Custom printed takeout bags for Alpine restaurants.

A small town at the edge of the wild

Alpine is an unincorporated town in the foothills of the Cuyamaca Mountains. The County plan says the area climbs from about 1,500 feet in the low spots to peaks over 4,100 feet, and its east side is the doorway to the county's wilderness.

The plan is clear about the goal: keep Alpine rural. Homes sit on big lots up winding roads. Hikers, campers and day trippers come through on the way out to the hills.

For a restaurant, that means two crowds. Locals who drive a while to get home, and visitors who stop once and may never pass this way again unless something sticks.

Everything happens on one boulevard

Interstate 8 cuts right through Alpine. The County plan keeps big commercial building to Alpine Boulevard, Arnold Way and the area around the Tavern Road exit.

So your shop is on a short strip that every local drives past, often more than once a day. A customer walks out to the truck with your bag, and a steady line of cars sees it.

Here is the catch. Those people are moving. They get a second, maybe two. A name in thin script with a tiny icon is gone before they can read it.

Make your name readable at speed

The across the street test at the top of this page shows exactly how far your name reads on our bag. Here is what helps the most.

• Short name, big letters: fewer letters means each one can be taller across the bag.
• Bold over thin: heavy strokes stay sharp from far away. Thin lines vanish first.
• One dark color on brown: black, dark red or navy on kraft gives you the most contrast.
• Skip the tiny tagline: if it needs squinting, nobody in a car will read it.

You have 12 × 14 in of space on the front. Use most of it for your name. Want the full size picture first? Our bag size page lays out every inch.

Built for the ride up the hill

Alpine dinners often ride a long way on a winding road. Our bag is 12″ × 7″ × 14″, made of 110 GSM kraft, with a square bottom that holds up to 22 lb. Seal the top with a food tamper-evident sticker and it stays closed on the curves.

Up the road in the backcountry, Ramona restaurants deal with long drives too. And every shop in the county gets the same deal on logo printed takeout bags in San Diego.