Restaurant Management System in Big Bar, California

We worked with a Big Bar brewery that needed to track kegs across two walk-in coolers and report daily temperature logs to the California Department of Public Health. Their old method, handwritten logs taped to the cooler door, failed a surprise inspection when the health inspector couldn’t read the smudged entries. We built a Laravel backend that pulls temperature data from Bluetooth sensors every 15 minutes and auto-generates CDPH-compliant reports, cutting their compliance time from 90 minutes a day to under five. The same system syncs keg levels with their POS so the bar staff knows when to reorder before running out during Friday night crowds.


California restaurants that use generic off-the-shelf systems often hit walls when they need custom fields for local specials, seasonal menus, or regional health code nuances. A Big Bar sushi spot needed to flag raw fish deliveries with unique lot numbers and expiration dates, then push those tags to their kitchen display system so prep staff saw exactly which rolls had to be prepped first. We built a React frontend that surfaces lot-level inventory on the prep line, reducing waste by 18% in the first month while keeping the health inspector happy.


Most restaurant software forces you into a workflow that works for chain restaurants, not Big Bar’s mix of food trucks, breweries, and sit-down BBQ spots. A local breakfast diner wanted to split their menu into two sections, one for the drive-thru orders that need fast prep and another for sit-down guests who linger over coffee. We used MySQL to create a dual-menu system where the same kitchen can toggle between workflows without reconfiguring the POS every shift. Staff clock in through a Flutter app that tracks tips per shift across both menus, so owners see exactly which menu lines drive the most profit.


Big Bar’s health department also requires detailed allergen reporting, which many national systems handle poorly. We’ve seen restaurants get dinged for missing allergen flags on online orders, so we bake allergen tracking into the inventory module. When a server enters an order, the system automatically checks ingredient allergens against the guest’s profile and surfaces warnings on the kitchen display. For a Big Bar pizzeria that serves customers with gluten sensitivities, this feature alone cut liability risks and saved them from a potential fine during a surprise inspection.