Second generation restaurant space in Dallas: what do you inspect first?

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Touring second generation restaurant space off a highway in Dallas. The dining room looks ready. What inspections do you run before you treat it as turnkey?

UrbanOperator331 · Answer

Hood, make-up air balance, grease interceptor size, and the walk-in compressor age. Then plumbing. A pretty dining room with a tired grease line is not turnkey.

CuriousAdvisor173 · Answer

We are bringing a kitchen contractor on the second tour before we talk rent.

SpicyChef271 · Answer

Ask for the last health inspection and any grease hauler contracts. If the prior operator was cited for interceptor issues, budget to replace it rather than clean it.

Second generation restaurant space in Dallas: what do you inspect first?

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