QUESTION Simple Food Menu for clients...Can it be done?

[hameau]

I do wish there was a "ready out of the box" plugin. I have been tinkering with the Item Manager plugin and it somewhat does what I want.

Understood – but then you end up with Wordpress: 1001 plugin choices, none of which ticks all the boxes (as you have found). So you have to add another plugin to fill the holes, and so it goes on.

GetSimple give you a fine foundation, plus some really useful 'system tweaking' plugins and you can build just about whatever you want from there. It might appear daunting, compared to the one-click install, but the results are more satisfying, easier to maintain (q.v., Wordpress again) and can be made to do just about whatever you want. And you won't find better community support than this forum.