DrinkDock for bars and nightlife
On your best nights, every order waits for the same bartenders. A DrinkDock at the end of the bar takes the canned orders, so the cocktail line moves and a guest who only wants a beer doesn’t have to wait for one.
Where it goes and what it sells
For most bars the right size is a DrinkDock One: 24 rows on a 36 by 30 inch footprint, plus room in front for a guest to stand.
Placement
At the end of the bar, against a wall, inside your bartenders’ line of sight, on one standard outlet. Placement plan.
Menu
Your top canned and bottled drinks: light beer, IPAs, hard seltzer, canned cocktails, cider and non-alcoholic options.
What stays the same
Your distributor, your prices, your staff and your license. Draft, cocktails and shots stay at the bar.
What you see
Machine sales by the hour in Manager. Telling how much of that is new, rather than moved from the bar, takes comparing similar nights, which we’d plan with you.
How the work splits on a busy night
It gives canned orders their own place to buy. Everything else stays with your team.
| Area | At the machine | At the bar |
|---|---|---|
| Orders | Canned and bottled beer, seltzer, cider and canned cocktails | Draft, cocktails, wine, shots, and anyone who’d rather order from a person |
| Waiting | A separate line for simple orders. A popular machine can still build a line. | Shorter, with fewer canned orders in it |
| ID and service | Checks the ID and the photo match, two drinks per scan | Your staff watch who’s buying, and can block an ID or pause the machine |
| Reporting | Machine sales, stock and declined IDs in Manager, with CSV export | Your POS, as today |
| Exceptions | Sends unreadable IDs and help requests to the bar | Handle them, as you would at the bar |
The bars it fits best
Volume bars
Busy Thursday through Saturday, with a line at the bar for a couple of hours a night.
Sports bars
Game days put the whole room at the bar at halftime and between innings.
College and neighborhood bars
Where cans and seltzers are already a big share of what you sell.
Music venues and clubs
Where guests don’t want to miss the set to wait for a beer.
Run a busy bar in Philadelphia?
We’re forming our first pilot. On a 20-minute call we’ll look at your busiest nights and where a machine would go.