Restaurant Cooks Up Success With HP iPAQ Pocket PC And Pocket Cheff Software

When veteran restaurateurs Teresa Bowles and Rick Coe opened Buttermilks Country Restaurant in Maitland, Florida, they figured their from-scratch southern cuisine would be a hit with customers. The surprise was finding out that the perfect complement to buttermilk biscuits and hand-breaded fried green tomatoes was a wait staff equipped with handheld computers.

Thanks to Pocket Cheff, a wireless ordering system based on the HP iPAQ Pocket PC, Buttermilks Country Restaurant is delivering a better dining experience, winning lots of repeat customers and happily celebrating its first year in business.

Increased productivity of the wait staff and improved restaurant management have Bowles and Coe sold on Pocket Cheff and HP. Coe likes that customers are getting their food faster and hotter. Bowles feels their IT investment is producing better financial results and reducing risk to the business.

One example was the simplicity of purchasing the entire system – hardware, software and training – all from Pocket Cheff. That meant Bowles and Coe didn't have to deal with multiple vendors at the same time that they were trying to start the restaurant. They also like that they can purchase additional iPAQ Pocket PCs locally and easily add them to the system.