Restaurant jobs near you in Melrose
Cafés and dining rooms on Main Street, a cluster by Wyoming Hill, pizza and Latin kitchens in Melrose Highlands. Your free Work Passport lets you verify once and say yes to kitchen shifts in Melrose by phone.
Covers: Main Street, Downtown Melrose, West Wyoming Avenue, West Emerson Street, Franklin Street, Melrose Highlands.
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Dining rooms and cafés by the stations
Downtown Main Street, between Wyoming Avenue and Essex Street, is Melrose's restaurant street. It has cafés and coffee shops, Italian and Mexican restaurants, pizza and bagel shops and a diner, so kitchen work here ranges from counter service to full dining rooms with servers and hosts.
Away from Main Street, West Wyoming Avenue has Lebanese, Thai and pizza kitchens and a café beside Wyoming Hill station. West Emerson Street has a café, a bakery and a restaurant near Melrose/Cedar Park, and Franklin Street in Melrose Highlands has Latin American, Spanish, Chinese and pizza places by the station there.
The jobs are line and prep cooks, dishwashers, servers, hosts, baristas and counter staff. The 137 bus runs along Main Street through downtown, and the commuter rail stops at Wyoming Hill, Melrose/Cedar Park and Melrose Highlands, each a short walk from a cluster of restaurants.
Getting around
- Bus 137: Main Street, downtown Melrose
- Commuter Rail (Haverhill Line): Wyoming Hill, Melrose/Cedar Park, Melrose Highlands
- Bus 131: Franklin Street, Main Street, Oak Grove
Where the work is
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Restaurants and cafés
On Main Street downtown, between Wyoming Avenue and Essex Street.
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Neighborhood kitchens
On West Wyoming Avenue, beside Wyoming Hill station.
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Pizza and Latin American places
Franklin Street in the Highlands, near the station.
Jobs by type in Melrose
Questions people in Melrose ask
Where are restaurant jobs in Melrose?
Downtown on Main Street, on West Wyoming Avenue by Wyoming Hill station, on West Emerson Street near Melrose/Cedar Park, and on Franklin Street in Melrose Highlands.
Can I get home from a late restaurant shift without a car?
Plan it before you say yes. Check the last commuter rail train, the last 137 bus on Main Street, or the last Orange Line train from Oak Grove.
Do I need a résumé to apply for jobs in Melrose?
No. Your Work Passport takes its place. You verify who you are once, in a short chat on your phone, and employers near you see that it’s verified.
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