Jon Castro

Highly experienced bartender with 15+ years experience. Dependable employee experienced in customer service and management. Excellent with talking and communicating with guests, proficient in taking orders and being sure that every guest has a great experience each and every time they walk through the door. A reliable team member who will do whatever he can to make each and every shift run smoothly.

Bartender at Farmhouse at Descanso Gardens (2025-05 – Present)

• Part of new restaurant opening team.
• Service Bartender for 1,000+ covers on weekends
• Help curate and craft high end farm to glass cocktails.
• Full service bartender.

Bartender at Pitfire Pizza (2022-01 – 2024-01)

• Extremely fast paced Bar and Restaurant.
• Helped curate and maintain drink menu.
• Take every order and prepare every drink in the restaurant.
• Make drinks proficiently in a timely manner.
• Suggest pairing of specific beers and wines with specific dishes.

Delivery Driver / Catering at Food Fetish (2020-11 – 2022-01)

• Driving and delivering food to different film sets in Los Angeles.
• Receiving and preparing orders.
• On location food service.
• Contacting and relaying information to make delivery to guest.
• Currently have a Tennessee Drivers License and Tag.

Bartender/Manager at Stone Creek (2016-08 – 2020-03)

• Manage and run a smaller event based bar in Manhattan
• Local Trivia nights and karaoke.
• Only 1-2 people on at a time, handle both tables and bar.
• Make drinks proficiently in a timely manner.
• Lots of Private Parties.

Bartender/Bar Manager at North Sea Tavern (2017-05 – 2020-03)

• Summer time bartender and bar manager
• Extremely fast paced Full-Bar.
• Big food and drink menu.
• Only 1-2 people on at a time, handle both tables and bar.
• Perfect mix of locals, and summer Hamptons goers.

Bartender at Promenade Bar & Grill (2016-07 – 2017-03)

• Big sporting events and football Sundays.
• High velocity NYC bar and restaurant.
• Handles 20+ seats at the bar while providing every drink for the restaurant.
• Helps manage the floor as well as tend to the bar.

Bartender/Server at Boscos Squared (2015-02 – 2015-09)

• Required to handle a 3-5 table section on rotation.
• In charge of specific side work that was to be completed upon my departure every shift.
• Learned a complex and high-end menu with daily specials that were always changing.
• Had to know the ins and outs of brewing and serving in house brewed beer.
• Was made a shift leader after my first month of working there.
• In charge of making sure all the tables and side work were complete before leaving.

Bartender/Server/New Store Trainer at TGI Friday's (2011-01 – 2014-08)

• In-store trainer who trained countless of employees to be up to spec on every detail of their job.
• Required to learn bartending flair and use throughout each shift.
• Learned to make over 100 drinks throughout working there.
• Learned a highly detailed menu.
• Traveled and worked/trained in a lot of different cities/people.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Performance – The University of Memphis