Categories and category hours
Organize your menu into sections and limit when a section can be ordered.
Where to find itMenu › Categories
Categories are the sections of your menu, like Appetizers or Burritos & Bowls. This page is the library of categories you can use across menus.
- 1+ New Category Makes a new category.
- 2Menu Category Hours "Always available" until you set custom hours.
- 3Status Switch off to hide the whole category.
- 4Clock icon Edit category hours.
- 5Pencil Edit name, description and photo.
- 6Trash Deletes the category after you confirm.
Add a category
- 1Active Leave on so it shows.
- 2Name Like "Tacos".
- 3Description Shown under the category name.
Below the description you can add a category photo. The details save as you fill them in.
To change the order categories appear in, use the up and down arrows on each category in the menu Builder.
Only sell a category at certain times
Perfect for breakfast, happy hour or a lunch special section.
- 1Use custom hours Turn on to set hours for this category.
- 2Day switch Turn on each day the category is sold.
- 3Add Range Adds a from and to time for that day.
- 4Copy Week Copies this day’s ranges to the other days.
- 5Save Hours Saves the schedule.
- 6Clear Removes all ranges.
- Click the clock icon 4 on the category row.
- Turn on Use custom hours 1.
- Turn on each day 2 and click Add Range 3 to set the times. Use Copy Week 4 to repeat them.
- Click Save Hours 5.
Good to know
While custom hours are on, a day with no ranges is unavailable ("No ranges. This day is unavailable while custom hours are enabled."). To make the category available all day again, turn off Use custom hours and save.
Still stuck? Email support@town.club and the Town team will help.