Brilliant bar concept at Footsie in Paris
by Arthur
Posted on Sunday, October 23rd, 2005 at 5:42 pm CET
A cafe near the Opera metro station in Paris named Footsie (a play on words on FTSE, the London stock exchange) has screens above their bar with the prices of their drinks. The clever thing about this place is that the screen refreshes every four minutes, and the prices go up and down, depending on demand. Customers at the bar are gazing at the screens looking for bargains.
The screen contains five lists of drinks that are on offer: draft beers, bottled drinks, soft drinks, liquors and aperitifs. When someone buys a bottle of Heineken, for instance, the price of Heineken in the ‘bottled drinks’ section goes up, and one or more of the other ones in the same section go down. A ‘countdown’ clock at the top of the screen counts down from 240 seconds until the screen is refreshed.
What a clever idea. 
A cafe near the Opera metro station in Paris named Footsie (a play on words on FTSE, the London stock exchange) has screens above their bar with the prices of their drinks. The clever thing about this place is that the screen refreshes every four minutes, and the prices go up and down, depending on demand. Customers at the bar are gazing at the screens looking for bargains.
The screen contains five lists of drinks that are on offer: draft beers, bottled drinks, soft drinks, liquors and aperitifs. When someone buys a bottle of Heineken, for instance, the price of Heineken in the ‘bottled drinks’ section goes up, and one or more of the other ones in the same section go down. A ‘countdown’ clock at the top of the screen counts down from 240 seconds until the screen is refreshed.
What a clever idea.
January 1st, 2006 at 2:12 am
[...] Best idea - A cafe near the Opera metro station in Paris named Footsie has screens with the prices of their drinks that refresh every four minutes. The prices go up and down, depending on demand. I thought this was a brilliant idea. [...]
May 7th, 2006 at 10:49 am
hi
do you have a website for this bar so i can look at it or photos on how it works
- cheers
October 28th, 2006 at 7:14 pm
Hi
This is not the original Bar. The first one open in London. I remember reading an article on it a few years ago. But the idea is still excellent. I have heard a lot of negative opinions on the Bar in Paris. I have not seen a website. Either they don’t have one, or they are not in Google.
January 7th, 2007 at 7:26 am
anyone know if you need the rights to this concept to open one in a different country?…dont wanna get sued…lol
January 18th, 2007 at 6:47 pm
Hi, have a look at http://www.jdpromotions.co.uk. If you need anything else just let me know.
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