# Italian Restaurant > Free, remixable Italian restaurant digital signage for a portrait TV: a Benvenuti welcome slide, named mains with descriptions, and the coffee course. Source: https://channelos.tv/t/italian-restaurant-8730c1bb-148b-45aa-8a2e-68b2bca98a72 Category: Restaurant & menu Shape: 9:16 (portrait, a TV stood on its end) Slides: 3 Author: ad (community) Price: free --- ## What is Italian restaurant digital signage? Italian restaurant digital signage is a TV in the dining room or above the counter that plays your menu and offers as timed slides instead of a printed board. A portrait 9:16 layout fits a narrow wall and shows antipasti, pasta, mains, prices and a welcome card, all changed from a phone. An Italian restaurant owner runs this portrait TV board: a Benvenuti welcome, named mains, and the coffee course. ## What is on this board The slides below are the template's real content, flattened to text. Remixing copies the whole deck into your own workspace, where every line is editable. ### Slide 1 of 3 - Osteria Bella - ITALIANA - BENVENUTI - Osteria Bella - memories made here. - Every table has a story . Let yours begin here. - VISIT US - HOURS - RESERVE YOUR TABLE - S Sherrill,St.Tampa - ,FL 33166,USA - 12:00PM - 11.30PM - 6399999999 - THANK YOU & WELCOME ### Slide 2 of 3 - Osteria Bella - ITALIANA - Osteria Bella - our finest creation - VISIT US - HOURS - S Sherrill,St.Tampa - 6399999999 - THANK YOU & WELCOME - OUR SIGNATURE CREATION - Costata di Vitello - FILET MIGNON - LASAGNA - Filst mignen with ait mignom, wits prrafied migepaata, ahocclfa of sanüed bdest mignons, potiars mnoos - Lasagna with omeesored df-oertenste Quetive fermaggi, notne, secnnies with memoriss and resosented restaurants in aoetnhities. - Pan-fried breaded chicken cutlets topped with rich tomato marinara sauce and melted mozzarella cheese. ### Slide 3 of 3 - Osteria Bella - ITALIANA - THANK YOU & WELCOME - THE PERFECT PAIRING - HOUSE RED - Rich, smooth & perfectly balanced. Pair with our heart italian - WHITE WINE - Crisp, refreshing & elegantly smooth. The perfect match for light & flowers - 🍷 - 🥂 - MAKE IT PERFECT EXPERIENCE - START - ENJOY - END - With - Your - With - Delicious antipasti to begin your Italian journey. - Handcrafted mains made with love & tradition. - Perfect coffee moments to complete it all. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the typical cost of a digital menu board? Price it as four separate lines, not one number: the screen, the mount, whatever plays the content, and the software. A consumer TV you already own covers the first line at zero, and the mount is a one-off. The third line is the one people forget. If the TV already runs apps or has a working browser, it plays the board itself and costs nothing extra; if it does not, you are buying a player box or a stick for every screen. Signage software is almost always billed per screen per month, so multiply by screens, not by menus. Get a written per-screen figure before you call a plan cheap. ### Are digital menu boards worth the cost? The honest test is how often your menu actually changes. If prices, specials or sold-out dishes move weekly, a screen pays for itself in reprints alone, because one edit reaches every board in seconds. If your menu is fixed for a year, print is the better buy. Two conditions decide whether it works once it is up. It has to be readable: the sign trade allows roughly 25mm of capital letter height for every 3 metres a guest stands away, so measure from the queue, not the counter. And it has to stay current. If you hold a central licence or run ten or more outlets, India's menu labelling rules require calorie information on the menu, and a screen is the cheapest place to keep that accurate. ### Where can I find free digital menu board templates for restaurants? Check three things before you download anything, because most search results are graphics rather than boards. First, is the text editable, or is it a flat image where changing one price means reopening a design tool? Second, what shape is it? A TV stood on its end needs a 9:16 layout, and a 16:9 poster stretched into that slot crops the bottom of the menu off. Third, what does it output? A PNG or a PDF is a picture of a menu, not something a screen plays on a loop with timing between slides. Galleries attached to signage software, including the free ChannelOS gallery this board sits in, pass all three, because the template already is the running board. ### Do I need a special media player to run Italian restaurant digital signage? Usually not. Check the TV first. An Android TV, Google TV or Fire TV set, or any screen with a working browser, can load and play the board itself, and a cheap streaming stick covers a set that cannot. Ask one question before buying hardware: does this software need its own box, or does it run in a browser? For a portrait board, rotate the picture in the TV's own display settings if that option exists; otherwise use a rotating wall mount and build the content at 9:16, so the layout is designed portrait rather than a landscape design turned sideways. Confirm a power socket and wifi reach the mounting spot before anyone drills. ## How to use it 1. Open https://channelos.tv/t/italian-restaurant-8730c1bb-148b-45aa-8a2e-68b2bca98a72 and press "Use this template". Create a free account and the template opens in your own workspace. 2. Change the words, prices and photos in the editor, from a phone or a computer. 3. On the TV, open play.channelos.tv in its own browser, pair it from your phone with the code it shows, then publish the board to it. It runs in the television's own web browser. There is no media player box to buy and nothing to install. The first screen is free. Free screens show a ChannelOS banner along the bottom of the screen. Any paid plan removes it.