Find the Best Commercial Restaurant Signs For Your Business!

Restaurant Signs are an inexpensive method for reaching your target market and creating a strong first impression that encourages people to come inside. There are various types of restaurant signage including menus, menu boards, window displays, and even storefront signs. Read this short guide on the most important signs for your food business.

Types of Commercial Restaurant Signs

Outdoor Signs

Outdoor signage promotes company identity through advertising, attracting customer interest, and displaying logos prominently. Pylons and blades are prime for drawing attention from people who live nearby and from passersby.

When you're designing outdoor signs, try to create a clear call to action with an urgent tone. You can add a sign outside the restaurant that lists the specials for the current week. It gives people who pass by reasons to stop in and eat.

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Teller Signs

Indoor teller signs let your customers know where they can sit down or whether they need to wait for a table. They're best placed near the front desk or at a receptionist station. A teller sign usually carries a list of special offers for the current time period, giving your customers a source of information.

Food Preparation or Kitchen Safety Handwashing Signs

Handwashing signs are posted at restaurants to remind food handlers to wash their hands before handling food. These safety requirements must be met before any commercial kitchen can open for business. Whenever food is prepared, displayed, stored, or served, whether at restaurants, food manufacturing facilities, or kitchens based in offices, schools, or hotel rooms, these types of signage are necessary. Acrylic displays are the best type for displaying this information.

Table Signs

Tabletop signs are mainly used to give important information to potential customers and staff. Table signs are used for a variety of purposes including numberings tables, listing specials, or labeling choices at drink counters and salad bars. Manufactured from durable PVC plastic, these signs are self-standing and often feature rounded edges for safety. Table signs are quite flexible and come in a wide range of styles to match the design choices for your restaurant.

Business Hour Signs and Labels

Business signs and labels are usually placed at the front entrance to let your loyal customers know when your business opens and closes. Business hours can be printed out in various forms, including lists of specific operating times, or simply stating whether they're open or closed.

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Allergy Warning Signs and Labels

Allergies warning signs let the customer be aware that there are allergens, including gluten, dairy, nuts, seafood, etc. At the entrance of the establishment, warn people with these allergy symptoms to enter at their own risk. These signs are a convenient means for increasing customer safety and reducing risk on your end.

Decals and Window Clings for General Information

Restaurant window decals are a great tool for conveying a lot of information in a small space. They are commonly used to share contact information, business opening times, menus, and websites. Vinyl decals and window clings can be replaced if they become damaged, but properly stored vinyl decals can be used again and again.

Exterior Signs

Outdoor vinyl banner ads and LED signages are ideal for promoting new services, grand openings (new restaurants), new and improved menu items, and catering services. Attracting attention through banner ads is best done by highlighting attractive offers, such as Happy Hours, Game Day Specials, etc. Outdoor aluminum signs are an excellent option for outdoor advertising. They're the most expensive but are best for permanent uses, such as wall printing, special signage, and entrance/exits signs.

A restaurant's success doesn't depend solely on the quality of its menu or the level of customer service provided by its staff. The atmosphere, the ambiance, and the vibe of a restaurant can be just as significant when approaching. People visit restaurants for the ambiance and the atmosphere, and they want to see the visual language of the place. Establish the visual brand by choosing the right menu items, décor, and colors. Your restaurant signage can be one of the most important aspects of your business.

Model Featured: Alpine ALP497-10 LED Open Programmable Sign

Custom Signs

Unique restaurant signs with a custom design can be effective marketing tools. It not only helps establish the brand identity that makes the restaurant stand out, it also prevents it from remaining invisible on the streets. A restaurant's curb appearance can be just as effective at drawing people into its doors as any advertising campaign or review. It makes people want to come into the store or restaurant, which makes them all the more likely (and willing) to buy something.

Ready to Create the Ambiance of Your Restaurant?

Restaurants need signage to inform their guests about special offers, menu items, and events. Whether you're calling people's attention to your hostess stands to improve the volume of guests at your restaurant or are following safety regulations by installing exit signs, Culinary Depot carries all the necessary signage for both purposes. Contact us today!

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