General Manager

General Manager — Bushwick (NYC) | High-Volume Restaurant

About NOWON

NOWON is a Korean-American restaurant group built in New York City, known for high-impact dishes like the Legendary Cheeseburger and Chopped Cheese Rice Cakes.

Our Bushwick location is a high-volume restaurant on track to break $3M in annual sales, with clear opportunity to improve performance and consistency.

We are building a team of strong operators to support our next phase of growth.

This is a full-ownership GM role.

You are responsible for the performance of the restaurant — across operations, team, guest experience, and financial results.

This is not a “keep things running” position. You are expected to drive performance, enforce standards, and build a strong team.

Bushwick is a strong unit with real upside. This role is about stabilizing execution, improving consistency, and pushing performance forward.

If you're looking for a support role, this is not it.
If you want to take ownership of a restaurant and materially improve how it operates, it is.

Reports to: Director of Operations
Works closely with: Head Chef (aligned through Group Executive Chef)
Location: 436 Jefferson Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn

• Oversee all daily operations (FOH + BOH alignment)
• Ensure systems, SOPs, and service standards are executed consistently
• Maintain DOH readiness, cleanliness, and organization at all times
• Step into service as needed to support the team

• Lead, coach, and develop managers and hourly staff
• Hire, onboard, and retain strong team members
• Set expectations and hold the team accountable to standards
• Build a culture of discipline, consistency, and performance

• Ensure consistent, high-level hospitality on every shift
• Address guest issues directly and resolve them quickly
• Drive improvements in reviews and repeat business

• Own the P&L for the restaurant
• Manage labor, scheduling, and productivity
• Control costs through ordering, inventory, and waste reduction
• Review reports and take action to improve margins

• Enforce systems (checklists, pars, reporting) across all shifts
• Track and manage key metrics: labor %, COGS %, reviews, comps/voids
• Ensure all managers are executing at a high level

• 4+ years in restaurant management, including 1+ year as GM or strong AGM
• 2+ years managing a $2M+ unit (required)
• Strong leader who can build and hold a team accountable
• Operationally sharp — understands both service and numbers
• Direct, organized, and solutions-driven
• Comfortable being fully accountable for results

• Full P&L ownership of a high-volume Brooklyn restaurant (~$3M trajectory)
• Opportunity to stabilize and improve an already strong unit
• Direct impact on performance, team, and guest experience
• Work closely with ownership on operations and growth
• Clear path into larger roles, new openings, or multi-unit responsibility

• $85K–$95K base salary (based on experience)
• Performance-based bonus tied to restaurant profitability and key metrics
• Strong performance typically brings total compensation into the $95K–$110K+ range
• Health, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k)
• Dining benefits across NOWON locations