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Case Study: Outdoor Shades Doubled This Restaurant's Seating Capacity
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| Sep 08, 2022 |
If there鈥檚 one thing popular restaurants never seem to have enough of, it鈥檚 space. The Cow: An Eatery is no exception. The Cow is in beautiful Morrison, Colorado, home to Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Red Rocks Park. The restaurant has a busy mix of tourists and local regulars.
To make the most of their space, the owners enclosed the Cow鈥檚 back patio with fabric and plastic shades. This allowed them to add seating for about 30 customers.
It was not an unbridled success. 鈥淲e were dealing with cracked plastic windows on the old shades due to our extreme weather swings,鈥� said David Lind, who, with wife Sherri, co-owns the restaurant. 鈥淭hese old fabric and plastic shades were an eyesore with all the repairs. Not to mention we had to manually roll them up and down.鈥� Add to that damage from a burglary and the Linds needed a new solution.
鈥淎s a restaurant located in the foothills of Morrison, Colorado, we needed something that could withstand high winds, slanting torrential rains, and, of course, snow. All while making guests feel warm, dry, and safe." - Lind.
The solution suggested by Draper庐 and dealer FutureGuard was the Draper庐 FlexShade庐 ZIP.
The ZIP offers unique side channels that ensure a sealed enclosure for existing garages, porches, patios, pool houses, and outdoor commercial food service areas. Several units were installed by Ace Awnings.
鈥淭he shades鈥攖he weather barriers鈥攁re super beneficial. We are able to stay open year-round because of them,鈥� said Amanda Cameron, assistant general manager. 鈥淚n the summertime, any time we need shade we can put them down. In the wintertime, when it鈥檚 super cold, we leave them down and we get this patio heated up really nice.鈥�
David Lind agrees the upgrade to FlexShade庐 ZIP shades with Soltis庐 Perform 92 Sandy Beige fabric makes a difference. 鈥淭hese electronic shades proved to be far superior. We have had huge wind, rain, and snowstorms and virtually nothing penetrates the micro screen,鈥� he said.
鈥淭he screens allow guests to see through them in an effort to keep the beautiful Colorado landscape within sight.
Customers are protected on our patio and, with a gas heater in the corner of the patio, the ambient temperature allows us to utilize the space in temperatures above 20掳F. This is square footage that no restaurant can afford to vacate.鈥�
If you鈥檙e planning a trip through the Morrison, Colorado area, don鈥檛 forget to stop in at The Cow and enjoy the comfy, shaded back patio!
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