Bars & pubs
What's on tonight, and are you open? Answer it before they call.
The competition for a bar's website isn't another bar, it's a Facebook page whose events are buried three posts deep and a PDF menu from 2019. Mainfolk builds your bar a real site in about a minute: a tap list you update from your phone, bar hours and kitchen hours stated separately, and tonight's events on a calendar that actually shows up in search, so a phone check at 7pm gets a real answer.
Free forever, and it really works. Your own domain name is $15/mo when you want it. No credit card, no contract.
- Tap list, updated in seconds
- Bar hours and kitchen hours, both
- A real calendar for tonight's events
- You own it, no rented platform page
The question that actually matters
A Facebook page buries the answer. Your site should lead with it.
Someone deciding where to go tonight checks one thing first: what's on, and are you open right now. A Facebook page answers that with a post from three days ago, scrolled past by whatever the algorithm decided to show instead. A PDF menu from a few years back doesn't answer it at all. A site of your own puts the tap list, the hours, and tonight's event on the page someone actually lands on, so they walk in instead of scrolling past.
A Facebook page alone
- Events buried under whatever the algorithm shows first
- One set of hours, kitchen hours never stated
- Tap list is a photo of a chalkboard from last month
- Back room bookings go to a phone nobody answers on a Friday
- An AI assistant has nothing of yours it can cite
A real site, plus the socials
- A calendar for live music, trivia, and game day, built to be found
- Bar hours and kitchen hours, stated separately and plainly
- A tap list you update from your phone in seconds
- A back room request form that lands in your inbox
- Structured data and
llms.txtso assistants can recommend you
Built for the bar
Everything a bar or pub needs, already on it.
The pieces a neighborhood bar actually uses, built in and ready for your taps, your hours, and tonight's lineup.
A tap list that stays current
What's pouring, what just kicked, what's new this week. Update it from your phone behind the bar, no photo of a chalkboard required.
Bar hours and kitchen hours, both
The single most-asked question, answered plainly instead of guessed at. Nobody shows up hungry at 9:45 to a kitchen that closed at 9.
A real events calendar
Live music, trivia night, open mic, game day. On a page built to rank and to be read, not a post that scrolls away by morning.
Private parties & the back room
Your highest-value booking, usually lost to a phone nobody answers on a Friday. A request form catches it and lands in your inbox instead.
Food menu, front and center
Wings, apps, whatever the kitchen runs, not a scanned PDF from a few years back. Click-to-edit, so a price or a special takes seconds to update.
Findable for your town
A page built to rank for "bars near me" and "live music tonight in your town," plus structured data and a per-site llms.txt so an assistant asked "where can I watch the game" can name your bar.
On day one
You get a real site before tonight's first pint is poured.
Answer a few questions and Mainfolk generates a starter site with a tap list, hours split by bar and kitchen, an about page telling your bar's story, and a place for tonight's event, all live on your own address. No blank page, no waiting on a developer, nothing to figure out before you can send someone the link.
Ships day one
- A tap list you update from your phone
- Bar hours and kitchen hours, split apart
- An about page telling your bar's story
- A back room request form that lands in your inbox
What the crowd actually looks like
The honest price
Free forever. Pay only when you want your own domain.
Less than one round of drinks, and no setup fee, no per-page charge, no surprise renewal hike.
The free plan is a real, working site on a mainfolk.com address, with hosting and unlimited edits, for as long as you like. Launch is what you move to when you want your own domain name, no Mainfolk badge, and more AI help each month. Step up to Pro ($29/mo) only if you want to see who is visiting and which pages they check before showing up. Hosting, the security certificate, updates, and get-found optimization are included at every tier.
Comparing options? See how we stack up against Wix & Squarespace, a WordPress build, or read the full pricing page.
Questions
Asked and answered.
Do I have to update the tap list myself?
Yes, and it takes seconds. Swap a keg, tap a new one, or drop a line that's blown, all from your phone behind the bar. No photo of a chalkboard, no waiting on whoever built the site to answer a text.
Can I show bar hours and kitchen hours separately?
Yes. Most bar sites list one set of hours and leave the biggest question unanswered: is the kitchen still open. Mainfolk gives you both, stated plainly, so nobody shows up at 9:45 hoping for food that stopped at 9.
Can people book the back room online?
Yes. Private parties and the back room are the highest-value booking a neighborhood bar takes, and it's usually handled by a phone that doesn't get answered on a Friday. A simple request form on your site catches it and delivers straight to your inbox instead.
Will it show up when someone searches for live music tonight?
That's the point of a real events calendar instead of a Facebook post that scrolls away by morning. Mainfolk marks up your events with structured data and a per-site llms.txt, so a search for "live music tonight" or an AI assistant asked "where can I watch the game" can actually name your bar.
What does it cost?
Start free, forever, on a mainfolk.com address. Launch is $15 a month for your own domain name with no Mainfolk badge. No contract, no setup fee, and hosting, the security certificate, and updates are included. See the full pricing page.
Stop losing the crowd to a buried post
Build the site that answers what's on tonight before they walk past.
Build your bar's site free in about a minute and see the real thing before you spend a dollar. Warm neighborhood hospitality, 21+, plenty of options for anyone not drinking tonight.