Island Root
“Within our walls you will find a relaxing atmosphere, great conversation & a delightful South Pacific Kava experience.”
— Island Root
A surfer-owned kava bar brand that keeps opening new locations needed a website that could keep up. I designed and built a site where each of its 14 Florida bars gets its own page — address, directions, menu and live Google reviews — tied together by a blog for news, hiring and Kava Facts. I host it and look after it too.
Fourteen bars, one laid-back brand.
Island Root runs bars from Melbourne down to Coral Springs, with more on the way. Every location needed its own address, phone, directions and menu online, without losing the relaxed, surfer-owned feel that ties them together. And plenty of visitors still had to learn what kava actually is.
A page for every bar.
I built the site around locations: each bar gets a dedicated page with its address, phone, a Get Directions link, the kava menu and recent Google reviews from that spot. The home page lists every location up front, and a blog with Kava Facts posts explains the drink to first-timers.
Room to grow, one bar at a time.
Adding a location means adding a page, not rebuilding the site. Grand openings, hiring calls and kava news go straight to the blog, so every bar shares one current, consistent home online.
Eight pieces.
One laid-back brand.
- 01Website design & buildA relaxed, beachy design that carries the surfer-owned brand across every page.Design · Dev
- 0214 location pagesAddress, phone, a Get Directions link and the kava menu for every bar.Architecture
- 03Live Google reviewsLocation pages pull in recent Google reviews from that specific bar.Integration
- 04Blog & news hubCategories for news, Kava Facts, videos and merch, plus openings and hiring.Content
- 05Kava 101 contentA home-page primer and Kava Facts posts that explain kava to first-timers.Content
- 06Contact & location directoryA contact form plus every address and phone number on one page.UX
- 07Local SEOEach city page set up to be found in local searches for a kava bar nearby.SEO
- 08Hosting & ongoing careFast, secure hosting, updates and a new location page whenever a bar opens.Care
Every time we open a new bar, I send one message and the page is up — address, menu, reviews, all of it. I don't think about hosting or updates anymore. It's just handled.
— [Owner name], Owner · Island Root Kava Bar