Tinley Park's Banging Gavel Brews Now Hiring

TINLEY PARK, IL — In preparation for its much-anticipated opening, Tinley Park's Banging Gavel Brews is now hiring for a variety of positions.

Banging Gavel Brews is accepting applications for mixologists, servers, hostesses, bussers, and kitchen staff, the brewery shared on social media. Open positions also include bar manager, assistant manager, dishwasher, line cook, barback, food runner, and host.

"The Vogt House is an exciting, friendly work environment," staff shared on social media. "We are looking for part-time and full-time employees who thrive in a collaborative environment."

Anyone interested can apply online.

Inside at the Vogt House, 6811 Hickory St., progress has been moving along with transforming the historic building into the brewery's long-awaited and much-anticipated new home.

Partners Beckie O'Connor and her husband Kyle (Business Development), Jim Richert (President), and Ed Richert (Secretary/Treasurer) started the brewery in 2014, naming it after Jim Richert's profession of practicing law. Jim Richert has lived in Tinley for 30 years; Ed Richert has lived in Orland for 40 years. Kyle and Beckie O'Connor live in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago. They've been contract-brewing at Church Street Brewing in Itasca, and have long dreamt of a physical space to hold the big dream behind their brewery.

They purchased the building in 2017, and have encountered some typical — and not-so-typical — obstacles along the way. But they rolled with it the best they could, and outside, Banging Gavel fans have been able to enjoy the beers fresh from a tap truck on a patio, with overhead string lights, live music, and a fire pit nearby. That beer garden is not yet open, but will open when the building's doors do.

The renovated space will have many nods to its history, the owners told Patch previously. There will be a tap room and dining space on the main level, along with overflow dining and event space on the second level.

An opening date has not yet been set.