Understanding Place Menus on WhiskeyMate

<h2>What is a Place Menu?</h2> <p>A Place Menu is a whiskey pour list tied to a real bar or restaurant on <strong>Google Places</strong>. Anyone can open the public link or find it in the app under <strong>Place Menus</strong> or <strong>Nearby Stores</strong>.</p> <p>Public URL shape: <code>https://applinks.whiskeymate.net/public/place/?id=&lt;GooglePlaceId&gt;</code></p> <h2>Community vs Official</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Community</strong> — customer-submitted from a photo of a printed menu. Useful as a tip, but <strong>not</strong> the venue’s official menu. Prices and bottles may be outdated.</li> <li><strong>Official</strong> — the venue claimed that Google Place and linked their published WhiskeyMate Bar/Restaurant collection. Guests see Official first.</li> </ul> <h2>What Place Menus are not</h2> <ul> <li>They do not add bottles to your personal collection when you contribute.</li> <li>They are not a guarantee of price or availability — confirm at the bar.</li> <li>Community lists are not “endorsed by the bar” unless the place is claimed and marked Official.</li> </ul> <h2>Who should read what next</h2> <ul> <li>Guests: <em>How to Find and Contribute Place Menus</em></li> <li>Bars &amp; restaurants: <em>How Bars Claim an Official Place Menu</em></li> </ul>