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Restaurant Remodeling
At Lyon Construction, we specialize in transforming restaurant spaces across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas with minimal disruption to your operations. As experienced restaurant remodeling contractors, we understand the unique challenges of food service renovations – from kitchen functionality and equipment installation to dining area aesthetics and brand implementation. Whether you're refreshing a franchise location to meet updated corporate standards or reimagining an independent restaurant concept, our team delivers efficient, high-quality renovations that enhance both customer experience and operational efficiency.
Why choose Lyon for your restaurant remodel?
Operational Continuity & Revenue Protection
Our restaurant renovation company understands that every day closed means lost revenue. We develop specialized phasing strategies that allow many restaurants to maintain partial operations throughout remodeling, implementing careful containment, strategic scheduling, and after-hours work to minimize impact on your business. Our experienced team coordinates closely with your staff to ensure food safety standards are maintained even during construction.
Specialized Restaurant Systems Expertise
Restaurant remodeling requires specialized knowledge of commercial kitchen systems, ventilation requirements, health department regulations, and equipment integration. Our dedicated restaurant remodeling contractors have extensive experience with kitchen workflows, hood systems, grease traps, specialized flooring, and the complex building systems that support efficient food service operations. This expertise prevents costly mistakes and ensures your remodeled space functions flawlessly.
Brand Implementation & Guest Experience
Every detail matters when bringing a restaurant brand to life. From lighting and layout to materials and finishes, we ensure your space reflects your brand identity while creating a welcoming, memorable experience for every guest.
Our Restaurant Remodeling Process
Renovating an active restaurant demands precision, flexibility, and a deep understanding of food service operations. Our remodeling process is designed to keep your business running while upgrades are underway—balancing health code compliance, phased construction, and brand implementation to deliver a refreshed space with minimal disruption and maximum impact.
1. Operational Assessment & Planning
We begin by thoroughly understanding your restaurant's specific needs, working hours, and revenue patterns. Our team develops detailed phasing plans that prioritize maintaining cash flow while ensuring construction efficiency, with particular attention to health department requirements throughout the remodeling process.
2. Design & Brand Implementation
Our team works closely with your designers, franchise development teams, or architects to develop renovation plans that maximize impact while respecting budget constraints. For franchises, we ensure designs meet updated corporate standards; for independent restaurants, we help translate your culinary vision into compelling dining environments.
3. Health Department & Regulatory Compliance
We navigate the specialized permitting and regulatory requirements unique to restaurant construction, particularly critical during remodeling when maintaining compliance throughout the process is essential. Our relationships with health departments and building officials across Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas streamline approvals and inspections.
4. Phased Construction & Quality Control
During active remodeling, we maintain strict containment protocols to ensure food safety and guest comfort. Our experienced superintendents coordinate tradespeople around your operational needs, implementing critical kitchen and dining area improvements with minimal disruption to your business rhythm.
5. Final Certification & Reopening
We coordinate all required health inspections, ensure all systems are functioning perfectly, and provide comprehensive documentation of your improvements. Our thorough completion process includes staff training on new equipment or systems and a seamless transition that allows you to focus on what you do best – providing an exceptional dining experience to your customers.
How can we help?
The first step towards a solution to any challenge is a conversation. Let’s talk and see if we can help bring your vision to life.
