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Introducing 1prairie.menu: your menu, on every customer's phone

Our first product is an AI assistant for independent restaurants. Hand it a photo of your printed menu — it builds a fast mobile menu and a print-ready QR code.


We build one product at a time, and this is the first: 1prairie.menu, an AI assistant for independent restaurants.

The problem

If you run an independent restaurant, bar, or food truck, your menu probably lives in three places that never agree: the printed sheet on the table, a PDF buried on your website, and a blurry photo someone posted online. When prices change, none of them update. And the QR code experience most restaurants offer today is a pinch-and-zoom PDF that customers give up on.

Big chains have teams for this. Independents have a laminator.

What 1prairie.menu does

Hand it a photo of your printed menu, a PDF, or plain text. Your AI assistant does the typing — it extracts items, prices, and sections, writes descriptions in your brand voice, and tags allergens. You review the result and can edit it as needed.

From there you get:

  • A fast mobile menu website. Mobile-first, loads in under two seconds, built for the phone in your customer’s hand — not a PDF.
  • A print-ready QR code. Stick it on table tents, doors, and windows. Update the menu from your phone; guests see changes instantly.
  • A URL you own. Post it on social media, link it from your existing website, or use a custom domain.

The whole process takes about four minutes, and your menu is live in 60 seconds once you approve it.

You can see a live sample menu to get a feel for what your customers will see.

Pricing

$4.99 a month. That’s it — no setup fees, no per-location tiers, no sales calls. New users get 14 days free, no card required.

Why this product first

1prairie exists to build focused AI software — one problem, solved well, before moving to the next. Menus felt like the right place to start: a real, daily annoyance for thousands of independent restaurants, small enough to do properly, and useful from day one.