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How Broken Bow Brewery Streamlined Operations with GoTab

Overview-A Brewery Rooted in Passion & Innovation

Nestled in the heart of Tuckahoe, NY, Broken Bow Brewery is a family-owned and operated craft brewery that has been serving award-winning beers for nearly 12 years. Built on passion and tradition, everything—from brewing and canning to sales and marketing—is handled within the family. As a majority women-owned brewery, they’ve created a space where quality, community, and craft beer culture thrive.

Open seven days a week, Broken Bow Brewery is more than just a taproom. With a 70-person beer garden, a rotating lineup of food trucks from Thursday to Sunday, and an exciting new kitchen and private event space on the way, they continue to evolve to meet growing demand. As they expand, they sought a technology partner that could enhance efficiency and support their next phase—without losing the personal touch that keeps guests coming back.

Situation-Scaling Without Sacrificing Service

With multiple service areas, high seasonal demand, and a kitchen launch on the horizon, Broken Bow Brewery needed a POS system that could seamlessly manage both liquid inventory and food service. Their expansive beer garden and large group reservations required a way to streamline ordering, especially during peak hours.

To keep operations smooth, they also needed robust reporting tools to track sales, inventory, and trends across different service areas. A smooth transition was key, along with hands-on support to ensure their team could maximize the new system’s capabilities.

Solution-A Smarter, More Efficient Brewery POS

To improve efficiency and prepare for expansion, Broken Bow Brewery implemented GoTab’s  Brewery POS system, creating a more streamlined operation across their bar, beer garden, and future kitchen.

With mobile ordering for beverages, guests can now order from their phones, reducing congestion at the bar while keeping service personal. As they gear up to launch their kitchen, GoTab ensures a seamless integration of food and drink orders, making it easier to manage multiple service areas without slowing down operations.

For a business that experiences seasonal surges and large group events, GoTab’s ability to distribute ordering across different spaces has been a game-changer, improving both guest experience and operational flow. Behind the scenes, GoTab’s real-time reporting and analytics tools provide critical insights, helping the team track trends, optimize inventory, and make data-driven decisions. The QuickBooks integration simplifies financial management, ensuring smoother back-office operations.

“The transition to GoTab has been seamless, and the early results are fantastic. Our bartenders love it, and our guests are happier than ever. The reporting and analytics functions have been a game-changer for our team as we grow.”

-Broken Bow Owners

To explore their award-winning beers and upcoming food program, visit Broken Bow Brewery’s website here.

Key Features

QR Mobile Ordering – Expands service beyond the bar for a better guest experience.
All-In-One Brewery POS – Manages both beverage and food operations in one system.
Real-Time Reporting & Analytics – Delivers valuable insights for smarter decision-making.
QuickBooks Integration – Simplifies accounting and financial tracking.

Benefits

Faster, More Efficient Service – Reduces wait times and streamlines operations across multiple spaces.

Seamless Transition to Food Service – Ensures a smooth integration as Broken Bow Brewery expands its offerings.

Better Guest Experience – Mobile ordering allows patrons to order when they want, where they want.

Data-Driven Decision Making – Insights help optimize sales, staffing, and inventory management.

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Situated “in the heart of it all, yet tranquil enough to make you feel away from it all too,” The Limelight Hotel Snowmass offers 99 hotel rooms and 11 residences, as well as footsteps-to-gondola access in winter and summer — right in the middle of Snowmass Base Village.

The Situation

Especially over the last few years, the Limelight Hotels IT team had witnessed a significant shift to contactless technology in the hospitality industry. After evaluating friction points in the guest journey, aligning with modern technology platforms in their restaurant was determined to be an effective way to offer elevated contactless dining experiences to their guests while also evolving their technology platforms to continue to support long-term company goals. Limelight Hotel partnered with GoTab to provide an enhanced on-demand dining experience on par with the brand’s reputation for exceptional guest service.

The Solution

Reducing Staff Touch Points Without Sacrificing Guest Experience

Guests are now able to begin a tab from their room or the property’s restaurant by scanning a QR code, texting a link to friends or family members on the ski slope to add in their orders, then meeting up together at the patio or lodge to enjoy their meal and après ski festivities without interruption. By streamlining tasks like inputting orders and processing payments, this eliminates friction for hotel staff and allows them to focus on delivering renowned guest service for a memorable experience. Since partnering with GoTab, Limelight Snowmass has consistently seen higher check averages and sales.

“We found the Point of Sale platforms we were looking at offered the guest and staff limited opportunities to further reduce touch points or improve the traditional restaurant experience. The GoTab platform enabled the guest to take an active role over the flow of their experience while simultaneously reducing touch points and further streamlining restaurant operations.”Nick Giglio, Manager of Hotel IT Operations, The Little Nell Hotel Group

According to the Limelight Hotels team, some of the other platforms that were evaluated were either missing some of the pieces they were looking for, had weak customer support models, or had little willingness to develop integrations to existing hotel platforms already in place. To that end, GoTab integrated with cloud-based platform, Infor. Together, GoTab and Infor are providing dynamic solutions to support central, efficient service across hotel amenities and deliver exceptional guest experiences.

“Previously, guests would call down to the restaurant to begin an order from their room or while they were out enjoying the ski slopes. Using GoTab, guests can now place orders from anywhere on the resort, giving them the on-demand service they want without interrupting their day. GoTab empowers us to give control to the guest, reducing touch points and streamlining overall restaurant operations, making Limelight Hotel the resort of choice for Snowmass.”Nick Giglio, Manager of Hotel IT Operations, The Little Nell Hotel Group

Since introducing GoTab, The Limelight Hotel has seen a consistent level of upsells and items sold per check resulting in additional revenue capture. They have been able to maintain service levels in their restaurants during periods when there was reduced staffing available without significantly diminishing the guest experience.

The Benefits

Eliminate Phone Orders – Take Orders from the Slopes. Guests can start a tab from their room or on the mountain without interrupting the flow of their day.

Future-Proofed Technologies – Delivering elevated contactless ordering via integration with the Infor hotel management platform.

Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.

  • Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
  • Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
  • Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.
  • Eliminating Friction in the Guest Journey – Maintaining service levels during periods of reduced staff without diminishing the guest experience.

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