Aug 6, 2009

Basics of a Restaurant Menu Cover

By Zack Dobbins

If you are opening your own restaurant, or simply want to get into the business of designing restaurant menu covers, designing is a fun and enjoyable thing which will showcase your creativity and your uniqueness. There are certain things you need to think about and consider before you start choosing a design, or designing it by yourself:

First, you should consider the theme of your restaurant. Do you want a fun, relaxed beach theme? If so, your menu cover should highlight that. Are you going for the elegant, formal type of restaurant, showcasing your best wines for the ultimate fine dining experience? Then make sure that one look at your cover, and your customers will already be treated to that.

Every customer wants a carefully-designed menu cover; no one wants to see a shabby cover, as it will reflect the type of restaurant you have. If they see that you put some amount of work and thought to your menu cover, then they will also expect the same service in your restaurant. Though it may seem unnecessary and trivial, restaurant menu covers actually reflect a lot about the restaurant.

Still, you do not to spend days and days of long, hard work planning your menu cover. Some creativity, a little fun, and some amount of work and planning will do wonders to your design. Also, restaurant menu covers are the same for most of the restaurants; you want to make a unique menu cover that will set you apart from all the others, and make your customers keep coming back to you. Whether you have a fun or a serious design, the purpose should always be to draw customers in; showing them all the unique and special things you have to offer.

The usual things you consider in creating your menu cover should be the font and its size, the colours, as well as the graphics or images you want to put. Your menu cover can also be plain, if you want a classic, elegant look. The size of your menu cover depends on the number of dishes you are offering, as well as the images you want to place inside.

Do you want pictures of the food you serve? This can be a way to make your customers order food which they are interested in, and yet have not tried. Fun images complement a fun menu cover, while a classic frame will look perfect for an elegant menu cover.

Designing menu covers are not unnecessary; it is not a tiring activity for you either. It reflects so much about the owner and the restaurant itself. Also, it can be simple and yet elegant. A cluttered menu cover will only confuse your readers, so do not put in too much information and images.

Whatever theme you decide for your restaurant, and whatever kind of design you wish your menu cover to have, keep in mind that designing should simply be a fun and challenging activity for you. Just show how creative you are, and how unique your restaurant is, and you will surely have a beautiful and attractive menu cover design.

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