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Notes from the kitchen pass.
QR menus, allergen labelling, bilingual menus, Toast vs static HTML — the boring-but-important parts.
Allergen labelling on mobile menus: a 3-tap workflow so guests with allergies find what they need
FDA, EU FIC 1169/2011, and UK Natasha's Law guidance applied to mobile restaurant menus — with a 3-tap allergen-finding workflow, alt-text spec, and translation pitfalls for tourist menus.
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Why read this
- •Primary intent: allergen labelling mobile menu restaurant
- •Confidence: medium
- •Sources: S-007, S-008, S-017, S-018…
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- Workflow
Bilingual QR menu setup for tourist-heavy restaurants (sibling URLs, hreflang, no auto-redirect)
Detailed setup guide for bilingual or trilingual QR menus — sibling URLs not query strings, hreflang annotations, allergen translation review, RTL layouts, and the auto-redirect mistake to avoid.
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- Checklist
Restaurant QR menu best practices for tourist markets (text size, allergens, language toggle)
QR menu best practices for tourist-heavy restaurants — language toggle that uses sibling URLs not query strings, allergen translation pitfalls (crustáceos vs mariscos), sticker placement by seating type, body text size.
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- Teardown
Common QR menu mistakes I see at restaurants in 2026 (with fixes)
A teardown of seven recurring QR menu failure modes — PDF-only, illegible text, missing tap-to-call, baked-in phone numbers, no print stylesheet — based on first-party workflow tests against 5 independent restaurant menus.
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- Micro question
QR sticker placement on tables, bars, and outdoor seating — what works for a 4-top vs a stand-up bar
QR sticker placement guide by seating type — 4-top, stand-up bar, communal table, outdoor patio, counter. Covers matte vs glossy laminate, glare in direct sun, multi-sticker placement for long communal tables, and tap-to-call backup.
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- How to
Replace your restaurant's PDF menu with a mobile page in one weekend (no-app, no-subscription)
A Saturday-to-Sunday workflow for converting a PDF restaurant menu into a clean static HTML page on a free host, with allergen icons, tap-to-call, and a print stylesheet. No SaaS subscription required.
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- Risk
Why your restaurant's QR menu is killing conversions (10-row mobile audit, 2026)
A 10-row pass/fail scorecard for restaurant QR menus on mobile — PDF download, body text size, LCP, allergen alt text, tap-to-call, update time, print stylesheet. Workflow tests against 5 real menus.
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- Comparison
Toast vs BentoBox vs DIY for independent restaurants: a 2026 honest comparison
Toast, BentoBox, and a DIY static HTML menu compared by 2026-05 pricing, time-to-update, mobile UX, and switching cost — written for independent restaurants who don't have a POS team.
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