Barback - Full-time
Posted on October 24, 2025
Tom's Watch Bar is a dynamic and fast-growing restaurant and bar concept that offers the ultimate sports watching entertainment experience. Known for its robust tagline of "All the Sports, All the Time," the establishment provides a broad and highly curated sports programming lineup. This programming encompasses a variety of sports ranging from collegiate to professional and international competitions, covering major events, prize fights, as well as emerging, obscure, and outrageous sports. One of the hallmark features of Tom's Watch Bar is its central oversized "stadium" screen, which is surrounded by hundreds of additional screens, enabling a 360-degree viewing experience so that every seat in the house is effectively the best seat for watching sports. This innovative setup ensures that customers consistently enjoy an engaging and immersive environment regardless of where they are seated within the venue.
As a fast-growing and exciting new concept in the restaurant and bar industry, Tom's Watch Bar is dedicated to providing an unmatched guest experience through exceptional service and a high-energy atmosphere centered on sports entertainment. The company continually strives to maintain a clean, organized, and well-equipped environment that supports an exceptional guest experience.
The Barback position at Tom's Watch Bar plays a critical support role within the bar and lounge operations. This role is crucial for ensuring that all bar and lounge equipment and supplies are maintained at optimal levels throughout operating hours to facilitate seamless service to guests. The primary responsibility of the Barback is to work closely with the bartenders and the bar team to ensure that all supplies, including ice, glasses, cocktail napkins, and other necessary items, are well-stocked and readily available. Moreover, the Barback assists bartenders by monitoring the bar areas for cleanliness and replenishing supplies as needed, thereby ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow behind the bar.
Other key functions of the Barback include setting up all bar areas properly before opening, maintaining the overall tidiness and orderliness of the bar and lounge space, operating glasswashing machinery, and managing the replacement and cleanliness of glassware. Regular cleaning activities such as sweeping and mopping bar areas and handling mat replacements at the end of each shift are also essential duties associated with this position. The Barback ensures that the bar environment runs efficiently by supporting the team in logistical and upkeep tasks, allowing bartenders to focus on delivering excellent customer service.
The role demands a candidate who is accustomed to a fast-paced environment and able to communicate effectively with bar staff. Physical stamina is also important as the position requires repetitive bending, pushing, pulling, lifting up to 35 to 50 pounds, and continuous standing for extended periods. These physical demands are essential for performing tasks such as stocking bar supplies, cleaning, and maintaining the overall bar area.
Tom's Watch Bar values its employees and offers competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, a deferred retirement plan with company match, and paid time off. This comprehensive benefits package underscores Tom's commitment to supporting its team members and fostering a positive, productive work environment. Overall, the Barback position offers an excellent opportunity to be part of an innovative and growing concept in the sports bar and restaurant industry, with the chance to contribute to an engaging sports entertainment experience for all guests.
- Repeated bending, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 35 lbs required
- Ability to identify proper solutions
- Repeated lifting, pushing, pulling, and carrying up to 50 lbs cases of liquor, glasses, trash cans, mopping and sweeping
- Bending/kneeling required to clean and stock bar areas
- Ability to mop and sweep, lift items above head to stock and bend to pick up items
- Continuous standing in order to stock and clean bar and lounge areas