# Taqueria street taco menu board · Portrait

> A free vertical taqueria menu board for any TV. Al pastor, carne asada and pollo adobado by the taco, with a Tuesday deal. Your first screen is free.

Source: https://channelos.tv/t/taqueria-street-taco-menu-board-portrait-2d46b8d9-a688-4ace-84b1-e60f579e4e30
Category: Restaurant & menu
Shape: 9:16 (portrait, a TV stood on its end)
Slides: 4
Author: ChannelOS (community)
Price: free

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## What is a vertical taqueria menu board?

A taqueria menu board is the screen listing tacos and their prices at a counter or a truck. As a TV loop it carries the name, the taco list priced per taco, one deal, and the hours, so a Tuesday price lives on the screen instead of on tape over yesterday's board.

A taqueria counter runs this on a TV stood on its end: the venue, the priced list, one offer and the hours.

## 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 4

![Taqueria street taco menu board · Portrait, slide 1: the venue and what it is known for](https://channelos.tv/templates/05-mexican-taqueria/p-1-hero.webp)

- Masa made here
- Calle Doce
- Corn tortillas pressed to order, all day.
- @calledoce · taqueria

### Slide 2 of 4

![Taqueria street taco menu board · Portrait, slide 2: the priced menu of dishes](https://channelos.tv/templates/05-mexican-taqueria/p-2-menu.webp)

- Tacos
- Al pastor
- $3.50
- Carne asada
- $4
- Pollo adobado
- $3.50
- Nopal y frijol
- $3
- vegetarian
- @calledoce · taqueria

### Slide 3 of 4

![Taqueria street taco menu board · Portrait, slide 3: the offer of the day with its price](https://channelos.tv/templates/05-mexican-taqueria/p-3-offer.webp)

- Every Tuesday
- Three tacos + agua fresca
- $10
- Any three tacos with a house agua fresca of the day.
- @calledoce · taqueria

### Slide 4 of 4

![Taqueria street taco menu board · Portrait, slide 4: the sign-off with opening hours](https://channelos.tv/templates/05-mexican-taqueria/p-4-hours.webp)

- Nos vemos.
- Open 11am - midnight, Tue to Sun
- @calledoce · taqueria

## Frequently asked questions

### Why stand a TV on its end for a taqueria counter?

Because the wall usually decides. A taqueria counter tends to sit against a pillar, a narrow strip beside a doorway or a window that is taller than it is wide, and a landscape panel there either overhangs or shrinks to fit. A portrait board reads as one column top to bottom, which suits a list. What it is not is a rotated landscape design: turning a wide layout on its side re-wraps every line, so the board is authored in the shape the screen is mounted in.

### How do I mount a screen in portrait safely?

Three checks before drilling. The bracket has to allow rotation, which most VESA plates do but some fixed ones do not. The panel itself has to be rated for portrait: many consumer TVs are not, because heat rises differently through a rotated panel and the warranty often says so in a line people skip. And the cables have to leave the set without a tight bend at the new bottom edge. A commercial signage panel is usually rated for both orientations, which is one of the real things the premium buys.

### Per taco or per plate: how should tacos be priced on a board?

Price the way you take the order. If people order three al pastor, the board prices one al pastor and the customer multiplies; if you sell plates of three, the board prices the plate. Mixing the two on one board is what makes a queue ask, and the answer is always the slowest thing at the counter. Whichever you choose, say it once in small type under the list rather than repeating it on every line.

### Does a food truck need a different board?

The content is the same, the reading distance is not. A truck is read from further away and often from an angle, in daylight, so the type goes bigger and the list gets shorter: four fillings, priced, is a complete truck board. A truck also needs the board to survive being seen in sunlight, which favours a dark ground with light type and no photographs behind the words.

## How to use it

1. Open https://channelos.tv/t/taqueria-street-taco-menu-board-portrait-2d46b8d9-a688-4ace-84b1-e60f579e4e30 and press "Use this template".
2. It is copied into your own workspace, where you edit the words, prices and colours.
3. Open the player link on the TV, pair it once with the code on screen, and the board airs.

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.