Eighty Six Proof
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We 86
what’s broken.

Eighty Six Proof builds custom websites, marketing tools, and operating systems for bars and restaurants. Built around the way your place actually runs, so your team can move faster, stay organized, and stop fighting broken systems.

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§ THE WORK

Four parts.
Built around your place.

Every bar and restaurant runs a little differently.

Some places need a website the team can actually update. Some need better event forms. Some need prep sheets, manager tools, training pages, or marketing tools that connect back to what’s happening in the building.

Usually it’s not one huge problem. It’s a bunch of small things slowing the team down every day.

That’s where we start.

Start with one piece or build the whole thing.

  • Some places just need a better website.
  • Some need an internal tool.
  • Some need help organizing events and marketing.
  • Some need their operations cleaned up.
  • Some need all of it connected.

We build around the problem first, then make sure it can grow into the rest later.

Your website, menu, events, prep, training, marketing, and manager tools shouldn’t all live in separate worlds.

They affect each other every day.

So we build them that way.

§ THE WORK
§ THE PROCESS
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The Process.

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  1. 01

    See how it actually runs

    We start by looking at the business in motion. The room, the team, the guest experience, the website, the menu, the systems, and the points where things slow down.

  2. 02

    Look at what’s already there

    We review the tools, reports, schedules, marketing, menus, events, SOPs, and anything else the team is using to keep the business moving.

  3. 03

    Find the gaps

    Most restaurants don’t have one big problem. They have a lot of small disconnects. We identify where the brand, website, marketing, operations, and team workflows aren’t lining up.

  4. 04

    Build what needs to exist

    That may be a better website, cleaner menu system, internal dashboard, event workflow, training hub, campaign plan, SOP structure, or something custom to the way the business runs.

  5. 05

    Test it with the team

    We don’t just hand over a file and disappear. We put the system in front of the people who’ll actually use it, make adjustments, and get it ready for real service.

  6. 06

    Leave it usable

    The goal isn’t to make the business dependent on us. The goal is to leave behind tools, systems, and workflows the team can actually own.

Field notes — a manager's checklist

What is slowing
the place down?

A website that’s hard to update. Events that are messy to manage. Marketing that doesn’t connect to sales. Systems your managers don’t use.

Tell us where it’s breaking. We’ll tell you if we can help.

hello@eightysixproof.com

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