The weather is cooling off which means outdoor dining is more popular. Furthermore, with social distancing regulations and indoor dining limitations, getting your outdoor dining space ready is essential for your restaurant’s success. Here are our top suggestions for making sure that your outdoor dining space is prepared for your guests.
Weather Safe Tables And Chairs
When it comes to outdoor dining tables and chairs, durability is important, especially from the elements. This means going with commercial-grade furniture that can withstand all of the wear and tear of your outdoor dining space. Plantation Prestige has a great selection of outdoor tables, chairs, and umbrellas that will compliment any space.
See more outdoor furniture options from Plantation Prestige here
Wobbly Free Dining Tables
As social distancing continues to be important, restaurants have found that they are needing to get creative with their outdoor dining layouts. Often times, this means that they are moving dining tabling into areas with ground that is uneven just to maximize the number of guests that they can serve. Few things are more frustrating for your guests than a wobbly table.
FLAT Tech offers a great solution with table base stabilizers. By replacing your tables’ existing screw-in glides with FLAT Equalizers, you can eliminate any wobbles with a press on the tabletop.
Outdoor Space Heaters
It is the time of the year when the evenings can be downright chilly! With the option for indoor dining limited, keeping your guests comfortable in your outdoor dining space is more crucial. Space heaters are the perfect way to do this. Eastern Tabletop has a variety of space heater styles that will fit any outdoor dining space.
Stylish Melamine
Anytime you are serving guests outside you want your dinnerware to be durable. Que in the melamine! Thinking of melamine may bring you back to eating lunch in your school cafeteria. However, melamine has evolved and factories like Steelite are offering incredibly stylish and durable melamine lines that are sure to impress your guests.
Signage
Signage has become more important in a post-pandemic world. Whether you are looking to remind guest of required masks, social distancing, or new procedures, Winco offers a variety of signs to assist with this.
Disposable Plates And Utensils
Take out and delivery has been the “bread and butter” of so many restaurant owners during coronavirus. These can also be great options for outdoor dining for fast-casual style restaurants. Servewise® by FOH® is the eco-smart, eco-chic, eco-responsible, and priced-right disposable serving solution for all menus. Made from highly renewable woods, Servewise® is biodegradable and compostable.
At ECHO Food Service Marketing, we are dedicated to making sure that you get the right products to meet your foodservice needs. Please feel free to contact us anytime or schedule a meeting at our showroom in New Orleans.
