Custom logo takeout bags for Livermore restaurants.

Tasting rooms in the hills, dinner on First Street

Livermore sits in the middle of its own wine country. The local chamber counts dozens of wineries in the valley, and it sends visitors to the historic downtown to eat once the tasting is done.

First Street is the spine of that downtown. Grills, pizza, taquerias, Asian kitchens and cafes line the blocks, with more on the side streets. Locals eat here all week. Visitors pile in on weekends.

Here is the part that matters for you: a lot of those visitors drive home after dinner. They grab food for later, or a box for the family who stayed behind. That bag rides back to Pleasanton, Dublin, Tracy or the city. If your name is on it, you just reached a new town for free.

Want the full picture first? Read about printed kraft takeout bags for Bay Area restaurants. This page covers Livermore.

Sunday mornings start one block over

The downtown farmers market runs all year on Sunday mornings on Second Street, one block off First. In the warm months there is a Thursday evening market at Carnegie Park too.

Market shoppers walk right past your door with their hands full. Some stop for brunch. Some take a plate home. Each one who leaves with your bag carries a little sign for you down the street and into the parking lot.

A bag that survives a long car ride

Food going home from Livermore often has a longer trip than most. Over the hill, down the freeway, through traffic. The bag has to hold up.

Ours is 12″ × 7″ × 14″ with 3.5″ gussets, made from 110 GSM kraft with a square bottom. It carries 22 lb. Heavy and saucy items go on the bottom, then boxes, then the light stuff. Close it with a food tamper-evident sticker so nobody wonders if the order was opened on the way. A full box includes 100 of them.

Smoking meat for the wine crowd? The BBQ bags page covers heavy orders. Rolling burritos? Check the burrito shop bags page.

Think like a label on a wine bottle

People here are used to good labels. Your bag is your label. Keep it simple: one bold mark, your name in thick letters, one strong color. Dark red, black and forest green look sharp on brown kraft. Pick from brown kraft and bright white.

The print area is 12 × 14 in on the front. You see a proof before anything prints, and nothing moves until you say yes. Read the print proof page for the steps.

Trying it out? The Discovery Box has 50 bags. When customers start asking about them, step up to a full box of 150.