Logo printed kraft takeout bags for Vista restaurants, from Main Street to the taprooms.

Beer town, food town

Vista has spent years growing its craft beer scene on purpose, and it shows. Taprooms fill up on weekend afternoons, and the people in them get hungry. Some breweries partner with a kitchen, some park a food truck out front, and many guests grab dinner on the way home from a nearby taqueria, pizza spot or burger joint.

Down in Vista Village and along Main Street, the old downtown mixes family Mexican restaurants, cafes, wine bars and newer spots. It is a real working town, not a tourist strip, so your regulars live five minutes away and order from you every week.

Patios, music and a bag that leaves with them

The city opened the door for live music on approved patios in the historic downtown, Paseo Santa Fe and Vista Village. That brings evening crowds who stay late, eat a little and take the rest home.

Think about where that leftover food goes. It goes into a car, into a kitchen, onto a counter at a friend's place. A blank sack disappears. A kraft bag with your logo sits on that counter all night, and somebody asks where it came from.

This is the whole idea behind our logo printed takeout bags for San Diego County restaurants: a bag that keeps working after the customer walks out.

If you feed a brewery crowd

If you run the kitchen inside a taproom, or the truck parked outside one, you are feeding people who are not your customers yet. They came for the beer. The bag is how they remember you when they want food next Tuesday.

Brewery food is heavy: pizza boxes, wings, loaded fries, sandwiches. Our bag is 110 GSM kraft that holds up to 22 lb, with a wide flat bottom that fits a takeout box without tilting it.

• Put your name and your Instagram on the bag, so a guest can find you later without asking the bartender.
• Seal every to go order with a food tamper-evident sticker, so it reaches the car or the delivery customer closed.
• Keep one stack at the brewery and one at your own spot, so both places hand out the same brand.

We wrote a whole guide on this: bags for kitchens that partner with breweries. Food truck owners should also see the food truck bag page.

Choosing your Vista look

Vista brands lean bold: beer labels, neon, hand drawn art. That works great on kraft. Brown kraft with black or one strong color reads loud from the parking lot; white kraft shows off a full color label style logo.

Your logo can fill 12 × 14 in on the front. Go big. Make the free poster at the top of this page first, and you will see right away how your name looks at full size on the bag.