Chimes East beer menu

So they assume everyone has a smartphone and want to use their data? Why not just tell people we don't print menus anymore either its on our website?

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Why not just tell people we don't print menus anymore either its on our website?

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Ha. Except here's the kicker: Chimes removed their menus from their website.

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So these days they don't actually have a beer menu...they tell you to look it up on beermenus.com...just a heads up..is this something all the hip places are doing now?

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I agree that a paper menu is easier to read, but it is difficult to keep a paper menu up to date. You gotta cut costs where you can, and eliminating the need to reprint the menu every day makes sense.

Going to different cities and experiencing how most of them work, I'd say all bars need to place 2 monitors up that has the current tap list on display. It's easy to update and keep up.
Jax has been saying this for a long time in the FBD threads.
I think making people go online to see the menu is dumb. Yea, I have unlimited data, but some places have extra shitty data service. So it takes me 5 minutes to load a menu, that sometimes itself is out of date.

2 cheap monitors, each an end of the bar, problem solved.

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Going to different cities and experiencing how most of them work, I'd say all bars need to place 2 monitors up that has the current tap list on display. It's easy to update and keep up.

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I like how the Whole Foods in Sugar Land has a similar setup. It's only on one, centered big screen TV (which is all you need for the WF bar anyway) that lists the current beers on tap, style, ABV and IBUs of each, and how much the different sized pours costs as well as prices for 32oz and 64oz growler fills.

The list is about 5 sheets of paper. They used to have a nice laminated binding menu but that costs money every time you change out your selections.

Dam I miss that place. Guinness every Monday @ 11:00am

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Going to different cities and experiencing how most of them work, I'd say all bars need to place 2 monitors up that has the current tap list on display. It's easy to update and keep up.

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Explain this more. Is this like an interactive touch screen? Or just a screen with the beer listed? Do they all fit or does it scroll?

I ask because Bulldog has a scrolling list of their beers on tap on a few TV screens, but I find that the list scrolls painfully slow and I'm better off just looking at the taps or in the case.

But I'd definitely be on board for a screen with a better layout.

I was at the steakhouse in the Fountainbleu in Miami and they had tablets that you could swipe through for their bar. Something you can update on your computer and download to a tablet is the way to go. You just got to make sure someone doesn't steal it.

more irritating than having to go online to look up what beer I want is the obviously impatient waiter/waitress that is taking my order, that has to stand there while I look at the beer selection.

Why not just have it on a big chalk board?

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Why not just have it on a big chalk board?

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In a bar, sure. At Chimes East, which is a massive 2-story restaurant, there's no way that would work.

Same for the monitors, which I actually think is a great idea for bars.

Chimes East either has to print menus every day or utilize this beer website.
I'm sure they talked it over and ultimately decided it was a good decision. The people who care enough to take their time going through the menu are probably younger and more tech savvy. How often do you see a 70 year old with a flip phone who is a maven?

Menu or not, someone who wants to try beer but knows very little about it, will almost always go with whatever their server recommends. So as long as your staff has a few go-to recs on hand, you're fine with those who don't have smartphones/data.