General Manager

Bellecour, Gavin Kaysen’s French-influenced café and bistro in the North Loop neighborhood of Downtown Minneapolis, is looking for an experienced General Manager.

This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who loves hospitality, takes pride in the details, and wants to be part of creating a restaurant that people genuinely care about.

What You’ll Do

• Lead day-to-day front-of-house operations and set the standard for hospitality
• Coach and develop the management and service teams
• Oversee hiring, training, scheduling, and team development
• Lead service from the floor, managing pacing, guest experience, and problem-solving
• Partner closely with the kitchen and leadership teams to ensure smooth operations
• Manage special events, menu changes, and other service initiatives
• Maintain strong operational and administrative systems, including POS, menus, reporting, and employee documentation
• Ensure consistently high standards across service, presentation, and restaurant operations

What We’re Looking For

• Meaningful restaurant management experience, ideally in a high-quality, full-service environment
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills
• A genuine passion for hospitality and developing people
• Calm, thoughtful, and solutions-oriented under pressure
• Hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable leading from the floor
• Excellent judgment and ability to balance guest, team, and business needs
• Evening and weekend availability, with flexibility to support the café and broader business as needed

This is an opportunity to work alongside a hospitality team with a proven track record of building award-winning restaurants that have helped push the standard of culinary and hospitality excellence both regionally and nationally.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off (PTO), in accordance with Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time law, is accrued at a rate of 1 hour per 30 hours worked and is available for use as soon as it is accrued.
• Employer-subsidized health, dental, accident, life, and short term disability insurance plans are available to Full-Time employees (30+ hours worked per week) after 90 days of employment.
• A 401(k) retirement plan with company matching is available to Full-Time employees after one year of service and 1,000 hours worked and to Part-Time employees after two consecutive years of service and at least 500 hours worked per year.
• Free and unlimited access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services.
• Access to YMCA's Corporate Wellness Program.
• Discounted employee dining at Spoon and Stable.

Soigné Hospitality Group was created by Chef Gavin Kaysen, chef and owner of Spoon and Stable, Demi, Bellecour, and KZ Provisioning. We believe that taking care of employees is the best way to take care of our guests. With that in mind, we work hard to create work environments that are inspirational and exciting and offer opportunities for professional development throughout the duration of every team member’s tenure. Last but certainly not least, we are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

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