vendors.

• Administrative
• Assist restaurant management with updates to printed beverage menus for both regular service and private/special events, providing beverage-specific language as needed and direct menu updates where necessary.
• Assist with responding to beverage-related inquiries and media opportunities for Puritan & Company and Puritan Oyster Bar, both in-person and over email / phone.

• Ability to work a variable schedule, including nights, weekends, and certain holidays per business needs.
• At least some beverage leadership or management experience in an ‘upscale’ restaurant preferred.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English. Ability to also speak Spanish preferred.
• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to reach, bend, stoop and frequently lift up to 40+ pounds

• Service-Oriented Head Bartender at the rate of $12.00 per hour with a $3.00 tip credit. What this means is that you have a base pay rate of $12.00 per hour with the addition of tips, but you will never earn less than minimum wage on a daily basis which is currently set by the state of Massachusetts at $15.00 per hour.
• Non-Service Administrative Time at the rate of $25.00 per hour.