Bartender

Location: Loveland, Colorado
Schedule: Full-time, approximately 33–40 hours per week
Pay: $12.14 per hour plus tips
Estimated Tips: Tips may average $25–$50 per hour
Availability: Weekend and scheduled pre-opening training availability are required

Savina’s Loveland is looking for warm, skilled Bartenders to join our original opening team. This is an opportunity to help establish the culture of a brand-new restaurant, build relationships with your teammates before opening, and create a bar experience guests will want to return to.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Strong earning potential in a high-volume, full-service restaurant

• Approximately 33–40 hours per week

• Comprehensive pre-opening training

• The opportunity to join the restaurant from day one

• Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible team members

• Paid sick leave

• Employee dining discounts

• Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day off

• Ongoing food, beverage, and service education

• Opportunities for development and advancement

• A company that values character, potential, and promoting from within

Bartenders at Savina’s combine genuine hospitality with speed, accuracy, and strong beverage knowledge. You’ll craft fresh-squeezed margaritas and cocktails, guide guests through our tequila, spirits, beer, and wine selections, and create an experience that feels personal—even during the busiest shifts.

As a member of the opening team, you’ll participate in comprehensive training covering our food and beverage menus, recipes, service standards, systems, and bar program. You’ll help establish strong habits from the beginning and contribute to a bar culture built around consistency, teamwork, cleanliness, and Service with Heart.

Inspired by Grandma Savina’s kitchen and the Brinkerhoff family’s travels throughout Mexico, Savina’s Mexican Kitchen brings together time-honored recipes, vibrant food and beverages, and genuine hospitality.

Savina’s is part of Brinkerhoff Hospitality, an independent and growing Colorado restaurant company whose concepts also include Sierra, The Brinkerhoff, and Bar Hummingbird.

At Brinkerhoff Hospitality, we believe every guest should feel seen. That experience begins with a team that genuinely cares—for our guests, for one another, and for doing the work well.

Our values guide how we show up each day:

• Better Every Day

• Positive Mental Attitude

• Team First

• Service with Heart

We hire for character and potential and develop exceptional hospitality professionals. Experience matters, but curiosity, humility, effort, and the way you care for others matter just as much.

• Welcome bar guests with genuine warmth and hospitality

• Prepare margaritas, cocktails, beer, and wine accurately and consistently

• Follow established recipes, measurements, presentation standards, and responsible-pouring practices

• Develop strong knowledge of tequila, spirits, cocktails, beer, wine, and the Savina’s food menu

• Guide guests through the menu and make thoughtful recommendations

• Provide attentive, well-paced bar and dining service

• Prepare beverages efficiently for both bar guests and the dining room

• Verify identification and follow responsible-alcohol-service standards

• Accurately enter orders, process payments, and use the restaurant’s point-of-sale system

• Maintain a clean, organized, stocked, and service-ready bar

• Complete opening, closing, restocking, and assigned side work

• Communicate clearly with Servers, support staff, managers, and the culinary team

• Remain composed, accurate, and hospitable during high-volume service

• Support your teammates and contribute to a positive opening-team culture

• Approximately two years of bartending experience in a similar high-volume, full-service restaurant is preferred

• Weekend and scheduled pre-opening training availability

• Working knowledge of cocktails, spirits, tequila, beer, and wine

• A warm, professional, and outgoing presence

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• The ability to work quickly without sacrificing accuracy or hospitality

• Attention to detail and commitment to recipe consistency

• A clean, organized approach to bar setup and execution

• A team-first mindset and willingness to receive coaching

• The ability to obtain required food-safety and responsible-alcohol-service certifications within the designated timeframe

With or without reasonable accommodation, this position requires the ability to:

• Stand and walk for extended periods throughout the shift

• Frequently bend, reach, carry, and move throughout the bar and restaurant

• Safely handle glassware, bar tools, beverages, ice, and other items commonly used during service

• Work indoors and outdoors in varying temperatures

• Communicate effectively with guests and team members in a busy restaurant environment

• Perform the essential responsibilities of the position during shifts generally lasting six to eight hours

We’d love to meet you. Please stop by for an open interview.

Monday, Oct. 12 - Friday, Oct. 16
11 am - 3 pm

Savina’s Mexican Kitchen is an equal opportunity employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.