Customers tap their order, get an anonymous nickname like midnight-fox,
and wait. The bar makes drinks in queue order. No POS integration, no logins, no PII —
just the queue. We ship a hardened iPad with BarQ pre-installed and locked to your bar.
THE VELVET TAP
The Menu
LIVE QUEUE
LIVENOW POURING
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Ruggedized for bars · IP67 spillproof case · always-on display · pre-locked to BarQ
How it works
Three steps. We do the setup so you don't have to.
Tell us your bar name and your menu. We build a personalized BarQ queue with your drinks and your prices. No login required.
A hardened iPad arrives in a counter-friendly mount with BarQ pre-installed and locked to kiosk mode — no app store, no settings, no curious customers escaping the order screen.
Set it on the bar and turn it on. Customers self-order, the queue updates live, you make drinks in order. That's the whole job.
What's included
No subscription tiers. No upsells. Built for bars, not for SaaS dashboards.
Counter-mount form factor, screen always on, locked to BarQ. Won't get yanked into TikTok.
Your drinks, your prices, your bar's name and tagline — pre-loaded before we ship.
Auto-resets between customers, screen stays on, only exits with your manager PIN.
Big mono numerals, "Now Pouring" hero with status colors, animated as orders flow in.
"Another Old Fashioned" — repeat customers get back in queue without re-entering their name.
Customers see how long until their drink — no more "did they forget me?"
Anonymous nicknames by default — midnight-fox, amber-otter. No PII collected, ever.
No POS hookup. No accounts. No payment processing. Just the queue. Cash, card, tab — handle however your bar already does.