Server Assistant

Café Exchange is a new gathering place coming to The Park in Berkeley Heights, blending culture, coffee, and community in a space designed for connection, conversation, and a little time to unwind. With artisan drinks, fresh pastries, thoughtfully prepared food, live events, and a cozy library-inspired atmosphere, Café Exchange is being built as a place people will want to return to throughout the day.

We’re looking for a Server Assistant who notices the details and understands how much they matter to a guest’s experience. You’ll help keep the café polished, comfortable, and ready throughout the day by supporting food and beverage service, clearing and resetting tables, maintaining guest areas, and anticipating what the team needs before they have to ask. You’ll also interact with guests throughout your shift, so warmth, awareness, and a genuine willingness to help are just as important as working quickly.

How You’ll Make an Impact

• How You’ll Make an Impact
• Support food and beverage service with care and precision, helping create a seamless experience from arrival through departure.
• Deliver food and beverages promptly and with careful attention to presentation.
• Clear, clean, and reset tables discreetly while maintaining a polished and welcoming café environment.
• Anticipate guest needs, recognizing opportunities to assist before being asked.
• Maintain water, glassware, serviceware, and other guest necessities throughout service.
• Keep guest-facing spaces and service stations clean, organized, stocked, and beautifully presented.
• Work closely with Baristas, Cooks, and the café team to keep service coordinated and effortless.
• Support setup, breakdown, and service for daily operations, events, and special experiences.
• Respond promptly and discreetly to anything that could affect guest comfort or the appearance of the space.
• Follow food safety, sanitation, responsible alcohol service, and workplace safety standards.

What You’ll Bring

• Previous experience in a restaurant, café, hotel, or other hospitality environment; upscale or luxury service experience is a plus.
• A natural awareness of your surroundings and the ability to anticipate what guests and the service team need.
• A warm, polished presence and the ability to engage with guests naturally and professionally.
• Strong attention to detail, presentation, and the small touches that shape the guest experience.
• The ability to move with purpose and efficiency while remaining composed and discreet.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work seamlessly with both front- and back-of-house teams.
• Dependability, sound judgment, and a team-first mindset.
• The ability to remain organized, attentive, and composed during busy service periods.
• Ability to stand and remain active for extended periods and safely perform the physical requirements of the role.
• Availability to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Supporting Your Success

• Choice of Company-subsidized medical plan options
• Generous employer pension contribution
• Robust paid time off program and paid holidays
• Meal discounts and additional lifestyle and entertainment perks
• Career growth opportunities within a dynamic and evolving organization

The best hospitality often happens before a guest ever has to ask. At Café Exchange, we’re looking for someone who notices the details, anticipates what’s needed, and takes pride in helping every experience feel seamless and thoughtfully cared for. If that sounds like the way you naturally work, we’d love to have you help us bring Café Exchange to life from the very beginning.

While we leverage technology to support our recruiting process, every application is personally reviewed by a member of our Human Resources team because we recognize that behind every resume is a person, a career journey, and a genuine interest in joining our organization.

Table & Banter Hospitality is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and respected. We make all employment decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex, pregnancy or breastfeeding, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, genetic information, liability for military service, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We believe exceptional hospitality begins with exceptional people and are committed to creating a workplace where every team member can thrive. We participate in the federal E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility for newly hired employees.

Pay: $17.50 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Application Question(s):

• Do you have previous experience in a restaurant, café, hotel, or other guest-facing hospitality environment?
• Are you comfortable supporting food and beverage service, including running food, clearing and resetting tables, maintaining guest areas, and anticipating service needs?
• Are you available to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed?
• Please note that we conduct comprehensive pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process. Are you comfortable proceeding with this requirement?

Ability to Commute:

• Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922 (Required)

Work Location: In person