Pinnacle Provides Point of Sale System for Miami Music Venue

Located in the hip Miami Design District, The Stage is a venue for live music, art and film. With its high ceilings, walls adorned with art, New Orleans and Brooklyn-inspired décor and comfortable seats, The Stage is the best place to experience top quality entertainment. The Stage offers a cool laid back coffee house vibe, and features an interior space as well as an outdoor courtyard, bottle service and three full bars. Local and national acts perform on any given evening throughout the year. Supported by a polite, caring staff and proper management, The Stage strives to provide guests with a positive live theatrical or musical experience.

To help with its business functions, The Stage chose POSitouch point of sale system to process its transactions. The POS system is used at the bar for cash and credit card payments. POSitouch helps the establishment with loss prevention as it accounts for all business transactions. Owners can track inventory and create labor schedules on the bar POS system as well. POSitouch has helped The Stage to automate a large part of their business, freeing up time to concentrate on providing a great atmosphere for customers.

POSitouch is used in thousands of establishments across the country including casual dining, fine dining, hotels, country clubs, nightclubs, bars, arenas, stadiums and bowling centers. Any hospitality establishment can benefit from having a smart computer POS system that does accounting and sales reporting. Pinnacle Hospitality Systems provides POSitouch POS systems and offers tech support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Pinnacle’s Nightclub/Bar Solution – The Fastest in the Industry

Running a successful nightclub or bar is hard work. While running an efficient and effective restaurant is known to be challenging, managing a nightclub requires a skill set unique to any other hospitality business. Many owners put in a full day’s work and continue to work throughout the night.

At Pinnacle Hospitality Systems, we are aware of these special challenges, and have developed software for POSitouch that has been created specifically for the bar and nightclub industry. With the POSitouch Nightclub/Bar Solution, Pinnacle leverages the power of POSitouch to provide you with the ultimate in bar management software capabilities. Some of these features include a rolling minimal birth date shown on screen for required drinking age, the ability to manage multiple checks that may be cashed out at once, detailed drink recipes that can be displayed or printed at the screen, multiple easy-to-use size and color touch points and more. If this weren’t enough to speed up service, the POSitouch nightclub/bar solution requires only two key strokes to order an item and cash out the check – the fastest in the industry.

Some other functions that help to aid management in minimizing loss include a video record of all open cash drawer activity (as in No Sale), cash out reports can be management-driven only, automatic exception alarms to tell management when a cash draw has reached a pre-set limit of cash sales and cash drawer security allowing for only limited functions to enable a draw to be opened.

Pinnacle’s nightclub/bar solutions for POSitouch offer many more easy-to-use and convenient features to help your nightclub or bar run as efficiently as possible. Find out why so many businesses in this industry trust Pinnacle as their point of sale solution, call today at 1-800-771-7100.

Two Hundred Lounge Counts on POSitouch

Famous for being America’s very first city, St. Augustine is known for its historic buildings and quaint charm. While locals love the rich history of the “Ancient City,” many still crave the excitement that a big city offers. The Two Hundred Lounge, located at 200 Anastasia Boulevard, is “the most exciting nightlife venue St. Augustine has ever seen,” and offers “all the style of a big city nightclub, all the sexy feel of an intimate lounge, [and] all the energy of the Old City vibe.”

This new club in St. Augustine is a new venue in the area, and now offers wedding and special event bookings. With modern finishes and appealing trendy designs, the Two Hundred Club successfully executes their goal of being the city’s premier big-city lounge. Contemporary modular white couches sit just in front of the expansive neon-lit bar. Stop by any Thursday this month for “Think Pink Thursdays,” featuring a happy hour from 5 to 8P.M.!

St. Augustine’s primary appeal is in its history, which may make it difficult for businesses like The Two Hundred Club to succeed as well as they may in a more urban area. However, with the aid of the Pinnacle bar POS system, this lounge can expedite operations, allowing workers to service customers more quickly and efficiently. The POSitouch Bar Solution comes equipped with features like a rolling minimal birth date screen for required drinking age, quick and easy creation of bar tabs including name, and user-friendly color touch points. For more information on how POS systems can help your nightclub/bar business, call 800.771.7100 or visit http://www.pinnaclehs.com/ today.

Ivory Lounge in Sarasota Uses Pinnacle Hospitality Systems

Since its opening last year, the Ivory Lounge has added a much-needed nightclub scene and South Beach style to Sarasota, Florida. Located in downtown Sarasota, the upscale lounge and hot spot features a minimalist, modern aesthetic and sophisticated, contemporary art. DJs from around the world play urban sounds, reinventing Sarasota nightlife with a unique and intoxicating atmosphere.

The Ivory Lounge offers hookahs on their patio lounge and happy hours throughout the week. There’s also Service Industry Night Tuesdays, jazz music and free buffet on Wednesdays, Latin Night Thursdays, hip hop Fridays and New Age music on Saturday nights.

The one-of-a-kind club serves ingenious and affordable cocktails. With talented DJs and excellent service, the Ivory Lounge attracts people from all over the Sarasota-Tampa-St. Petersburg area looking for a fun, vibrant nightclub.

Since the Ivory Lounge prides itself in excellent customer service, they use POSitouch restaurant POS provided by Pinnacle Hospitality Systems. The restaurant POS system is crucial for a full liquor bar, offering the ultimate in bar management software capabilities. Even in the busiest hours, bartenders and servers can start tabs and cash out multiple checks at once. A rolling minimal birth date shown on the computer POS screen helps for monitoring required drinking age. POSitouch provides ease of use with 55 menu items on one touchscreen, with options for custom logos.

Not only does a POS software system help with speedy service, it also helps the nightclub with loss prevention. With the bar POS system, bartenders can change shift cash drawers in seconds. Managers can set up alerts for certain events like cash outs and no sales. All these functions help to automate the hospitality industry and to help nightclubs maximize their revenue.

Ft. Lauderdale’s Newest, Tokyo Blue, Becomes Pinnacle Client

The newest oceanfront restaurant to come to Fort Lauderdale, Florida on July 17, 2010 is Tokyo Blue, serving quality Japanese, Thai and Peruvian offerings with style. The highly anticipated restaurant and ultralounge is set inside the Ocean Manor Resort on Galt Ocean Mile, with 200 feet of private beach.

The 15-seat sushi bar serves the freshest sushi made with the highest quality ingredients, like real wasabi, ground to order and 25-year old aged balsamic vinegar. Specialties like Miso Glazed Black Cod, Balsamic Teriyaki Seabass, Beef Toban and Japanese Wagyu Kobe Beef are simply delicious. Thai offerings include favorites like Pad Thai, Chilled Papaya Salad, Tom Yum and Tom Ka Gai soups.

The drink menu consists of delightful cocktails like the signature Tokyo Blue Martini, poured over dry ice and served with cotton candy to give a feeling like you’re soaring above the clouds.

The unique restaurant concept of Tokyo Blue combines fine dining with a glamorous ultralounge that offers exciting nightlife. The 35-seat glass bar area features DJs playing live music 5 nights a week and a VIP area.

Tokyo Blue has signed up to use Pinnacle Hospitality Systems’ POSitouch restaurant POS to manage the business functions of their restaurant. The POS software system is used to send orders to the kitchen, process credit card transactions and split multiple checks quickly and easily. Gift cards and a customer loyalty program can be entered into the database, as well as food and drink pairings. The restaurant management POS is useful for tracking inventory, creating employee work schedules, and pulling sales reports so restaurants can maximize profit.

Miami’s Burger and Beer Joint Uses Pinnacle

When thinking about heading off to a B&B this weekend, most people would expect a bed and breakfast, but B&B on South Beach, Miami stands for The Burger and Beer Joint! The restaurant, lounge and sports bar has something for everyone. Renowned for its massive burgers, B&B serves the “Mother Burger”, a 10 pound burger served on a bun that resembles a couch cushion! Serious eaters who dare to take the challenge: polish off the entire burger within 2 hours and it’s free!

B&B offers delicious, gourmet burgers from their signature line such as the Hotel California, a 10 ounce prime angus beef burger with salsa, avocado, grilled red onion, cilantro, sharp cheddar, and a fried egg on a brioche bun or the Stairway to Heaven, a 10 ounce Kobe beef burger with foie gras on a black truffle demi brioche bun. You may customize your own burger by choosing the type of meat, bun, cheese, toppings and sauce you like or add special toppings like hickory smoked bacon, lobster tail or foie gras.

Just as the name promises, the Burger and Beer Joint sports bar offers a large array of beer from around the world. The lounge upstairs offers bottle service, but is not mandatory for a table.  B&B uses POSitouch restaurant POS systems to run the business functions of the hospitality establishment. The POS software system processes credit cards and can split multiple checks quickly and efficiently. Orders can be sent to the kitchen using the POS system for restaurants to ensure excellent customer service. Managers can track inventory, create work schedules and track sales reports on the restaurant POS as well.

POSitouch Helps Vinyl & Kai Handle Business

Vinyl & Kai was created by the man who opened Tequila Chicas and also served as food and beverage director at the Clevelander on Ocean Drive in South Beach, Miami. New Zealand native Chris Barron came up with the name Vinyl & Kai to express his love of music and food – Vinyl for music records, and Kai being the New Zealand native word for food. Restaurateur and club owner Chris Barron gave the place a laid back vibe and an amazing menu, emphasizing huge flavor at a small price.

Located on Washington Avenue, Vinyl & Kai provides an intimate and inviting space in a casual atmosphere that combines comfort dining and friendly service. It has become a local favorite in the South Beach neighborhood, offering a full menu and a bar menu of cocktails, frozen drinks, margaritas and martinis.

Vinyl covers from bands like The Killers and Dashboard Confessional hang from the red and black walls. Guests can play pool by the bar, relax outside, watch a sports game on one of the four massive projector screens, sing karaoke or enjoy live music on a special event night. “The music is loud, the people are fun, and the service is great,” says the Miami NewTimes.

Vinyl & Kai prides itself in providing excellent customer service, thanks to the help of its POSitouch restaurant POS systems. The restaurant management POS lets staff process credit cards, start and close bar tabs and split multiple checks quickly and efficiently. The owner can rest assured that he is maximizing the revenue of his establishment by tracking overhead costs and pulling detailed sales reports on his POSitouch restaurant POS. Pinnacle Hospitality Systems is the sole provider of POSitouch in Florida, helping to automate the hospitality industry.