Checklists made for restaurants

Know the close was done your way — with photos

You’ve built a standard for how your restaurant closes: the fryer drained and wiped, the walk-in at 41°F or below, the floors mopped, the back door locked. Then you go home, and the close happens without you.

Most nights it’s fine. But you only find out which nights it wasn’t when you unlock at six — a greasy flat-top, a walk-in that ran warm all night, a door left on the latch. A paper checklist with initials on it doesn’t tell you who really did it, or whether they did it at all.

Donewell turns your closing checklist into proof. Your closers work through it on their phones, sign their name to every item, and photograph the ones you care about — on the spot, tonight. By morning, one email tells you anything that fell short.

Your night, from the owner’s side

1. 8:00 pm
   You leave. The closing list is the one you wrote — your items, your temperature limits, and a photo required on the ones you won’t take on trust.
2. 11:40 pm
   The closer works the list. Each item gets their name and the time. On a photo item the camera opens right there, so the picture of the fryer is the fryer tonight.
3. 6:00 am
   You read one email. Not a list of everything that went right — just what needs you, before you open the doors.

That last line matters: Donewell keeps two times for every sign-off, so a list rushed through at the end of the night looks exactly like that.

Proof you can trust

• Photos from tonightTaken on the item, in the moment — not uploaded from the camera roll.
• A name on every itemSigned by a named person on their own phone, not initials on a clipboard.
• A time on every itemWhen it was ticked and when it reached Donewell, so a rushed close shows.
• Temperatures held to your limitsReadings are checked against the range you set; anything outside it asks what was done about it.

Nothing for your crew to learn

You add your closers by email. They press the link once and their phone stays signed in — no app to install, no password to forget. It keeps working in the walk-in and the basement, where there’s no signal, and sends everything once there is. Setting up takes about ten minutes: start from a restaurant template or write your own list.

What it costs

Prices as listed on Donewell’s pricing page, which has the current figures.

Questions

Can a closer just upload an old photo?

No. In Donewell the camera opens right on the checklist item, so the picture is taken on the spot, tonight — not picked from the camera roll.

How do I find out if something was skipped?

It is the first line of the email waiting for you in the morning. The email lists only what needs you, not everything that went right.

Do my closers need to install an app?

No. You add each person by email address; they press the link once and their phone stays signed in. It runs in the phone’s browser, with no password to forget.

What about the walk-in, where there’s no signal?

Donewell keeps working. Each sign-off is saved on the phone first and sent as soon as there’s a connection.

How much does it cost?

$9.95 a month or $99 a year for one location, with your whole team on it and no per-user fees. The first fourteen days are free and need no card.