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Improve Restaurant Success With a High-Quality Glass Storefront

Admin • March 22, 2019

New restaurant owners need to take several proactive steps to make their business stand out from alreadyestablished dining options. Installing a custom glass storefront is just one of these options. A gorgeous customized glass storefront provides many benefits to a restaurant, each of which improves a new owner's chances of success after opening up to the public.


Attractive Storefronts Benefit a Restaurant 


Storefronts often provide passerby with the first look at a restaurant. And first impressions are essential in this business. If a restaurant's storefront seems unattractive, cheap, or poorly designed, potential customers may ignore it and go to other, more established, restaurants instead. This problem is enhanced in a busy town with many places to eat.


Just as importantly, an attractive storefront can create a tremendous branding opportunity for a restaurant, one that can help it succeed long past the initial opening-day flush of customers has subsided. And while there are many different options available for a gorgeous storefront, a custom glass design provides a multitude of options that can't be denied. 



Glass Storefronts Enhance a Restaurant's Appearance 


Glass storefronts provide many benefits that make restaurants more attractive to potential customers. Just a few of these advantages include:


  • Improved branding - Custom commercial glass storefronts include logos, store names, and beautiful designs to draw in potential restaurant customers.
  • Enhanced size limitations - Smaller restaurants with glass storefronts often feel more comfortable and open than those with robust storefronts.
  • Increased visual appeal - Glass storefront showcase the interior of a restaurant in a way that could intrigue potential customers, particularly if the interior has unique decorations, like arcade machines.


All of these benefits draw potential customers to a restaurant and make it a more attractive dining option. Before installing a custom glass storefront, though, restaurant owners need to understand the options available for their business.



You Have Many Types of Glass to Choose From


Restaurant owners interested in a custom commercial class storefront have many options to consider. The following types of custom glass provide a multitude of benefits worth debating before making a purchasing decision:


  • Frosted glass - Restaurants that want to create a more private feel can use frosted glass. Even better, the frosted surface protects guests from annoyingly bright sunlight and makes their dining experience more comfortable and relaxing.
  • Tinted glass - Glass with a tint helps to protect a restaurant from potentially harmful UV rays. Beyond this benefit, tinted glass also minimizes solar heat exchange and keeps a restaurant's heating and cooling bills lower.
  • Transparent glass - Though transparent glass doesn't have as many color options, restaurants often benefit the most from this type. Transparent glass lets passerby see easily into a restaurant, showing off the kinds of meals served inside.
  • Colored glass - The previous glass options all come in many different colors, which makes designing a high-quality logo easier for restaurants that want to stand out in their neighborhood.


Carefully consider these types of glass before deciding which is right for your restaurant. For example, frosted glass provides maximum privacy for a high-class restaurant but makes interior viewing harder for passerby. By contrast, transparent glass maximizes passerby interaction but could be too open for people who want a private dining experience.


Let Us Help Your Restaurant Succeed


All of these custom commercial glass options create a dazzling diversity of choices for a restaurant owner. So if you want your restaurant to stand out from your competitors with a high-quality storefront, contact or visit us at Nor Sac Glass Company to learn more. Our professionals will inspect your storefront and help you through the decision and installation process.

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