General Manager

CLARK’S OYSTER BAR, MENLO PARK

General Manager

The Room. Clark’s Oyster Bar opened in Menlo Park in spring 2025. Our second Clark’s in California, with sister units in Montecito and Malibu. Just under 100 seats including a private dining room. Oysters, martinis, the lobster roll, champagne by the glass.

Why This Role.   We’re hiring a long-tenure operator. The GM is the leader of the unit: team, room, guest experience, joint ownership of the P&L. The Executive Chef is your kitchen-side peer; together you run the restaurant. MML Hospitality, founded by Larry McGuire and Tom Moorman in 2006, operates 30+ concepts across Austin, Houston, Aspen, Montecito, Malibu, Dallas, and Menlo Park.

What You’ll Own

• The P&L, run jointly with the Executive Chef. You own FOH labor and revenue; the EC owns BOH labor and food cost. Monthly variance commentary co-authored to the DO.
• The team. Weekly leadership with the EC, monthly 1:1s with every salaried lead, joint quarterly reviews.
• The room. Walk it three times per service. Own the pre-shift. Know our regulars.
• The partnership. Joint hiring with the EC at the AGM and Sous level. Standing Culinary Director time with both of you. 

Who You Are

• 10+ years in restaurant management with at least five as GM at an upscale concept (oyster bar, brasserie, neighborhood bistro, or hotel restaurant). Fluent on California meal/rest breaks, AB 1228, overtime, no tip credit.
• Peer model: you’ve run a restaurant as a true GM/EC partnership, not in a “GM is senior” shop.
• Builder: you can point to people you’ve promoted from the floor into their first manager seat.
• Communicator: pre-shifts, vendor emails, manager updates. Working Spanish a real advantage.
• Long-term: you’re choosing Menlo Park for the long run.

Compensation

• Base salary: $120,000 to $125,000
• Milestone Bonuses offered
• Two-week structured Austin HQ onboarding immersion before you take the seat
• Medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability, and 401(k)
• MML property discounts (restaurants, retail, hotels); beverage education reimbursement; dining at sister properties

Schedule

Five days a week, evenings, weekends, holidays. The opening grind is real. Expect six-day weeks for the first quarter.

How to Apply

Send a resume and a short note about a service moment in the last year you’re proud of. Specific table, what happened, what you did. We read every one. Our process: a screen, a behavioral interview, a P&L case, a paid two-shift stage at Clark’s Austin (travel covered), conversations with our SVPs of Restaurants and HR, and reference triangulation. Three to four weeks end to end.

Equal-opportunity employer. Background check conducted per CA Fair Chance Act and ICRAA.