Restaurant General Manager

Great meals and good stories satisfy. Each independent restaurant concept we create revolves around its own story - our team lends decades of experience to making sure of it, from the cuisine and cocktails to carefully curated interiors. Thoughtful service, provisions with a point of view and endless attention to detail invite every guest to sit back, share a story of their own, and savor the magic of a well-crafted culinary experience.

Chouette brings the tastes of a traditional French bistro to Columbus.


This leader possesses the ability to inspire staff, encourage teamwork and achieve the collective goals of the restaurant. Daily duties include management of the daily front of the house operations of our restaurant, the selection, development and coaching of team members and the financial oversight of the operational budget. In addition, this leader will oversee the inventory and ordering of food and supplies, driving revenues, and ensuring guests are satisfied with their dining experience.

Requested Tasks:

• Lead, manage, and hold all team members accountable
• Achieve budgeted food sales, beverage sales, labor costs, and profitability
• Benchmark against competitors
• Collaborate on activation and programming with marketing
• Develop and maintain control procedures

Requested Capabilities:

• Prior restaurant management highly preferred
• Strong knowledge of front and back of house operations
• Excellent leadership and communication
• Prior experience working with payroll, budgets, revenue and forecasting

As part of the Makeready collection, we proudly offer a variety of thoughtful benefits and perks for eligible team members including accommodating PTO, medical/dental/vision benefits, 401k and a wide range of additional ancillary benefits. The health, happiness and well-being of our team is our top priority.

We take pride in our Guiding Principles to help define how we successfully work together. We follow them not out of duty but live by them instinctively.

Makeready LLC and its affiliated entities are proud to encourage and support an environment where everyone can be a successful team member as their true independent self. We are an equal opportunity workplace and employer that does not discriminate based on race, color, disability, gender/sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. We are committed to building a team and a workplace where we are all able to be successful based solely on our individual qualifications, experience, abilities and job performance.