Server - Davenport's Pizza Palace
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
About the Job
We are hiring Servers at Davenport's Pizza Palace! Davenport's is a family-owned pizza restaurant that has been a Birmingham staple since 1964.
What we offer:
- Competitive hourly rates with opportunity for pay increases and promotion to leadership roles
- Servers make excellent tips with high check averages and multiple table sections
- Full-time or part-time positions available.
- Flexible scheduling, ability to work nights and weekends preferred
- Training with opportunity to cross-train in multiple areas
- Free pizza every shift, 50% discount on non-working days
- Locally-owned business, family-friendly atmosphere
Job Duties:
- Engage with guests in a friendly manner, greet each table in a timely fashion upon entering the restaurant and upon seating
- Assist guests with ordering and understanding the menu, describe our specials, provide suggestions
- Balance tables effectively to ensure a table does not go too long between contacts
- Coordinate with salad host to get salads out to tables promptly, input orders quickly and communicate with pizza makers to avoid longer lead times
- Periodically check on guests to ensure their needs are met and their experience is up to our standards
- Answer phones quickly and in a friendly manner, coordinate with pizza makers to quote prompt and accurate lead times
- Manage the cash register by taking payment quickly and effectively, making accurate change, and engaging with the customer about their experience
- Assist with running food to tables, making salads, keeping the restaurant clean, and taking care of guests' needs
- Perform open/close duties as assigned including food prep and cleaning of the restaurant
Qualifications:
- Experience is not required, but must be hard-working and eager to learn
- Be proactive in performing job duties
- Good communication skills and be able to work as a team as well as independently
- Strong attention to detail
- Be able to maintain a standing position for an extended period of time
- Jefferson County Food Handler's card is preferred, ability to obtain one is required
Family Owned and Operated Since 1964.
Naming the Business
Rex Hollis named the restaurant after his friend, Jim “Peanut” Davenport, who was a professional baseball player with the San Francisco Giants. They grew up together in Siluria, AL. The Giants had just come off of the losing end of an attempt at the 1962 World Series, so Davenport was a familiar name in the area when Jim Davenport’s Pizza Palace opened in 1964.
Getting Started
Getting the business started was no easy task. Rex and Ardyce Hollis lived right across the street from the restaurant on Brook Manor Drive in Mountain Brook Village, and they both worked 90 hour weeks to get the store off the ground. Rex would walk pizza from the restaurant to the neighboring houses to introduce folks to this unfamiliar food. Fortunately, the community took a liking to pizza pretty quickly, and the rest is history.
Where We Are Now
The business remains in the same family and has celebrated over 50 years in the Mountain Brook Village community. To this day, we still only offer pizza and salad, but the key is that we do one thing, and we do it well. We also recognize the fact that without our loyal generations of customers, we would cease to exist. We thank our customers for their continued support! Here’s to another 50 years and to our new location opening in the Vestavia City Center in 2022!