Hours: Monday - Saturday 12:00pm - 10:00pm, Sunday 12:00pm - 7:00pm • Email: info@meeplesgames.com | Phone: (206) 535-7896

3727 California Ave SW #2B, Seattle, WA 98116

Come join the most fun team in West Seattle! Meeples Games is reopening our cafe after being closed for over a year. We’re super excited about being able to welcome our amazing West Seattle community back for food, fun, and games!

If you’ve always wanted to work in a game store, have a great, friendly, helpful personality, are smart and learn fast, love to play games and have restaurant experience, come join our team.

To apply, please email a resume and cover letter to jobs@meeplesgames.com and tell us why you want to be a part of this great team.

Game Café Kitchen Staffer

Meeples Games is West Seattle’s premier Game Café located between the Alaska and Admiral Junctions.  We’re a community spot for great food, gaming and fun.  We’re a tight knit group of awesome people working together to provide the best possible experience for all of our guests on every visit and we want YOU!

Our café has been closed during the pandemic and we’re currently looking for both full and part-time kitchen staff to get us back to fully open and greeting our amazing community. 

If you’ve always wanted to work in a game store, have a great, friendly, helpful personality, are smart and learn fast, love to play games and have restaurant experience, come join our team.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Uphold and represent Meeples Games’ exemplary customer service to all guests
• Maintain a positive and friendly attitude
• Prepare food for cafe service including prepping the cold table (lettuce, lunch meat, cheese, condiments), preparing food items from recipes, and keeping things clean.
• Follow all policies and health department codes in the kitchen
• Help customers by taking orders, serving beverages and pastries, and operating the POS system
• Prepare orders including making sandwiches, pizzas and salads, plating pastries, making coffee drinks, and serving beer and wine
• Handle dishes, bus tables, and clean the dining area
• Check-in and put away food and game orders
• Closing including putting everything away and cleaning the kitchen, dining room and washrooms
• Cleaning – dusting, floors, organizing, etc
• Stay up-to-date on existing games and new games to be able to discuss with guests
• Occasionally, work the front counter including making recommendations from the game library, selling games to customers, running the cash register, answering the phone, executing Magic: the Gathering card sales, and all other duties that go with that position
• Follow proscribed procedures and share duties with co-workers

Job Qualifications:

• Washington State Food Handler’s Permit (within 2 weeks of hire)
• Washington State MAST permit (within 2 weeks of hire)
• Previous experience in a commercial kitchen is required
• Experience running a point-of-sale / cash register system required
• Knowledge of tabletop gaming a plus (RPGs, Miniatures, Magic: the Gathering, board games, etc)
• Experience operating a commercial espresso machine a plus
• Sales experience a plus
• Superior customer service skills
• Happy and upbeat
• Able to follow instructions and work in a team environment
• Able to lift 40 pounds
• Able to stand for shift (up to 8 hours)
• Excellent written and oral English
• Must be at least 18 years of age

No phone calls, please.