Portland · Website Studio
Restaurants, cafes, delis, bars, food trucks. Every site starts from deliberate decisions — type, color, layout, voice. The result is a single HTML file that looks and sounds like the place it's for.
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The Work
Linen and burgundy. Cormorant Garamond + Caveat, polaroid frames, handwritten captions. Multi-generational recipes, treated accordingly.
View site →Bone and tiki red. Anton + Space Mono, rotated stickers, all-caps energy. Not for everyone. Definitely for them.
View site →Newsprint and forest. Newsreader body, IBM Plex Mono for metadata. Reads like the owner's blog with a menu attached.
View site →Forest dark and olive. Fraunces serif, IBM Plex Sans. Full-bleed hero, nav sits over it. Wed–Sat, no reservations — the site says it all in the first scroll.
View site →Wheat and forest. DM Serif Display italic, Inter body. Sourdough from Camas Country flour — open at 7am until the trays are empty.
View site →Smokehouse dark, tiki red. Full-bleed hero, Bricolage + Newsreader. The type is as heavy as the smoke.
View site →About
samtsites is Sam Thompson, a Portland-based designer who builds websites for local food businesses.
Every project goes through the same process: a conversation about the character and details of the brand, a set of specific design decisions made out loud before any code gets written, and a complete file delivered at the end.
Sam works with restaurants, cafes, delis, bars, and food trucks in the Pacific Northwest area. If the business has a point of view, the site should too.
Based in
Portland, Oregon
Serves
Restaurants, cafes, delis,
bars, food trucks
Deliverable
Single HTML file — no platform, no subscription, no build step
Turnaround
5–7 days (Standard)
10–14 days (Full Build)
How It Works
Send a message and we'll have a quick conversation about your place — what it is, what you need, and whether it's a good fit. No forms, no homework up front.
We look at the six reference sites together. You point to the one that feels closest to your place. This takes 10 minutes and saves three rounds of revision.
Font pairing, color system, hero layout, menu style, and voice — all stated and justified before any code is written. No surprises at the end.
You get a preview link. Real copy, no Lorem Ipsum. Anything missing gets a [TO CONFIRM] bracket so nothing slips through.
We walk you through pointing your domain. You go live. Menu updates and small changes after launch are a quick email away.
Service Tiers
Best when you have a full menu, decent photos, and a clear sense of your place. We talk, make the design picks, and build it.
Full Google Business Profile setup and optimization — categories, attributes, service areas, photos, and description written for local search. Paired with on-page SEO on your site: structured data, meta tags, and local signals that help people find you when they're looking.
Pricing on request — get in touch and we'll go from there.
Common Questions
Tell us what kind of place it is and where you're at. We'll take it from there.