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A bar POS that can follow the pour into inventory.

A bar sells a finished drink while consuming measured ingredients behind the counter. LiftedPOS can connect the guest ticket to modifiers, preparation, bottle-level inventory, physical counts, and variance so the operating record does not stop at the payment.

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INSPECTION PATHOpen the restaurant demo, start a table check, then inspect bar stock, pours, and calculated variance.

LiftedPOS bar and restaurant floor with checks, table states, and service context
Current LiftedPOS operating surface · safe seeded data
  1. 01
    Recipe movement

    A configured drink can deplete liquor items by measured milliliter quantity.

  2. 02
    Observed count

    Full spare bottles and fractional open bottles contribute to the physical count.

  3. 03
    Directional variance

    Bottle variance and estimated cost value create a management investigation record.

Recipe movement

A configured drink can deplete liquor items by measured milliliter quantity.

Observed count

Full spare bottles and fractional open bottles contribute to the physical count.

Directional variance

Bottle variance and estimated cost value create a management investigation record.

Bar-service buying lens

Own the open check, the production handoff, the pour, and the close.

A bar evaluation should follow the service thread from an open check or tab through modifiers, seat or table context where used, kitchen or bar production, tips, split and close behavior, cash responsibility, and the pour variance that gives management a reason to investigate.

BUILT FOR

Bars that need checks, tables, modifiers, configured station routing, kitchen or bar production, recipe depletion, bottle counts, employee controls, cash close, and sales reporting together.

SEE IT WORK

Open a check, add modified items, route the ticket, split the allowed scope, complete a tender and tip, inspect the close record, and compare a configured drink recipe with a bottle count.

PLAN WITH US

LiftedPOS connects the open check to restaurant service while the configured processor owns card authorization. We qualify the terminal, preauthorization expectations, voids, and refund path with the merchant before launch.

We’ll rehearse a busy but controlled service period with your modifiers, routing, split expectations, tip handling, drawer ownership, recipe definitions, and bottle-count procedure. We also qualify the terminal, authorization, void, and refund path with the configured processor before launch, keeping open-check context distinct from card authorization.

LiftedPOS cash close workspace used to reconcile a bar shift
The shift ends with a drawer and manager record rather than a disconnected tender total.Inspect the seeded workflow
LiftedPOS cash drawer workspace used during bar service
Drawer custody gives the bar shift a visible cash operating record beside service and closeout.Inspect the seeded workflow
01

Turn sold drinks into ingredient movement

Pour recipes map a drink to one or more liquor items and a measured milliliter quantity. When the configured drink sells, the sale transaction can deplete the associated liquor inventory automatically, keeping the finished menu item and the ingredient record connected.

02

Count bottles the way a bar sees them

Track standard bottle sizes, shelf labels, full spare bottles, and fractional levels for open bottles. A physical count sets the observed inventory and records the variance between the system quantity and the counted quantity in one accountable operation.

03

Put a cost against unexplained movement

Variance reporting summarizes count occurrences, bottle variance, and estimated cost value over a selected date range. Positive variance represents shrinkage, giving management a directional measure to investigate rather than leaving the discrepancy buried in an end-of-month stock adjustment.

04

Connect the bar to the service floor

Modifiers, floor and table context, kitchen or bar display stations, tips, staff permissions, customers, and reporting remain part of the broader restaurant operation. Bottle tracking and payment behavior require the appropriate module and merchant configuration and should be verified during rollout.

05

Close with a record that can be investigated

Compare the physical count, system quantity, bottle variance, and estimated cost value before turning a discrepancy into a narrative. The result is a directional control record for management review, not a guarantee of shrink prevention or real-time bottle telemetry.

✓

Close a controlled bottle-count scenario

Configure a test drink recipe against a known bottle size and measured pour, then sell the drink and inspect its ingredient movement. Record full spare bottles and a fractional open bottle in a physical count. Review system quantity, observed quantity, variance, and estimated cost for the period. Investigate the directional result without treating variance as proof of theft or automatic telemetry. Assign a manager to explain and reconcile the exception record. Verify the same count on the hardware planned for the closing manager.

Inspect in the live demo

Open the restaurant demo, start a table check, then inspect bar stock, pours, and calculated variance. Availability can depend on enabled modules, hardware, payment setup, role, location, and rollout configuration.

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Move from the feature to the operation

This capability shares customer, employee, product, location, transaction, and reporting context with the rest of LiftedPOS. The value is not a checked box. It is the handoff the operation no longer has to rebuild.

Run the live demo →See pricing →Explore all features →Table and floor management →Bar inventory and pour control →Recipe and ingredient inventory →Table QR ordering →Cash drawer management →Cash-only outage workflow →

Put this business through a real POS decision.

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