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Restaurants & counter shops.
Burgers, sandwiches, build-your-own bowls — every plate deducts the real bun, patty, lettuce. Kitchen tickets to the line, 86 fries in one tap when you run out, food cost % live on the manager's screen, tips by server land on the right paycheck. Built for counter service.
What's in the Restaurant starter
- •5 categories: Burgers, Sandwiches, Sides, Drinks, Desserts.
- •15 menu items: Classic / Cheese / Bacon / Double / Veggie burgers, chicken sandwich, BLT sub, fries (small / large), onion rings, side salad, sodas, milkshake, water, cookie, brownie.
- •12 ingredients pre-loaded: brioche buns, sub rolls, beef / chicken / veggie patties, cheddar, bacon, lettuce, tomato, frozen fries, fryer oil, takeaway boxes.
- •Every burger = bun + patty + lettuce + tomato + box. Every fries portion = grams of frozen fries + ml of oil. Sells take it all off automatically.
A busy Friday night
Sell 1 Bacon Cheeseburger for $11.50 — and on stock:
- brioche bun −1
- beef patty −1
- cheddar slice −1
- bacon strip −2
- lettuce −1, tomato −2
- takeaway box −1
Out of bacon at 9pm? One tap on the kitchen tablet — every till greys out the bacon items live.
Built for counter service
- •Kitchen tickets: orders print on a kitchen printer or appear on a station tablet — bump when ready.
- •86 in one tap: out of an item? Mark it; every till greys it out live, no menu re-edit.
- •Breakfast / lunch menus: set the hours; the breakfast menu disappears at 11.
- •Food cost % live: manager screen shows what each plate cost you today vs what it sold for.
- •Tips by server: attach a server to each ticket, tips land on the right paycheck at close.
Why not the cheap option?
- vs Toast (~$69/mo + 2.49% + 15¢)Built for full-service tables; the seating + course-fire complexity bakes in fees you can't turn off. Hardware on lease; processing locked to Toast Payments.
- vs Square for Restaurants ($60/mo)Capable cashier flow, but no recipe-based ingredient depletion at any tier. You know you sold a burger; you don't know you're three patties from running out.
- vs TouchBistro (~$69/mo + processing)Heavily focused on table service. The counter-shop / quick-service flow is an afterthought; you pay full price for features the order line never uses.
Moving from Toast or Square for Restaurants?
- →Items, modifiers, and customer list import via CSV — Toast and Square both export.
- →Recipes (the BOM that lets you 86 the bacon properly) get set up on the first ring of each item. The starter pack ships 15 menu items already wired, including builds for burgers and sandwiches.
- →Stripe Reader replaces your Toast / Square hardware. No lease, no kick-back. Cash drawers and printers stay.
- →Same plan covers offline mode, multi-location, KDS tickets to the line, and food-cost % live — none of that is an upgrade tier.
Frequently asked questions
- Does it print to a kitchen printer like Toast does?
- Yes — Star SP742ME impact printer on the line, Star TSP143 thermal up front. Tickets print on send-to-kitchen; the cook bumps when ready. No KDS subscription, no per-screen fee — included.
- How does the 86 workflow work?
- One tap on any tablet marks the item out-of-stock; every till greys it out within a second. No menu re-edit, no restart. Comes back at the next intake.
- Can we run a breakfast + lunch menu off the same till?
- Set hours per category — breakfast menu visible 7-11am, lunch 11-4pm. Tills follow automatically. Same configuration for daily soup, weekly chef's special, etc.
- Tips by server — how does that land on payroll?
- Attach a server to each ticket at open. End-of-day report shows tips by server, hours worked, gross sales rung. Export to your payroll provider as CSV; no built-in payroll today.
- What does it cost compared to Toast?
- $29/store/month Starter, $69/store/month Pro — flat. Bring your own Stripe account (lower processing) and your own hardware. A typical single-location counter shop saves $80-150/mo vs Toast plus a few percentage points on processing.
Recommended hardware
- •Front-of-house printer: Star TSP143IIIBI (Bluetooth) for guest receipts.
- •Kitchen printer: Star SP742ME (impact, heat-resistant ribbon paper) for the line cook.
- •Card terminal: Stripe Reader M2 (BYO Stripe account).
- •Cash drawer: APG Vasario 1616 — kicked by the front-of-house printer.
- •Kitchen tablet (optional): any iPad or Android tablet wall-mounted on the line.
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Open your restaurant in 30 seconds.
Menu loaded, kitchen ticket ready, tip pool wired up.