One of the most popular styles of menu covers used today are cafe menu covers. Why are these covers so popular? Quite simply, these covers are popular because there are so many different design options. Whether your restaurant features a large, diverse menu or a smaller, simpler offering, you will find a café menu cover that will fit your needs.
Café menu covers are covers that feature clear plastic or vinyl pages. These pages are bound together to hold the pages of your restaurant’s menu. Although the contents of these vinyl pockets may be changed at any time, the vinyl surface provides the perfect barrier to protect your menu from the spills that are inevitable in restaurant settings.
Café menu covers come in many different sizes. You may choose a smaller menu cover (5 ½ inches by 8 ½ inches) to hold your drink menu, for instance. Café menu covers are also available in a size that fits standard, letter-sized pages (8 ½ inches by 11 inches) and even oversized statement pages (11 inches by 17 inches).
Café menu covers can also hold as many pages as you’d like. Some restaurant owners prefer to have menus that only require two page views: the front and back of their menus. Others, however, have different sections that include pages for appetizers, drinks, lunches, and salads. In these cases, menu covers may need to hold as many as twelve page views. Opting for a café menu cover will never hinder your menu choices. You can simply order the cover that will fit your menu.
Binding options for café menu covers typically include leatherette or fabric bindings. Binding materials are available in many different colors, so you can still coordinate your menu cover with the décor of your restaurant. Bindings are usually double-stitched and include metal corners to protect your menus from the wear and tear of daily use.
Depending upon the size of your menu cover and the number of pages you utilize, café menu covers can come in a multitude of prices, as well. Smaller, single page versions may cost less than $2. Oversized, multiple page versions may cost closer to $15. In either case, however, café menu covers are always more affordable than their leather-covered counterparts.
If you need one other factor to sway you towards the use of café menu covers, consider the care-free maintenance associated with the vinyl pages of these menu covers. Should one of your menus fall victim to a spill at a patron’s table, you can rest assured that your menu is safe. A damp cloth is all that is required to clean the pages of these menu covers and prepare them for their next use.
Making the determination to use cafe menu covers in your restaurant is a decision that you won’t regret. Few other menu cover options will enable you the design flexibility inherent in this style of cover at a price that is so attractive.
