General Manager

Urban Grub At 12th South, L.L.C.; Urban (KY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Grub is seeking a hands-on General Manager to lead our Nashville-area restaurant group with a focus on exceptional hospitality and operational excellence. You will develop managers, optimize financial performance, and own day-to-day execution across dining room, kitchen, bar, and events.

The ideal candidate has restaurant group management experience, a proven track record of building strong leadership, and a hands-on, communicative leadership style.

Qualifications

• Requires hands-on experience managing multiple restaurants.
• Proven ability to develop strong management teams and deliver results.
• Strong knowledge of P&L, labor planning, and cost controls.
• Excellent communication and leadership across front and back of house.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations with an active floor presence.
• Hire, train, and develop managers and staff with clear accountability.
• Manage labor, purchasing, inventory, and cost controls.
• Coordinate across dining room, kitchen, bar, and events.
• Maintain hospitality standards, food safety, cleanliness, and execution.

Skills

Group management

People development

P&L management

Ops leadership

Job description

Urban Grub is seeking a hands-on General Manager with restaurant group management experience to lead our team and daily operations. We're looking for an experienced operator who develops people, delivers exceptional hospitality, and takes ownership of the restaurant's performance.

Since opening in 2012, Urban Grub has brought casual fine dining to Nashville's 12South neighborhood, with fresh seafood, oysters, dry-aged steaks, and a strong wine and beverage program. Our approach is simple: put guests first, never compromise quality, and take pride in the details.

What you'll lead

• Daily operations and service, with an active presence on the floor.
• Hiring, training, and developing managers and staff, with clear expectations and consistent accountability.
• Financial performance, including labor, purchasing, inventory, and cost controls, without sacrificing the guest experience.
• Coordination across the dining room, kitchen, bar, and private events.
• Consistent standards for hospitality, food safety, cleanliness, and execution.

What you bring

• Restaurant group management experience is required.
• A proven ability to develop strong management teams and deliver operational and financial results.
• Strong working knowledge of P&L management, labor planning, and cost controls.
• A hands-on leadership style, sound judgment, and clear, respectful communication.
• The ability to maintain high standards while building a team that takes pride in its work.

In a City known for putting up platinum food as well as platinum records, Nashville has a bounty of restaurant options but none as unique, exciting and diverse as Urban Grub. Stuffy upscale is out…. Ethnic, healthy, and casual is in which makes Urban Grub a big star on the Nashville dining scene. The Menu is a combination of southern traditions with a "flavored up tweak," Fresh fish and seafood, fresh shucked oysters, smoked and grilled meats and vegetables. A great place for sampling and sharing, with our evolving menu you will always find something new to try at Urban Grub.
What once was a little carwash on the corner of 12th and Gilmore is now a dominating presence in the 12 south District. They could see it but not many could, Jay Pennington from an operational standpoint where Billy Inman sees things from an esthetics point of view, working together things made sense. The design and concept evolved over the 13 months it took to take a little carwash to the multi-environment restaurant/bar/patio/beer garden that opened in April 2012. Urban Grub offers a feeling of coziness with its private cabanas and its many fire pits as well as the open air atmosphere in the beer garden with in-outdoor bar. All custom designs, there is something new and beautiful to be found around each corner.