Porter

PORTER
Elsewhere Wine Bar & Lounge | St. Helena, CA

Reports to: Executive Chef
Status: Full-time, hourly (non-exempt)
Pay: $17.50-$20.00 per hour, plus share of tips
Start date: November 30, 2026

ABOUT US
Elsewhere Wine Bar & Lounge is a new wine-focused hospitality project from Nick Kokonas and Chef Elliot Bell in St. Helena, built around discovery, generosity, and a slightly unreasonable love of great bottles. Our wine program is broad, ambitious, and personal, spanning benchmark producers, rare bottles, and idiosyncratic wines with stories worth telling. Elsewhere is designed to feel polished but never stiff, deeply knowledgeable without being performative, and welcoming enough that collectors, winemakers, locals, travelers, and the wine-curious all want to return often.

THE ROLE
Porters keep Elsewhere clean, stocked, and ready for guests. They handle deep cleaning, deliveries, and upkeep across the dining room, kitchen, and back-of-house spaces, often before and after service.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Clean and maintain the dining room, restrooms, kitchen, storage areas, and entrance
• Receive deliveries and move product to the correct storage areas
• Handle trash, recycling, and compost
• Complete deep-cleaning tasks on a set schedule
• Flag maintenance and repair needs to management
• Support dishwashing and glasswashing during busy periods

QUALIFICATIONS
• No experience required. We will train you.
• Reliable, thorough, and able to work independently
• Availability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays

CERTIFICATIONS
• California Food Handler Card within 30 days of hire. Elsewhere pays required costs and compensates required training and exam time.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
• Stand, bend, and walk for the length of a shift
• Lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Work with cleaning chemicals and equipment

BENEFITS
All employees are eligible for healthcare. Elsewhere also offers a 401(k) match, paid time off, holidays, and a dining discount.

HOW TO APPLY
Apply through Culinary Agents with your resume or a short note. We look forward to hearing from you.

Elsewhere is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race (including traits historically associated with race, such as hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, creed, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions, reproductive health decision-making, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law. We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with the California Fair Chance Act.