Card machine guide · Bars & breweries
For wine bars the Clover Station Duo is the usual starting point: by-the-glass pours, flights and bottle sales. Below: what the setup looks like, who it suits and where owners go wrong.
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At Merchant Fund Express, we set up Clover for which credit card machine is best for a wine bar: the right devices, the features that matter in your workflow and on-site training for your staff.
For most wine bars we start with the Clover Station Duo. On the Station Duo the staff work on a large 14-inch display while the customer sees and tips on a second 8-inch screen. Tap, chip and swipe are all accepted and the printer is built in.
Wine bars build slowly from after-work through late evening, with tables that linger for hours and a Friday crowd at the bar. The pressure is not speed so much as keeping long tabs accurate.
The list is sold by the glass, half glass, flight and bottle, often from the same wine. Pour sizes as modifiers on one wine item keep the menu short and the inventory honest.
Cards dominate, often started as tabs and split among friends at the end. Tips are expected and should be easy for guests to add on a screen they can read.
Bartenders and a couple of servers share the room. Individual logins and manager-only voids matter where a comped glass can quietly turn into a missing bottle.
A Station Duo at the bar gives the bartender a big screen and the guest a screen for tipping, with a Flex for table service so cards never leave the guest's sight. Checking ID is the owner's responsibility.
Setup is done with you in the room: devices placed where they will really be used, items and modifiers entered in your language, a test of each payment type and a short training session for opening and closing.
| Role | Device | Why it earns its place |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Station Duo | Bar register with a guest-facing screen |
| Add-on | Flex | Tableside ordering and payment |
| Add-on | Mini | Bottle shop counter |
Setting up each pour size as a separate item is the classic mistake. Reports then say you sold glasses of five different wines when you really sold one wine five ways.
Merchant Fund Express is the team behind your terminal: we install on site, train your staff and answer the phone after launch. When you want funding or equipment financing, it is available from the same company.
Yes. One wine item with pour-size modifiers (taste, glass, bottle) keeps the menu tidy and shows exactly how each wine sells.
Tabs can be split by item or evenly at the end, and each guest can pay their part by tap, chip or swipe.
The Merchant Fund Express team installs on site, configures your items and trains your staff, then stays available by phone after launch.
It helps but is not required. A recent processing statement lets us compare your effective rate to what a Clover setup would look like for your sales mix.
No. Equipment and processing are quoted to your business, because the right number depends on your volume, card mix and how many stations you need. Call (305) 384-8391 for a personal quote.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
