20+ Years in the weeds · Restaurants / Bars / Local Brands
Zack Neel Design

Born in the Weeds.
Built for the Spotlight.

★ Zack of all trades. Creative by necessity.

Design, content, and brand support for restaurants, bars, and local brands that want to look sharper, louder, and more alive.

MenusMatchbooksPostersSocialBrandingEventsPhotoDirection
MenusMatchbooksPostersSocialBrandingEventsPhotoDirection
Selected Work

Recently
Plated.

Line Cook Supper Club
Identity
Concept / Example

Line Cook Supper Club

Brand · Menu · Print

01 / 03
Matchbook Cocktail Co.
Print
Concept / Example

Matchbook Cocktail Co.

Packaging · Menu

02 / 03
Aperitivo Hours
Campaign
Concept / Example

Aperitivo Hours

Social · Photo

03 / 03

Selected work, concepts, and example visuals. More client work coming soon.

Services

What's on
the menu.

Pick a station or order the whole tasting. Everything is built to ship fast, look loud, and hold up in a real service environment.

01

Menu & Print Design

Menus, inserts, specials boards, table tents, matchbooks, coasters. Built for real service — readable, reprintable, on-brand.

02

Brand & Identity

Logos, wordmarks, color, type systems. A look that holds up on a t-shirt, a window decal, and a 4am Instagram story.

03

Social Content

Posts, reels, story templates, event flyers. Content that actually sounds like your spot — not a corporate calendar.

04

Event & Promo

Pop-ups, residencies, tasting menus, ticketed nights. Poster-grade visuals that fill the room.

05

Photo & Direction

Shoot lists, art direction, on-site styling for food, drinks, and the room. The good plate, the right light, no fluff.

06

Marketing Support

Email blasts, launch plans, ad creative, partnerships. Sharp, on-time, no agency runaround.

The Difference

Not another
agency.

01

I've been in the weeds.

Twenty-plus years on the floor, behind the bar, in the kitchen, and in the back office. I know the rhythm.

02

I speak service.

Menu changes, specials, events, rushes, last-minute pivots. I move on your timeline, not a six-week sprint.

03

Useful, not just pretty.

Readable from the door. Legible at the table. Recognizable on a phone. Visuals that earn their keep.

04

no agency fog.

Direct line, fast turnarounds, real opinions. Just sharp creative support that helps the business show up better.

Zack Neel
Zack Neel · Founder
About Zack

Twenty years.
Both sides
of the pass.

I started at the bottom and worked my way through the industry, from the floor and the bar to executive chef, FOH management, events, and marketing. I’ve worked the doubles, written the menu, fixed the POS, made the flyer, posted the reel, and closed the bar.

Zack Neel Design is what happens when a service industry lifer picks up the design tools and starts making the kind of work the room actually deserves.

Zack of all trades. Creative by necessity.

20+
Years in F&B
1
Direct line
Contact

Let's make
something
worth posting.

Briefs, half-formed ideas, "we open Friday and need a menu" emergencies are all welcome.