The people behind Never 86'd
Fort Dodge, Iowa
Founder · active restaurant operator
Myke built Never 86'd while he still runs Community Tap & Pizza in Fort Dodge, Iowa. He was tired of invoices, Z reports, and delivery fees, so he had AI agents write the back office and he approves every change.
“The floor on Friday night. The books on Saturday morning.”
Iowa
Field stories · On the Line 515
Victor gets owners, managers, cooks, servers, and builders talking about the parts of hospitality that never make a corporate case study. Those conversations keep the product close to the real work.
“Real talk. Real operators. No polished corporate takes.”
Restaurant technology
Product discipline · operator discovery
Kristin brings years of restaurant-technology and customer work to the table. She turns operator pain, messy requests, and customer discovery into product decisions a restaurant team can live with.
“The product has to make the next move easier, not add another screen.”
Denver, Colorado
Cofounder · hospitality systems
Rik started as a dishwasher, moved through operations leadership, and spent years designing, installing, and supporting restaurant systems. He knows who gets blamed when technology fails during service.
“Operators first. Technology second.”
The wider table
Vadim and the build team turn operator questions into shipped work. Sally and the Community Tap crew live with the decisions. On the Line guests keep opening the door to how other operators actually think. The product is better because all of them can tell us when we missed.