Stock market-themed beer bar to open in D.C. on October 8th
A new D.C. beer bar called The Big Board is slated to open on October 8th per this tweet. Prices will fluctuate in real-time based on how much of a certain beer is being ordered. Read on…
The Big Board is slangy way to refer to the stock market and we are going try something a little different as it relates to beer prices. The difference is that the prices will only go down from their set menu price and will be based on what people are ordering. We have never planned on that extending to the kitchen. We see it as fun way to get customers involved and have them decided what our specials are based on what they are ordering. As with Wall Street, there is always the risk of a “market crash” where the original prices will reset. 😉
Sounds an awful lot like the Kalamazoo Beer Exchange, http://kalamazoobeerexchange.com/, although the KBE may not have invented the idea either.
Thanks, Ian. Didn’t know this concept already existed. I’m guessing that one didn’t get as much press being in Kalamazoo.
Yes, this isn’t a new concept. I was at a bar in Mannheim, Germany nearly 20 years ago that was doing this although there was no set menu price at all. Think it was called “Market Inn” or something like that. Obviously the beer choices have increased dramatically since then.
Exchange is a bar in Manhattan that has fluctuating drink prices as well…been open for about a year, i think. Trendy!
There was also one along these lines in Paris in 2003. Very cool concept. That one used wireless sleds on Palm 3 handhelds for all servers, and big flat TVs for menu and pricing. The prices changed every five minutes, complete with red/green arrows. Always though something like that would do well in DC.
Yo Todd, this is Todd…Brokers Inn in Mannheim. Used to live in Heidelberg.