Live Tap Lists

Digital menu boards

Pick a designer theme and your board sizes itself to your menu. Text, columns, and long names fit the screen and the promo space, so guests can read it from across the room. Changes show on your TVs instantly.

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A digital menu board for Diamond Spring Brewing on a TV on a brick taproom wall

What you get

  • Designer themes

    Thirteen themes for drinks and food, from Taproom and Departures to Bistro and Taquería. Each one picks the text size and columns that fit your menu, and keeps long names readable.

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  • Vertical TV themes

    Every theme has a vertical layout for TVs hung on their side. Tall Pour and Menu Card are made for vertical screens.

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  • Design Assistant

    Scores how easy your board is to read, lists what to fix, and lets you accept each suggestion with one click, or all of them at once. Undo anything you don't like.

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  • Promo space built in

    Choose where promos show: none, side, banner, or both. Every theme is designed with promos showing, and the menu fits the space that's left.

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  • Customize when you want control

    Switch to custom layout to set every font, size, and spacing yourself. Your board keeps its look, and the theme design is saved to Board history.

  • Your branding

    Pick a brand color the theme keeps readable, and use your own fonts, including custom brand fonts.

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  • Live in an instant

    Save a change and it shows on your TVs immediately with the Fire TV app.

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  • Scheduled boards

    Rotate boards by time of day or day of week, like happy hour or breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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  • Full-screen promos

    Schedule full-screen promos for events and specials. They never run back to back, so guests get back to the menu fast.

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  • Faded items and multiple boards

    Dim items that are out with a message like "Fresh out," and create as many boards as you need for different screens, rooms, or events.

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What is a Live Tap Lists digital menu board?

A digital menu board is your live tap list or food menu on the TVs in your taproom, bar, or restaurant. Live Tap Lists builds it from your current menu, so when you tap a new keg or one kicks, the screens already show it.

Why themes?

Most menu boards are hard to read because the text is too small, too many columns are squeezed in, or the colors blend into the background. A theme takes care of that for you: it picks the largest text that fits, the right number of columns, and colors with strong contrast, and it adjusts every time your menu changes. Read our guide to designing a menu board people can read, see all the themes, or learn how the Design Assistant helps an existing board.

How do I get it on my TVs?

Download the Live Tap Lists app on an Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick and enter your TV code from your dashboard. Your board displays and updates live whenever you make changes. You can also open the board in Google Chrome and cast it with Chromecast, or connect a computer by HDMI. See our hardware and screen size recommendations.

How do updates reach the screen?

Update a drink in your dashboard, or let your POS do it for you with a Square, Clover, Toast, Genius, or GoTab integration. Changes go live on every board immediately, and the same update reaches your print, website, and QR menus.

Digital menu boards FAQ

What are board themes?

Themes are ready-made board designs, each with its own fonts, colors, and signature details, like Departures' split-flap tiles or Taquería's papel picado banner. A theme sizes the text and picks the columns to fit your menu and promos, so you don't have to set font sizes by hand. There are drink themes and food themes, and you can pick your brand color and fonts.

Can I keep my current design?

Yes. Your board keeps its design until you pick a theme. If you do, your current design is saved to Board history so you can go back to it. If you like a theme but want full control, switch to custom layout and every font, size, and spacing is yours to change.

Do themes work on vertical TVs?

Yes. Every theme has a vertical layout, and Tall Pour and Menu Card are made for vertical screens. Set the screen orientation for a TV turned on its side and the theme lays itself out for it.

Do themes work with my promos?

Yes. Choose where promos show (none, side, banner, or both) and the theme fits your menu into the space that's left. Full-screen promos work on every theme too.

What is the Design Assistant?

The Design Assistant checks how easy your board is to read and gives it a score out of 100. Above 80 reads well across the room. It lists what's hard to read and suggests fixes you can accept one at a time or all at once, with Undo.

What hardware do I need?

An Amazon Fire TV or Fire TV Stick with the Live Tap Lists app is recommended. You can also cast from a computer with Chromecast or connect a computer by HDMI. For a screen behind the bar, use at least a 50 inch TV.

How fast do changes show up on the TV?

Changes are live on your TVs as soon as you save them. If your POS is connected, synced changes flow through automatically, in about 5 seconds for Square and Clover.

Can I show different menus at different times?

Yes. Scheduled boards rotate your boards automatically by time of day or day of week, such as a happy hour board from 3 to 5 pm.

What happens when a beer runs out?

Mark it faded to dim it on the board with a message like "Fresh out," or set it inactive to remove it. If your POS syncs availability, sold-out items update automatically.