Food and Beverage Associate

Midtown Athletic Club; Town of Palatine (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Complimentary club membership

Discounts on Midtown products and/or\n

Access to hundreds of free courses for

Health insurance for eligible full‑tim

Job summary

Midtown Athletic Club in Palatine, IL is seeking a friendly Food & Beverage Associate to enhance our restaurant experience. You will take orders, serve, and deliver meals, suggesting options while maintaining a clean and safe workspace.

The role offers opportunities to build relationships with members and staff. Availability for full-time or part-time work (30+ hours/week) is required, with weekends and closing shifts (4pm-9pm) preferred.

Qualifications

• Excellent professional references.
• A passion for helping others.
• Display kindness.
• Bring optimism to work each day.
• Willingness to listen to constructive feedback and apply it moving forward.

Responsibilities

• Serve and deliver members' meals and smoothies with pride.
• Clean and maintain a sanitary workspace.
• Collect accurate and efficient orders from customers.
• Handle money and payment information with integrity and proficiency.
• Build lasting relationships with members and staff through conversation.

Skills

Excellent professional references

Passion for helping others

Kindness

Optimism

Willingness to listen to feedback

Tools

ServSafe certification

Job description

Midtown is looking for a friendly and driven Food & Beverage Associate to enhance our stellar restaurant experience.

On site at a Midtown Athletic Club location: 1760 N Hicks Rd, Palatine, IL 60074.

What You’ll Do

Our Food & Beverage Associates are “people persons” to their core, motivated by helping others, and passionate about delivering the best experience through food and connections. As an integral part of our F&B team, you’ll be serving and assisting our customers by taking their orders, servicing, and delivering orders, suggesting delicious meal & drink options, and doing so, while maintaining a safe & sanitary workspace.

Why You’ll Love It

You’ll be joining a team that takes “collaboration” to another level. We work together to support all aspects of the food & beverage experience and we don’t hesitate to step outside our comfort zones to help one another be successful. This is a unique learning opportunity for you to become familiar with multiple areas of the business, including fitness, racquet sports, and spa. We offer full‑time associates benefits (health insurance, dental, vision, 401K, PTO/ Sick time, Maternity & Paternity leave).

What Your Days Will Look Like

• Serving and delivering our members favorite meals and smoothies with pride
• Cleaning and maintaining a sanitary workspace
• Collecting accurate and efficient orders from our customers
• Handling money and payment information with integrity and proficiency
• Building lasting relationships with current members and staff through social interactions and conversation.

You’d Be a Great Fit If You Have…

• Excellent professional references
• A passion for helping others
• Display Kindness
• Bring optimism to work each day
• A willingness to listen to constructive feedback and apply it moving forward

Bonus Points if You Have:

• Previous experience in the food & beverage industry
• Teamwork and collaboration as part of your DNA
• Current ServSafe certification
• An insatiable desire to deliver exceptionally consistent and meticulously prepared food & beverages as their language of hospitality.

The Other Stuff

Our food and beverage team is “on stage”, on time and ready to deliver our best work. We anticipate problems and do our best to take preventative measures for our members. At times, we host member events that include the food & beverage department.

Compensation

$16-$17 based on experience.

*Note: Must have availability on weekends and closing shifts (4pm-9pm)

Availability

Looking for full and part‑time availability (30+ hours per week)

We would hate to miss out on your application because you do not meet every requirement – transferrable skills and education will also be considered.

MIDTOWN is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Our Company

We work at Midtown to inspire people to transform their lives—and we do our job well. Our members stay longer than any other major athletic club chain in North America because we are committed to providing resort-like environments, personal attention, and strong communities at every one of our clubs. We believe all three of those pillars start with attracting and growing rock star talent at every level of our organization.

Who We Want

We’re looking for people that share our core values: kind individuals who want to win together, see things as the glass half full, are passionate about helping others, and strive to always be better than yesterday.

Associate Benefits

• Complimentary club membership
• Discounts on Midtown products and services
• Access to hundreds of free courses for professional development
• Health insurance for eligible full‑time associates (30+ hours a week)
• And more