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.

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Posted by Jax-Tiger

Port Saint Lucie, FL

Member since Jan 2005

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Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:27 pm to LouisianaLady

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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.

I think it works better than you think. Most breweries in Portland have chalk boards, but their beer lists are more stable. The taprooms have such a high turnover, that it makes more sense for them - especially if they have more than 10 taps.

The monitors are tied to their POS system and to the website. When they change out a keg, they click the button next to the new keg, and the POS, the monitors in the bar, and the online taplist are all updated. Pretty cool. The POS also recalculates the cost if you want, say a 5 oz. pour, instead of a pint. The POS also keeps track of how much of each beer is sold and that is how they calculate how much beer is in the kegs (not 100% accurate, but pretty good).

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