Food & Beverage Manager
What started as a small garden in a vacant lot in this little inner-city neighborhood, quickly turned into the City of Dallas’ first urban farm. The original farm is 1.25 acres boldly situated in the South Dallas community of Bonton, an area ravaged by generational poverty, crime, and classified by the USDA as a food desert. In 2016, a local family, the Treffingers, were inspired by the mission of Bonton Farms and generously donated 20 acres of land located about 10 miles from the original farm. They loved it so much that when another 20 acre plot adjacent to the original one became available, they purchased it and donated it for further expansion of Bonton Farms. That 40 acre site is what we call "The Bonton Farms Extension". It happens to be one of the largest urban farms in the Unites States. In this unlikely setting, we are cultivating a sustainable and vibrant urban farm with the mission to restore lives, create jobs and ignite hope.
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
- Manage all aspects of daily café operations, including opening/closing procedures, scheduling, and inventory management.
- Ensure compliance with health, safety, and sanitation standards in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.
- Oversee food and beverage service to maintain consistency, quality, and efficiency.
- Collaborate with culinary staff to ensure alignment between menu offerings, farm-to-table integration, and guest satisfaction while meeting Cost of Goods targets.
- Coordinate with Catering Manager to ensure fulfillment of all catering requests with quality food and service.
- Manage inventory to control waste and place orders to maintain par. Maintain and develop external vendor relationships while working closely with our most important internal vendor, the farm.
- Collaborate with Assistant Managers, Kitchen Staff, and HR to recruit, train, and supervise café and coffeeshop team members (including front and back of house as well as coffeeshop baristas).
- Create and manage weekly staff schedules to balance labor costs with service needs.
- Provide coaching, feedback, and performance evaluations to support staff development.
- Foster a positive, inclusive, and mission-driven work culture that reflects Bonton Farms’ values of courage, love, unity, and excellence.
- Submit final payroll reports to HR.
- Promote a welcoming and community-focused atmosphere that engages guests in Bonton Farms’ mission.
- Monitor service quality and respond to customer inquiries, concerns, or complaints with professionalism and care.
- Develop initiatives to enhance customer engagement, repeat business, and community connections
- Monitor and manage café and coffee shop financial performance, including revenue, expenses, labor, and food cost controls.
- Assist in creating budgets, forecasts, and strategies to achieve revenue growth and profit goals.
- Track and report key performance indicators to leadership.
- Partner with leadership to design promotions, special events, and marketing initiatives that drive café visibility and sales.
- Track and report all cash for deposits and transparency.
- Ensure café operations align with Bonton Farms’ broader mission of addressing food insecurity, creating jobs, and empowering community members.
- Provide support and mentorship opportunities to apprentices and neighbors engaged in workforce development programs.
- Collaborate with farm and market teams to increase the use of Bonton-grown produce in café offerings.
- Minimum of 3–5 years of restaurant management experience required.
- Proven leadership ability to recruit, train, and motivate staff in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong knowledge of restaurant operations, including food safety, financial management, and customer service best practices.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with flexibility and accountability.
- Passion for community building and alignment with the mission and values of Bonton Farms.
- Flexible schedule required, including some evenings, weekends, and holidays.
- Fast-paced café and restaurant environment with periods of standing, lifting, and active floor management.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Our Mission
Transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where change yields health, wholeness and opportunity as the norm.
Vision
The change in Bonton becomes the change in the World.
Core Principal
Our values are bathed in our Christian faith, born out of a passion for people and guide how we put them into action.
What is Bonton?
For the last 200 years, racial injustice and systemic oppression prevented opportunities in Bonton, a community in South Dallas, that were a given elsewhere. People here experienced higher rates of diabetes, stroke and cancer, and 48% of residents lived in poverty. Residents have been denied access to the seven human essentials that are necessary to survive and thrive - health & wellness, economic stability, safe and affordable housing, transportation, a sense of belonging, education and access to fair credit. Today, the community is transforming, and healing is coming from within.
Who We Are
Bonton Farms is on a mission is to transform lives by disrupting systems of inequity, laying a foundation where health, wholeness, and opportunity are the norm for all people. While many nonprofits work to solve one issue, Bonton Farms focuses on place-based interventions to build community capacity for long-term change. As the ecosystem of community resources improves, the neighbors in Bonton use these resources to build successful, self-sufficient lives, ultimately interrupting the impact of decades of disenfranchisement. Bonton Farms’ programs focus on the all of the seven human essentials that the community has been denied for so long. We invite you to come and join us in the transformation!
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