Required Years of Experience
2 years
Job Details
Build a Career. Become an Exceptional Operator.
At Brinkerhoff Hospitality, we don't just hire restaurant managers—we develop exceptional operators.
Through structured training, hands-on coaching, meaningful leadership opportunities, and a commitment to promoting from within, we're invested in helping ambitious leaders build long-term careers in hospitality.
We're looking for people who want more than their next position. We're looking for future General Managers and company leaders who are excited to grow alongside an independent hospitality company with an exciting future.
Our third Savina's Mexican Kitchen opens this fall in Loveland, marking our fifth restaurant overall—with additional concepts already in development. As we continue to grow, we're building our leadership bench today for tomorrow's opportunities.
If you're passionate about leading people, creating memorable guest experiences, and becoming a stronger operator every year, we'd love to meet you.
Where You'll Work
Brinkerhoff Hospitality proudly operates restaurants across the Denver metro area, including:
- Downtown Denver – Savina's Mexican Kitchen
- Lone Tree – Sierra
- Castle Rock – Savina's Mexican Kitchen, The Brinkerhoff, and Bar Hummingbird
- Loveland – Savina's Mexican Kitchen (Opening Fall 2026)
Restaurant Managers may support any of our locations based on business needs, leadership opportunities, and professional development. As our company grows, many leaders gain experience at multiple restaurants, broadening their operational expertise and preparing them for future advancement.
Our Culture of Care
Exceptional hospitality begins with care.
We believe the guest experience is shaped by every detail—our people, our products, our restaurants, and the pride we take in each of them. By caring deeply for one another and everything that creates the guest experience, memorable hospitality naturally follows.
Everything we do is guided by four core values:
Positive Mental Attitude
Attitude is a choice. Every day, we choose optimism, resilience, professionalism, and solutions.
Serve With Heart
Whether serving guests or teammates, genuine hospitality begins with caring for others and taking pride in creating meaningful experiences.
Team First
Restaurants are a team sport. We thrive by supporting one another, communicating openly, and celebrating shared success.
Better Every Day
Great operators never stop learning. We challenge ourselves to improve every day—for our guests, our teams, and ourselves.
Leadership Development Program
One of the things that makes Brinkerhoff Hospitality different is our commitment to developing leaders from within.
Our Leadership Development Program combines structured training, operational systems, financial acumen, servant leadership, and hands-on coaching to help managers become confident, well-rounded operators.
Many of our General Managers and leadership opportunities are filled internally. As our company continues to grow, those opportunities often include leading different restaurants, opening new locations, and taking on broader leadership responsibilities. If you're willing to learn, embrace feedback, and continue growing, we'll invest in helping you build a long-term career with us.
Who Thrives Here?
The people who succeed at Brinkerhoff Hospitality are naturally curious. They ask questions, seek feedback, and are never satisfied with "good enough." They enjoy coaching others, embrace accountability, and understand that leadership means serving both their team and their guests.
As we continue to grow, many of our leadership opportunities are filled from within. Growth creates opportunity—and opportunity often creates movement. Our most successful leaders embrace the chance to learn different restaurants, support different teams, and grow wherever they're needed most.
If you're looking for a company that values growth as much as performance, you'll fit right in.
What You'll Do
As a Restaurant Manager, you'll lead daily operations while developing people, strengthening systems, and creating memorable guest experiences.
Lead People
- Recruit, hire, coach, and develop future leaders.
- Build a culture rooted in accountability, hospitality, and respect.
- Deliver meaningful coaching through daily feedback and pre-shift meetings.
- Help identify and prepare tomorrow's leaders.
Lead Operations
- Deliver exceptional execution in food, beverage, cleanliness, and service.
- Drive strong financial performance through labor, inventory, and cost management.
- Execute operational systems with consistency and attention to detail.
- Uphold company standards throughout every shift.
Lead Hospitality
- Lead from the floor by supporting your team and engaging with guests.
- Build lasting relationships with guests and within the local community.
- Resolve guest concerns with confidence, empathy, and professionalism.
- Create memorable experiences that keep guests coming back.
What It Takes to Succeed
Previous restaurant leadership experience is important, but we're even more interested in your potential to learn, lead, and grow.
The strongest candidates are curious, humble, driven, and genuinely enjoy helping others succeed.
You'll be successful if you bring:
- Two or more years of restaurant leadership experience in a full-service restaurant.
- A bachelor's degree is preferred but not required.
- A solid operational foundation and a desire to continue learning.
- The ability to coach, develop, and inspire others.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- A high level of accountability and follow-through.
- Curiosity about the business side of restaurants, including labor, food cost, beverage cost, and financial performance.
- A growth mindset and a willingness to receive coaching.
- Flexibility to support and, as opportunities arise, grow into leadership roles across our restaurant locations.
- The ambition to build a long-term career with a growing hospitality company.
Why Brinkerhoff Hospitality?
- Leadership Development Program designed to develop future General Managers and company leaders.
- Clear opportunities for advancement through internal promotion.
- Growing independent hospitality company with additional concepts already in development.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Employee dining program.
- Five-day work week.
- Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
- Ongoing leadership coaching and professional development.
Our Concepts
Savina's Mexican Kitchen
Downtown Denver Castle Rock Loveland (Opening Fall 2026)
Polished casual Mexican featuring scratch cooking, award-winning margaritas, and warm hospitality.
Sierra
Lone Tree
Upscale casual American with Southwestern influences, wood-fired cooking, handcrafted cocktails, and an extensive wine program.
The Brinkerhoff
Castle Rock
An elevated dining experience centered on refined food, exceptional hospitality, and memorable service.
Bar Hummingbird
Castle Rock
An intimate cocktail bar focused on exceptional beverages, elevated hospitality, and memorable guest experiences.
Your Career Starts Here
We believe our greatest competitive advantage isn't our restaurants—it's our people. That's why we invest in creating careers, not simply filling positions.
If you're looking for a company that will challenge you, invest in your development, and provide real opportunities for advancement, we'd love to meet you.
Bring your work ethic, curiosity, and passion for hospitality. We'll provide the coaching, support, and opportunities to help you become the leader you're capable of being.
As Brinkerhoff Hospitality continues to grow, we're looking for leaders who are excited to grow with us.
Compensation Details
Compensation: Salary ($80,000.00 - $95,000.00)
Benefits & Perks: Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Paid Time Off, Dining Discounts, 2 days off per week.
Required Skills
Leadership Development
Coaching and Mentoring
Team Building
Conflict Resolution
Customer Service Excellence
Operational Efficiency
Financial Management
Adaptability
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Part of Brinkerhoff Hospitality
Brinkerhoff Hospitality is a Colorado-based restaurant company built around a simple belief: we're not in the business of restaurants—we're in the business of making people feel seen. Restaurants are just how we do it.
Our collection of restaurants includes Savina's Mexican Kitchen, Sierra, The Brinkerhoff, and Bar Hummingbird—distinct concepts united by a shared commitment to genuine hospitality, great food and beverage, and taking care of people.
We are an independent, growing hospitality company, but growth for us isn't simply about opening more restaurants. It's about building great teams and creating opportunities for talented people to grow with us.
We're serious about hospitality.
To us, great hospitality isn't scripted. It starts with noticing people—our guests and each other. It's warmth at the front door. A manager recognizing when a guest needs something before being asked. A teammate stepping in because it's the right thing to do. It's creating restaurants where people genuinely feel cared for.
We're serious about development, too.
We believe great leaders create more leaders. Our managers are expected to coach, teach, give people ownership, and help their teams develop the judgment to make great decisions. We're continuing to invest in stronger training and development at every level of the organization, creating clearer paths for people who want to build meaningful careers in hospitality.
We also believe high standards and genuine care belong together. We expect a lot from our teams—and we believe in giving people the training, feedback, support, and opportunity they need to meet those expectations.
Who thrives here?
People who are warm, curious, hardworking, and humble. People who take pride in what they do. People who care about the details without losing sight of the person in front of them. People who want feedback, want responsibility, and want to keep getting better.
You don't need to have every answer when you join us. We care about what you know, but we're equally interested in how you think, how you treat people, and where you want to go next.
As Brinkerhoff Hospitality continues to grow across Colorado, we're looking for hospitality professionals who want to grow with us—from talented hourly team members beginning their careers to experienced leaders ready for their next challenge.
If you're looking for a company where you can contribute, be challenged, develop others, and continue developing yourself, we'd love to meet you.
Better Every Day.
