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The Spoke & Bird - All Locations hiring Barista Lead in Chicago, IL

Barista Lead

The Spoke & Bird - All LocationsMore Info

Chicago, IL
Full Time • Hourly ($18.00 - $20.00) plus tips
Expired: Oct 12, 2025

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Required Years of Experience

1 year


Job Details

Before we get any further into information about this role, if your plan is to send a resume without any accompanying message or cover letter - don’t waste your time - as we won’t look any further at it.

Spoke & Bird is a WBE owned and operated farm-to-table business. We're working hard to creating a culture that supports a friendly work environment with reliable flexible employment.

We are a small team looking for someone with a strong work ethic and sense of teamwork. There are many opportunities for growth within the company as we expand and grow our brand & business. Currently hiring for Pilsen location and our soon to open Bridgeport.

We began our locally owned WBE hospitality group with three objectives in mind:

  1. Source locally, sustainably and support the urban farming community
  2. Transparent - share information with staff, guests and suppliers... along with building - literally and figuratively, open work environments
  3. Value Staff - treat staff as adults and have expectations that they will act to support our objectives - and us theirs, in and outside of work. Pay above market wages and works towards sharing equity and thus ownership for those who invest

We are an expanding restaurant group with locations in Chicagoland. We are looking for an experienced Barista Lead. 

Job Duties:

  • Supervise barista team on a daily basis to ensure standards are met and consistency is maintained, be able to give constructive feedback if our standards are not met or if a behavior becomes unacceptable. 
  • Work with managers to implement barista training for new team members
  • Keep Barista reference information up to date - adding new recipes or processes when necessary. 
  • Take ownership of inventory, product ordering, and receiving/ checking in product
  • Comply with all safety, health and beverage regulations in order to protect against all legal liability
  • Enforce sanitary practices for food handling and general cleanliness
  • Ensuring the cleaning and maintenance of the cafe and equipment is up to standards

Compensation Details

Compensation: Hourly ($18.00 - $20.00) plus tips


Required Skills

Leadership

Training

Process management

Documentation

Product Knowledge

Inventory Management

Ordering

Feedback Delivery

Customer Service

Communication Skills

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Part of The Spoke & Bird - Chicago

The goal of the Spoke & Bird is to provide delicious and healthy food at reasonable prices to the communities we become a part of. We strive to create a welcoming and inviting environment, be an organization that employees are proud to be part of and a place in which they can take ownership and improve.

The Spoke & Bird concept is built upon the increasing desire for healthy and affordable food and beverages as well as a space in which to enjoy all three.

https://www.spokeandbird.com/

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