D.C.–based Rooam, a mobile payment and networking app for the nightlife and hospitality industry, announced this week that the company is launching operations in Chicago and Los Angeles this winter, marking the company’s first expansion to new cities. With Chicago up first, Rooam acquired Tally, a competing, Chicago-based app that allows users to track their tabs, complete transactions and set default tips.

Similarly, Rooam allows users to pay for food and drinks directly through its mobile app, alleviating the need to wait on a bartender or server. Users can start and close a tab through the #dctech company’s app, which gives each user a unique Rooam number for their order.

Rooam launched its mobile app in D.C. in October 2016, Technical.ly DCpreviously reported, and has decided to expand to Chicago because the Windy City is a hub for nightlife, a press release states. Currently, Rooam is being used in more than 330 of the District’s bars and restaurant locations. With the adoption of Tally, the company will expand to major restaurants groups in Chicago including Bottleneck Management and Samco Enterprises, Inc.

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