7 Things That Could Change for Restaurants After COVID-19
The restaurant of the future will be quite different. As restaurant
owners are evaluating their post-COVID-19 strategies, it appears that they will
need to make several design changes to satisfy the new consumer expectations.
Commercial Renovation has become an essential project for restaurant brands to prepare
themselves for the new health standards and norms. Here are seven ways in which
restaurants are expected to change after COVID-19:
- Seating
Arrangements
Restaurants will now need flexible seating, ideally with dividers, to
accommodate social distancing. The material for the dividers must be selected
carefully as they require frequent sanitizing. Glass, for instance, is a
suitable and easy to sanitize material.
- Handwashing
Stations
Another thing that will become a part of the norm of any restaurant is
hands-free handwashing stations. Moreover, if you have sanitizer areas, it
sends an impression to the customer that you care about their safety.
- No-touch
Solutions
Employee and customer safety will be of paramount importance
post-COVID-19. Restaurants of the future will have to provide hands-free
solutions for handwashing, menu order, lights, doors, toilet flushing, and
more. Customers will expect and demand such changes.
- Flexible
Kitchens
It is now time to make kitchens more compact and highly productive. A
professional commercial contractor
can help you design modular kitchens so that you can reduce your expenses while
changing your menu significantly.
- Increase
Natural Light
Most customers prefer restaurants with natural light instead of
artificial lighting. Creating open-air spaces is also a good idea. You can
introduce more windows to increase the amount of natural light. Alternatively,
you can add an outdoor cooler or mist fans in outdoor spaces.
- Designated
Passageway
As you rearrange your seating layout and create distances and dividers,
you must demarcate a clear service passageway. This will define the route
restaurant staff needs to take to avoid coming in the path of customers.
- Double
Order Pickup and Drive-Thru Areas
To offer more flexibility to customers, you can create a designated
parking spot for customers to place and pay for their orders. This is great for
customers who are just driving by and didn’t have a chance to place online
orders a head of time.
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