Short answer: Most restaurant booths have an 18" seat height and pair with a 30" table. Plan about 24" of seat per guest and 36" to 48" of back height, and budget roughly 6 feet of floor length for each four-top booth bay. Round booths...
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In the seventy-five years we’ve been manufacturing in New Haven, we’ve seen the hospitality landscape shift a thousand times. We’ve seen the rise of the massive national franchises and we’ve seen the gritty, beautiful rebirth of the independent "mom and pop" bistro. One of the most...
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In this shop, we have a saying: "A booth is only as good as the skeleton underneath the vinyl." If you’ve ever sat in a restaurant booth and felt the back give way just a fraction of an inch when you leaned into it, you’ve experienced...
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When you step into a restaurant, your brain processes the "vibe" in less than three seconds. You haven't tasted the food or seen the wine list yet, but you’ve already decided if this is a place for a quick burger or a three-hour anniversary dinner. As...
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We’ve all been there: a beautiful new restaurant with high ceilings, exposed brick, and polished concrete floors. It looks stunning on Instagram, but once the room is half-full, the noise is deafening. You can’t hear your date, the server has to shout the specials, and...
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I’ve seen it happen more times than I care to count. A restaurant owner buys beautiful furniture, the delivery truck pulls up on a Tuesday morning, and by Tuesday afternoon, they realize the "standard" booths they ordered leave exactly four inches of space for the...
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When we walk through a new restaurant in New York or right here in New Haven, the first thing most people notice is the lighting, the menu design, or the color of the vinyl. But as a manufacturer who has spent decades watching the lifecycle...
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