Kick-Ass Barista

Full time position for someone awesome who would like to work in an exiting new restaurant which is showcasing casual, current middle eastern food.

Parallel is more than a restaurant, it is a carrier of a message. Beyond our exciting food, it was time for a restaurant in Toronto that captures the flavours, colour, and bold and friendly hospitality of the middle east.

Parallel is our first full service restaurant but we veterans of the food business.
Back in 1996 we started with a falafel shop, in the years since we’ve launched a wholesale bakery that now does business across North America! And now Parallel.

Turns out we were right about the need for a fun, casual, and energetic middle eastern joint. In six short months, we’ve become extremely busy and successful.

We are now building our rock-solid team.

We higher people with bold, confident and warm personalities who want to be a part of a growing business.

Is this you? Then Apply!

The Application process

If you are interested in this un’paralleled’ opportunity please send us a short cover paragraph or two with your resume telling us why you think we go together like pita and tahini.

***Please note, we will not review or respond to any applications without a cover letter explaining why you want to work with us. Thank you for understanding.

Kick-Ass Bartender

Full time position for someone awesome who would like to work in an exiting new restaurant which is showcasing casual, current middle eastern food.

Parallel is more than a restaurant, it is a carrier of a message. Beyond our exciting food, it was time for a restaurant in Toronto that captures the flavours, colour, and bold and friendly hospitality of the middle east.

Parallel is our first full service restaurant but we veterans of the food business.
Back in 1996 we started with a falafel shop, in the years since we’ve launched a wholesale bakery that now does business across North America! And now Parallel.

Turns out we were right about the need for a fun, casual, and energetic middle eastern joint. In six short months, we’ve become extremely busy and successful.

We are now building our rock-solid team.

We higher people with bold, confident and warm personalities who want to be a part of a growing business.

Is this you? Then Apply!

The Application process

If you are interested in this un’paralleled’ opportunity please send us a short cover paragraph or two with your resume telling us why you think we go together like pita and tahini.

***Please note, we will not review or respond to any applications without a cover letter explaining why you want to work with us. Thank you for understanding.

Front Of House Manager

How did your career in the restaurant business start for you? Did it start as a gig to pay for school? A part time job to supplement income from your ‘career’ job? Or did you always know … perhaps you took cooking, wine appreciation or hospitality management classes in school?

Our career in food started with a small family falafel shop that we opened shortly after arrived in Canada in 1996. Our falafel shop did great, but what we noticed way back then was that there really wasn’t any great pita at the grocery stores. So we sold our restaurant and opened our wholesale bakery, Pita Break. Pita Break did great too, actually, it did amazing. We’ve now grown into well recognized brand across North America. (We recently changed our name to our family name, Ozery Bakery.)

One of the things that’s lead to our exceptional business success has been our ability to see what’s missing and fill those gaps. Last year we identified two more gaps that needed filling. The first was a need for an exciting, casual, current place to eat middle eastern food. The second was a need for more contemporary middle eastern grocery products.

This is what led us to open Parallel. With Parallel we are solving both these problems. First and foremost, we are highlighting the warm, camaraderie, liveliness and bold flavours of the middle east. We opened only six months ago and became extremely busy and successful immediately. And the plan is to grow.

Back to you. We’re currently hiring a FOH manager that wants an awesome career with our company. Like our bakery, we will be growing Parallel into an international business. And we will move quickly.

For the right candidate this job has great long term potential and a chance to be a part of something bigger.

The Job

• Build a system-based business that can be replicated (in LA for instance)
• Host service(s) with the flare, warmth and directness of the middle east (if you have a big, warm, personality you might be able to fake it)
• Develop a winning FOH service and bar team
• Be a mensch (great to work with)
• And all the stuff that comes with a restaurant management position

About You

• You are hard-wired for excellence
• You are energized by being around people
• People are energized around you
• You are a straight talker/direct
• You’re energetic
• You’re ambitious
• You’re good at teaching, and like the best teacher, always learning too
• You a doer. You just get things done
• You a direct and warm. You have a big smile.
• The food/restaurant business is your business.

Your Credentials

• You have 8 or more years of food industry experience
• You have worked at one place for more than 3 years
• You have 2-3 years of supervisory or management experience in a restaurant
• You hold active Smart Serve, Food Handling, and First Aid Certificates
• You are knowledgable about food, preferably middle eastern food
• You are knowledgable about beer, wine and spirits

The Application process

Thank you for considering this position. If you are interested in this un’paralleled’ opportunity (forgive us we couldn’t resist) please send us a short cover paragraph or two with your resume describing how you are the right choice for us.

If you are selected for an interview we’ll email you within 3 days of receiving your application to set something up.

***Please note, we will not review or respond to any applications without a cover letter explaining why you want to work with us. Thank you for understanding.