Work at the house.
How we pay
Bar Guide
We are hiring two Bar Guides — the same seat, held by two people, so the house is in a guide's hands every hour it is open.
The role
This is the heart of the Atelier. The Bar Guide is the person a guest spends their visit with — not a bartender pouring drinks, but a guide to an experience. You read the room, meet people where they are, and lead them somewhere they didn't expect to go. What you pour matters. How you make someone feel while you pour it matters more.
After an intensive onboarding, you own your craft and your guests. (Yes, this is the bartender — we simply ask more of the role than the title usually carries.) You will be trained by the founders, working beside them, shaping what every person after you inherits.
Hours & autonomy
Full-time and salaried, on a set four-day week with three consecutive days of rest — always together, never split.
The house serves noon to five and six to eight, Monday through Saturday, pausing from five to six as the room resets; Sundays, noon to six. On Counter evenings — Wednesday through Saturday, beginning in November — the house serves two seated tastings and closes at ten. Your four days rotate on a set monthly rhythm between the two halves of the week, so weekends, quiet days, and Counter evenings belong to both guides equally. The rotation is drawn and posted a month ahead — spoken plainly, never sprung.
Once trained, you run your shifts with real independence. You own the bar and the experience in front of you — the recommendations, the pacing, the standard — without waiting to be told. You work directly with the founders, who hold the welcome beside you; at RIENNE, the pour belongs to the craft, and every glass is yours.
What the work is
- Guiding the experience. You host, converse, and recommend. Every guest leaves feeling they were the only person you were tending to.
- Fluency in flavor. You're comfortable with taste — building it, describing it, pairing it — and can make a flavor sound like something a person wants before they've tried it.
- Learning, openly. You take real initiative in your own craft. You're curious, you ask, and you absorb from everyone around you.
- Teaching, generously. What you learn, you pass on. As we grow, you help shape the people who come after you.
- Holding the standard. The bar, the glassware, the pacing, your own presentation — all immaculate, without exception.
Who you are
Character carries more weight here than a résumé. We are looking for the person, first — and these are the marks of them:
- A natural with people. Warm, present, genuinely interested in the person in front of you.
- Intuitive. You sense what a guest needs before they say it, and you keep a quiet grace even when the room is full.
- Comfortable and curious with flavor — whether you come from hospitality, beverage, kitchen, or somewhere unexpected. Experience in fine or luxury service is a lovely plus, not a gate.
- A giver and a taker of knowledge. You learn fast and teach freely; ego stays out of it.
- Self-directed. Trained well, then trusted to execute on your own.
- Polished. Uniform immaculate, every detail considered. You carry yourself the way the space is held.
- Genuinely drawn to the zero-proof world — you believe in it, and it shows.
How we work
RIENNE is lean and intentional. Roles here aren't narrow — everyone hosts, everyone represents the brand, everyone makes a guest feel like the only person in the room. We don't run on tips. Compensation is salary — stable and predictable, never dependent on the night. We operate on a simple principle: earning the trust of our patrons is the highest form of gratification. That trust is the work, and the reward.
What we offer
- Compensation: $60,000 base, plus a company bonus to roughly $65,000 on target — earned when RIENNE hits its company-wide growth goals. One goal, shared by everyone; the plan is set out plainly at hiring.
- Up to $400 a month toward your health insurance premium — reimbursed against the coverage you choose.
- Uniforms provided — and worn immaculately.
- An honest note: we don't offer a group medical plan yet — the monthly contribution is where we begin, and a fuller plan is on the roadmap as we grow.
To apply
Write to us at karen@rienne.co with a note about yourself and the flavors you love. We read every one. If we see the makings of a fit, we begin with a conversation — and then a day together behind the bar, paid, so we can meet each other properly.
RIENNE is an equal opportunity employer. The house is built on welcome — hiring is no exception.
