Café & Wine Bar Associate (Booktender)
Part-Time / Hourly | Nights & Weekends Required
Yer Mom’s Bookstore & Wine Cafe is looking for a warm, energetic, hospitality-driven Café & Wine Bar Associate to help bring our evenings and weekends to life.
This is a guest-facing hospitality role focused primarily on the café and wine bar, with occasional support for bookstore operations and events. If you love creating a welcoming vibe, enjoy great food and wine, and know how to make people feel like regulars after one visit, this may be your kind of place.
About Yer Mom’s
Yer Mom’s Bookstore & Wine Cafe is a hybrid bookstore, wine bar, café, and community gathering space located in Louisville’s NuLu neighborhood.
We’re building a true third place — somewhere people return because it feels welcoming, engaging, and connected to the community.
Our concept blends curated books, approachable wine, casual café offerings, and thoughtful programming into one experience. On any given day, that might mean a book club gathering, an author event, a working lunch, an after-work glass of wine, or someone discovering a book they didn’t know they needed.
We believe bookstores should feel social, approachable, and alive. Hospitality matters here just as much as literary culture. Yer Mom’s is intentionally a little unconventional — equal parts bookstore, neighborhood hangout, and cultural gathering place.
We’re building a team that cares about creating memorable experiences, supporting the community, and helping establish something people genuinely want to return to.
Louisville is where we begin — but not where we intend to stop. Yer Mom’s is envisioned as the first expression of a broader third-place platform designed for thoughtfully selected markets across the U.S. — rooted in the belief that communities still need welcoming places to gather, connect, discover, and linger.
Which is why this role matters.
What You’ll Do
Wine Bar & Café Service
Serve wine, beer, coffee, and café offerings in accordance with company standards and Kentucky regulations
Take guest orders, operate POS, process payments, and manage tabs
Run food and beverages efficiently while maintaining strong guest service
Light food prep, plating, and kitchen support
Maintain bar cleanliness, stock levels, organization, and service readiness
Support opening and closing duties including cleaning, prep, restocking, and cash reconciliation
Guest Experience & Hospitality
Create a welcoming, approachable experience for every guest
Build rapport with regulars and help create a neighborhood “third place” atmosphere
Make thoughtful menu, wine, and product recommendations
Help maintain a warm, polished, energetic environment during peak service hours
Troubleshoot guest needs with professionalism and positivity
Events & Floor Support
Support evening author events, book clubs, tastings, and community programming
Assist with event setup, breakdown, seating transitions, and guest flow
Provide occasional support for bookstore guests, retail transactions, or merchandise upkeep during slower periods
What We’re Looking For
Hospitality-forward personality with strong people skills
Experience in a café, restaurant, wine bar, brewery, or hospitality setting preferred
Wine, beer, coffee, or food service experience strongly preferred
Ability to stay calm, organized, and upbeat during busy service periods
Comfortable working evenings, weekends, and event-driven shifts
Team player willing to jump in wherever needed
Strong attention to cleanliness, presentation, and guest experience
Interest in books, community spaces, or creative environments is a plus
Schedule
This role is primarily scheduled for:
Evenings
Weekends
Event nights
Peak café / wine service hours
Flexible scheduling may be available, but availability during high-traffic times is essential.
Compensation & Perks
Competitive hourly pay + tip participation (where applicable)
Employee discounts on books, wine, café offerings, and merchandise
Fun, fast-paced, community-driven work environment
Opportunities for growth as Yer Mom’s expands
Access to special events, tastings, and programming
Ideal For Someone Who…
Loves hospitality. Knows how to read a room. Enjoys creating experiences, not just transactions. Can move easily between pouring wine, running food, chatting with regulars, and helping an event go off without a hitch.
Basically: someone who makes the place feel alive.
A Few Practical Details
Physical Demands & Work Environment
Yer Mom’s Bookstore & Wine Cafe is a lively, hospitality-forward environment where no two days look exactly the same. As a hybrid bookstore, wine café, and community gathering space, our team members wear a lot of hats—and that’s part of the fun.
The essential functions of this role may include:
Standing and moving throughout the space for extended periods
Lifting and carrying books, wine, inventory, café supplies, and event materials (up to 25 pounds regularly and up to 40 pounds occasionally, depending on the role)
Bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping, and occasional ladder use for stocking or merchandising
Assisting with receiving deliveries, restocking, event setup and breakdown, and maintaining an exceptional guest experience
Using point-of-sale systems, tablets, phones, and other standard workplace tools
Working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with changing priorities and frequent guest interaction
Availability for evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events, as needed for the position
Yer Mom’s Bookstore & Wine Cafe is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the role.
A Quick Note About the Wine
Yes—we’re a bookstore and a wine café.
Because certain positions involve the sale or service of alcoholic beverages, candidates for those roles must be legally eligible to serve alcohol in Kentucky.
Equal Opportunity
Yer Mom’s Bookstore & Wine Cafe is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive workplace where great people can do meaningful work and help build something special for the community. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
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