A custom site for a casual lakeside snack bar in Pioneer Bay, Manitoba. Built mobile-first for visitors on patchy lake-side cell service, with a hand-drawn brand system and a private staff portal layered in for daily operations.
Project info
- Client
- Sam's Snack Bar
- Services
- Web Development · UI/UX Design · Brand Identity · Custom Illustration
- Year
- 2026
- Stack
- Next.js · Tailwind CSS · Custom Brand · Staff Portal · Mobile-first
The problem
A seasonal lakeside business has unique web needs. Most visitors hit the site from their phones, often on weak signal, often in a hurry to find hours, menu, or directions. The team also needed a private back-of-house portal for staff, without paying for a separate SaaS tool.
Our approach
We designed a hand-drawn, warm visual system that captures the energy of the place: playful, casual, distinctly local. The marketing site is mobile-first and aggressively performance-tuned. A gated staff portal sits alongside the public site, sharing the same design system, so the team experience feels of a piece with the customer one.
