for independent restaurants

86 the busywork.

Your AI operations agent lives in WhatsApp. Scheduling, inventory, food cost, prep lists, vendor orders — handled. So you can run your restaurant instead of drowning in spreadsheets.

4hrs → 15min
weekly scheduling
30%
less food waste
$0
new hardware
Start now — $99/mo

How it works

No app to download. No dashboard to learn. Just text your agent like you'd text your sous chef.

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86 next week's schedule

📅 Schedule: Feb 17–23

MON Jake 6a-2p · Maria 11a-7p · Dev 4p-cl

TUE Sarah 6a-2p · Jake 11a-7p · Maria 4p-cl

WED Dev 6a-2p · Sarah 11a-7p · Jake 4p-cl

34.5 labor hrs · $1,242 est cost · 28.1% of projected rev

No conflicts. Sarah's PTO Thursday covered.

86'd ✓

food cost on the brisket platter?

💲 Brisket Platter

Brisket (8oz) $4.20

2 sides $1.10

Roll + butter $0.35

Sauce/pickle $0.15

Total cost $5.80

Menu price $18.99

Margin 69.5%

Brisket wholesale up 8% — want me to flag if it crosses $5/lb?

86'd ✓

Everything your back office needs

10 skills. One agent. All through text.

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Scheduler

Auto-generate weekly schedules. Handles availability, overtime, labor targets.

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Food Cost

Per-item costing from your invoices. Margin tracking. Alerts when costs drift.

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Inventory

Track stock, set par levels, log waste. Learns your actual usage patterns.

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Prep Lists

Daily prep based on covers, reservations, and day-of-week patterns.

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Vendor Orders

Generate orders from par levels. Knows your vendors, minimums, delivery days.

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Menu Engineering

Stars, plowhorses, puzzles, dogs. Know what sells and what to cut.

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Daily Closeout

End-of-day report: sales, labor %, comps, waste. Full picture by morning.

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Inspection Ready

Temp logs, cleaning checklists, HACCP tracking. Always ready.

Review Responses

Drafts responses to Google/Yelp reviews in your voice.

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Gets Smarter

Every interaction teaches 86'd your restaurant. Better than a new manager after a month.

"I used to spend Sunday nights building the schedule. Now I text '86 the schedule' and it's done before I finish my coffee."

— Real results from deployed systems in West Virginia

Not another restaurant app

No tablet on the wall

86'd lives in WhatsApp or Telegram. The tools you already use, not another login to forget.

Your data stays private

Your recipes, costs, and staff info live on your own private server. Not in someone else's database.

Built for independents

Not a watered-down enterprise tool. Built for the owner who does everything — because you actually do.

Speaks restaurant

86'd knows what a clopen is. Knows par levels. Knows the Tuesday after a holiday weekend is dead.

Simple pricing

No per-seat fees. No feature gates. Every plan gets every skill.

most popular

86'd Starter

$99 /mo
  • Your own private AI agent
  • All 10 restaurant skills
  • WhatsApp or Telegram
  • Learns your restaurant over time
  • Email support
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86'd Pro

$199 /mo
  • Everything in Starter
  • Priority support (text Martin directly)
  • Custom skill requests
  • POS integration help
  • Monthly operations review call
Go Pro

86'd White Glove

$499 one-time
  • We do the onboarding for you
  • Martin interviews your team
  • Menu + vendor data entered
  • Staff schedule configured
  • Live training session
Book setup

Add to any plan

Cancel anytime. Your data exports with you. No contracts, no gotchas.

Questions

Do I need to be tech-savvy?

If you can text, you can use 86'd. That's the whole point. No apps, no dashboards, no training videos. You text your agent, it texts back.

What messaging apps does it work with?

WhatsApp and Telegram. We're adding SMS and iMessage next. You pick during setup.

How long does setup take?

Your agent is live in under 10 minutes. Full onboarding (menu, staff, vendors) takes 30-60 minutes via text. Or book White Glove and we do it for you.

Is my data safe?

Your restaurant gets its own private server. Your data never touches another restaurant's data. Everything is encrypted. We don't sell data. Period.

Does it integrate with my POS?

We're building POS integrations now. For launch, you text in your daily numbers (takes 30 seconds) and 86'd handles the rest. Pro plan includes POS integration help.

What if I want to cancel?

Cancel anytime from your dashboard. We'll export all your data — it's yours. No contracts, no penalties, no guilt trips.

You 86 things all day.
Now 86 the busywork too.

Get your 86'd agent — $99/mo

Live in 10 minutes. Cancel anytime.