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Line Cooks, Garde Manger & Summer Chef-Intern Positions

We are currently hiring full time experienced line cooks for our Devon Avenue location.
Additionally, we will be placing 2 full time Chef Interns for the summer months of June-August, 2009.
Please e-mail your resume to Executive Chef Brian Millman via:  Brian@uncommonground.com
Please put "Garde Manger",  "line cook" or "summer intern" in the subject line of your e-mail.
No Phone Calls Please!


uncommon ground, 2 independent restaurants located in the heart of Wrigleyville & a new,  greener location in Historic Edgewater, are open for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner daily and feature contemporary comfort cuisine with an emphasis on seasonal, regional, organic ingredients. The bar features famous house-infused organic cocktails,

a selection of craft beers and an eclectic American wine list. 

Come enjoy the tree-lined sidewalk café in the summer & 2 warm, cozy fireplaces in the winter.  National music acts perform nightly in an intimate acoustic listening room while art openings feature local Chicago artists.

 

“First Certified Organic Roof Top Farm in the Country” – M.O.S.A.

 

“Winner of the prestigious USGBC Environmotion Award” - May, 2009

 

“Best new restaurants 2008” – Chicago Magazine

 

“Best New Breakfast Spot 2008” – Time Out Chicago

 

Additional Information:

 

Uncommon Ground Devon hosts the “green room sessions”,

a monthly eco-mixer, featuring 10-12 of the top “eco-experts” speaking on different environmental themes.  Free passed appetizers feature products from our roof top farm, green city market or a local farmer that we regularly work with.

 

June-October:  “Farmer Fridays” our organic Farmer’s Market in the parking lot at uncommon ground Devon every Friday 4-8pm, Featuring Harvest Moon Organic Farm.  Working with the community and inviting other like-minded businesses to share their vision of sustainability, fundraising, etc.. at booths throughout the market.

 

Spring-Fall, we teach gardening to the 3rd grade class of the Waldorf School 2 days a week in the organic roof top farm.

 

Uncommon ground donates the restaurants used fryer oil to the Loyola University Bio-Diesel program.

 

100% of all wood products in the restaurant were produced using timber from fallen trees in Jackson Park.

 

5 Solar-Thermal panels help heat the restaurants water.




uncommon ground Edgewater Now Hiring:

Food Runners - Full Time

 Full & Part Time AM Servers

Please apply in person at 1401 West Devon Avenue

No phone calls please!


uncommon ground Wrigleyville Now Hiring:

 Food Runner: Part time - weekends & Cubs game days

Please apply in person at 3800 North Clark Street

No phone calls please!



Music Promotion / Publicity Internship

We're looking for promotion/publicity interns to help build a community and audience for our

arts programming calendar. This includes street team campaigns, outreach to our

surrounding community and other communities that we want to connect with, as well as the

press. We're looking for people who can handle online promotions on blogs, message

boards, and forums, as well as people who enjoy walking around the neighborhood dropping

off our music calendar and posters.

Experience: Some experience in promoting an event online or via street marketing desired.

Or some experience in working with press desired for publicity position. We're also open to

teaching someone the ropes in these fields if they are serious an committed.

Related Skills and Attributes : proof reading (for publicity position), good writing skills (for

publicity position), organized and detail oriented. We're looking for creative and analytical

thinkers, people who are not afraid to talk to other people about what we're doing, an

understanding of how to “sell” our programs to a related audience. We need folks who are

interested in what we do and the music we present, and people who are self motivated and

self starters.

Candidates need to have their own computer with Internet connection, work under deadlines,

pay attention to detail, have up to 15hrs a week time to commit to this internship, and be

responsible and accountable for the work needed. There are two branches to this internship,

publicity and promotions. You can do one of those or both depending on your interest, prior

knowledge, and/or time available to commit.

This position is open immediately and is open ended, minimum commitment of 3-6 months.

Serious inquiries only please. Please contact 'david (at) uncommonground dot com”

Uncommon Ground

www.uncommonground.com

3800 n. clark street . chicago, il . 773-929-3680

1401 w. devon avenue . chicago, il . 773-465-9801


Music Programming / Booking Internship

We're looking for a programming/booking intern to help the programming department in

producing their monthly calendar of events at both locations. We're looking for someone who

can help us expand on our 18 year reputation of presenting exceptional singer songwriters,

original bands, innovative emerging artists, and now, interesting world music and jazz artists.

Experience: Some previous experience in producing an event in some form. More so,

willingness to learn.

Related Qualifications: Very strong interest in music programing in relationship to live events,

Interest in the kind of events Uncommon Ground presents, Organized and detail oriented.

We're looking for creative and analytical thinkers, people who have their ear to the ground in

terms of emerging bands and singer songwriters that are relative to our two spaces. People

who are self motivated and self starters, that can take a project or programming idea and run

with it.

Candidates need to have their own computer with Internet connection, work under deadlines,

pay attention to detail, have up to 15hrs a week time to commit to this internship, and be

responsible and accountable for the work needed and assigned to them. This is a very

serious and important position that impacts and reflects the musical integrity of what we do.

This position is open immediately and is open ended, minimum commitment of 6 months.

Serious inquiries only please. Please contact 'david (at) uncommonground dot com”

Uncommon Ground

www.uncommonground.com

3800 n. clark street . chicago, il . 773-929-3680

1401 w. devon avenue . chicago, il . 773-465-9801

uncommon ground (wrigleyville)

3800 North Clark Street

Chicago, IL  60613

773-929-3680

 

Wrigleyville Now Hiring:

 Food Runner: Part time - weekends & Cubs game days

Please apply in person at 3800 North Clark Street

No phone calls please!

uncommon ground (edgewater)

1401 West Devon Avenue

Chicago, IL  60660

773-465-9801

 

Edgewater Now Hiring:

 Food Runners, Full & Part Time AM Servers

Please apply in person at 1401 West Devon Avenue

No phone calls please!


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