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Large or Small Kitchen ...
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Restaurant Design Concepts, Inc., 1017 22nd Avenue, Embarcadero Cove Suite 110-B, Oakland, CA 94606   510.436.7000
We have clients and service restaurants in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Walnut Creek, Berkeley, Redwood City, Vallejo, Benicia, Los Gatos, Santa Cruz, Sacramento, Modesto, Tracy, Napa, Fairfield, Vacaville, Hayward, Foster City, Stockton, Lafayette, Danville, San Ramon
Restaurant Kitchen Design-Layout

Restaurant Design Concepts, Inc. is known in Northern California for its expertise in cutting edge restaurant kitchen design work. Jeff Young, architect, and staff serve as architect and design consultants providing commercial kitchen layouts for all size restaurants, cafes, bakeries, coffee shops, culinary institutes, corporate building food service, church kitchens, and more.

We provide San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California restaurateurs with excellent design plans, layouts and drawings. We provide quotes on equipment, furnishings, and millwork. This includes: Refrigeration Equipment, Cooking Equipment, Underbar, Plumbing Fixtures, Worktables, and much more. But beyond that ... we create a kitchen the way you envision it!

We work with our clients in a productive environment that will contribute to overall restaurant design and kitchen efficiency. The productivity of the kitchen is, of course, a key element in the success of any restaurant. We consult with our client "on the back end" regarding:
 
   * Restaurant Kitchen Design and Planning
   * Equipment Specification and Code Compliance
   * Delivery and Installation Coordination

We Provide:

  • Floor Plans
  • Equipment Schedules
  • Shop Drawings
  • Plumbing & Electrical Drawings
  • Rough-In Drawings
  • Elevation Drawings

Our commitment to your success is most important to us. 
We work closely with you to create and implement the optimal:

Restaurant Kitchen Vision & Concept

Our objective is to understand your vision and develop it into working drawings. Understanding your kitchen operation plan enables us to create a kitchen design that best utilizes the space and provide the best equipment to do the job most effectively. Your vision, combined with our ingenuity and experience, then becomes a reality.

Restaurant Kitchen Strategic Design Planning

At Restaurant Design Concepts in Oakland, CA, we understand that "art and function" both have a place in creative commercial kitchen and restaurant design.

Restaurant Kitchen Flow & Efficiency

Effective restaurant design is mission-critical for profitability. We create efficient, well-designed, and best functioning food service facilities. By doing so, we create a great working environment for your employees, minimizing labor costs, maximize your food output potential, while offering a positive environment for everyone.

Restaurant Kitchen Equipment, Leasing & Furnishing

We work with our clients to specify the equipment that is best suited for their restaurant kitchen design or redesign project. We also work with our clients with leasing and finance options.

Client Satisfaction

Restaurant Design Concepts, Inc. staff is dedicated to satisfying you - the client. That's why our clients come back to us time and time again for their new restaurant ventures and restaurant remodeling projects.
Kitchen Construction Documents

If you are going to build or remodel a restaurant kitchen your general contractor will need a set of construction documents, often referred to as "working drawings." These documents are drawn on a CAD system and consist of space plans, elevations, schedules and details. These drawings must be prepared by our designer and architect for submittal to your local building and health department.

Typical Drawings
Here is a list of typical drawings you'll need for your building contractor:

   * Cover Sheet with site and project information
   * Demolition Plan, if applicable
   * Partition-Construction Plan
   * Floor Plan with FF&E (furniture, fixtures & equipment)
   * Environmental Plans for Health Department.
   * Finish Plans and Schedules
   * Kitchen Equipment Elevations
   * Interior Elevations
   * Exhaust and Make-up Air Plan
   * Refrigeration and Curb Plans
   * Plumbing and Electrical Point of Connection Plans
   * Detail Drawings for Custom Cabinetry and Fixtures
   * Furniture and Equipment Specifications
   * Reflected Ceiling Plan
   * Electrical and Telephone Plans
   * Title 24
   * Mechanical Plan-HVAC Plan
   * Door, Window and Ceiling Specs

Building Codes

All your plans, drawings and specifications should be in compliance with the building and health codes applicable to your specific location. In California, the governing building codes are Title 24, the Uniform Building Code (UBC), Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC); and Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC). California Health Code governing restaurants is the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law (CURFFL).

Your drawings, plans, equipment and finish specifications must be approved by the following regulatory agencies:

   * County Health Department
   * Dept. of Building and Safety
   * Fire Marshall