Restaurant & Hospitality Construction
Chicago
Restaurants, bars, cafés, and hotel interiors, from kitchen coordination and licensed MEP to the bar millwork and finishes your guests notice.
Get a BidRestaurant & Hospitality Construction
in Chicago
Hospitality spaces are judged on the details guests touch and the systems staff depend on. The bar top, banquettes, and lighting set the room; the kitchen, plumbing, and ventilation have to pass inspection and work on a full night.
We build new restaurants and renovate existing hospitality spaces for owners, operators, and their design teams. Our crews self-perform the framing, drywall, finish carpentry, millwork, and paint, and we coordinate licensed MEP subcontractors and the kitchen equipment vendor through inspection.
- Dining rooms, bars, cafés, and lounges
- Bar fronts, back bars, banquettes, and host stands
- Kitchen and back-of-house layouts, coordinated with equipment vendors
- Hotel lobbies, guest rooms, corridors, and amenity spaces
- Framing, drywall, ceilings, and acoustic treatments
- ADA restrooms and accessible seating areas
- Licensed MEP subcontractors, coordinated and scheduled by us
- Interior painting and finishes
Walkthrough to Punch List
For a restaurant or hotel, the walkthrough covers the kitchen and equipment plan, inspection requirements, and your opening or reopening date, so the bid reflects all of them.
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Walkthrough
We walk the space with you, the property manager, or the design team. We note existing conditions, building rules, access, and anything that affects schedule before we price it.
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Bid
You get a written, line-item bid that shows what our own crews perform and what is subcontracted, with clear inclusions, exclusions, and assumptions.
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Schedule
We build the schedule around your lease dates, tenant move-ins, and building hours, then hold it with our own crews instead of waiting on outside trades.
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Punch List
We walk the finished work with you, close every punch item, and hand over the documentation the building and the tenant need.
Working Around Your
Tenants and Residents
When a restaurant or hotel stays open during a remodel, we phase the work by area or floor, keep loud tasks outside service hours, and keep guest-facing areas clean and safe.
After-hours work
Noisy and disruptive work is scheduled for evenings, nights, or weekends when the building requires it.
COIs on request
Certificates of insurance naming the owner, manager, and any additional insureds the building requires — before we mobilize.
Building rules
We work to the building’s rules on freight elevators, loading docks, deliveries, work hours, and contractor sign-in.
Protecting common areas
Floor and wall protection along every path of travel, dust control at the work area, and clean common areas at the end of each shift.
Why Self-Performing
Matters
The finishes that define a hospitality space — bar millwork, wall finishes, trim, and paint — are built by our own crews, so the room comes out the way it was designed.
When the crew on site works for us, the schedule is ours to hold. We don't wait for an outside trade to fit us in, quality is checked by the same people who did the work, and you have one point of contact for the whole job instead of a chain of subcontractors.
Trades our own crews perform
- Framing & rough carpentry
- Drywall
- Finish carpentry
- Millwork
- Paint
Restaurant & Hospitality Construction
FAQ
Yes, as the general contractor. Licensed MEP subcontractors perform that work, and we coordinate them with the kitchen equipment vendor and manage the job through inspection.
Based in Chicago, we work across the city and the surrounding suburbs.
Chicago Neighborhoods
Albany Park · Andersonville · Avondale · Belmont Central · Bronzeville · Bucktown · Buena Park · Dunning · East Village · Edgewater · Edison Park · Fulton River District · Galewood · Gold Coast · Greektown · Humboldt Park · Hyde Park · Illinois Medical District · Irving Park · Jefferson Park · Lake View · Lakeview (East) · Lincoln Park · Lincoln Square · Little Italy · Little Village · Logan Square · Magnificent Mile · Noble Square · North Center · Old Irving Park · Old Town · Palmer Square · Pilsen · Portage Park · Ravenswood · River North · River West · Roscoe Village · South Loop · Streeterville · The Loop · Ukrainian Village · University Village · West Loop · West Town · Wicker Park · Wrigleyville
Chicago Suburbs
Arlington Heights · Burr Ridge · Clarendon Hills · Deerfield · Des Plaines · Elmhurst · Evanston · Glencoe · Glenview · Highland Park · Highwood · Hinsdale · Hoffman Estates · Inverness · Itasca · Kenilworth · La Grange · Lake Forest · Lincolnshire · Lincolnwood · Mount Prospect · Niles · Norridge · Northbrook · Northfield · Oak Brook · Oak Park · Park Ridge · River Grove · Riverwoods · Schaumburg · Skokie · Western Springs · Westmont · Wheaton · Willow Springs · Wilmette · Winfield · Winnetka
Get a Bid
Have a Space
to Build Out?
Send us the drawings, the address, and your dates. We'll schedule a walkthrough and return a written bid.