General Manager

General Manager - Independent Tea & Coffee Cafe

Denver, CO Full-time, salaried Daytime hours

We're an independent tea and coffee cafe near Cherry Creek, open since 2012. We just launched a daily dim sum and bao lunch service, we hold a wine & beer license, and we are looking for an experienced operator to run the whole thing.

No nights. No corporate. One location that is actually yours to run.

Most GM jobs come with night shifts and a regional manager. This one comes with neither.

You'll be home for dinner. We re a daytime operation 6:30 to 5:00 PM, with dim sum service from 10 AM to 3 PM. If you re good at this work but done with midnight closes and split weekends, that s the whole pitch.

You'll actually make decisions. There's no corporate playbook to follow and no district manager to route things through. You'll set the schedule, manage the P&L, order the product, and build the team. The owner will stay involved on strategy and finances, but the floor is yours.

There is something to build. The dim sum program is new. We run frozen-to-service through a Convotherm combi oven with supply relationships already in place, and there is real room to grow the breakfast and lunch business, catering, and the beverage program. We hold a liquor license, so wine and beer service is part of the picture too.

We're not looking for a placeholder. The owner wants a long-term partner in this business who could grow into a much role over time.

• Daily operations across cafe service, the dim sum lunch program, and beverage
  
• Scheduling and labor cost our biggest lever and our biggest current opportunity
  
• Ordering, inventory, vendor relationships, and COGS management
  
• Hiring, training, and developing a small team
  
• Health department compliance and food safety standards
  
• Cash handling, daily reconciliation, and POS reporting (we run Toast)
  
• Guest experience and the review profile that comes with it
  
• Working the floor and the line during peak.
  
• This is a hands-on role in a small shop (32 seats inside, 35 patio seats)
  

Required

• 3+ years managing a restaurant, cafe , or fast-casual operation
  
• Real P&L experience where you've owned food and labor cost, not just watched them
  
• Comfortable working service alongside your team, not just managing it
  
• ServSafe Manager certification, or willing to get it before you start
  
• Colorado alcohol server certification, or willing to get it
  

What actually makes someone great here

• You've run a small-format, high-volume operation
  
• You're organized enough to make an 11 AM to 1 PM rush look calm
  
• You can read a P&L and tell us what s wrong with it
  
• You like tea and coffee, or you are curious enough to learn it properly
  
• Experience with Asian/Fusion food operations is a plus, not a requirement
  
• We don't need a culinary degree, or multi-unit experience.
  

Salary: $66,000 $75,000 per year, depending on experience.

Other compensation: Eligible for a performance bonus tied to annual revenue and profitability targets, set in writing at hire.

Benefits

• Health Insurance (Employer Provided)
  
• 10 Days Paid Vacation per year
  
• Quarterly Bonus potential based on performance
  
• Paid sick leave in accordance with the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act
  
• Shift meals and staff discount
  

Send a resume and a short note a few sentences is fine telling us about one operational problem you fixed and what it saved. That tells us more than a cover letter will.

Apply through Poached, or email to jheese at allanmark dot com

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.