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Restaurants & Hospitality

You signed the franchise agreement. Here's what happens next.

Built for franchisees opening their first (or fifth) location, restaurant groups, and hospitality operators — the people whose opening date is already promised to someone.

Drive-thru stands & modular prototypesQuick-service restaurantsFull-service restaurants & barsHotels & hospitalityEntertainment venues & family attractions

The day you sign a franchise agreement, a clock starts that nobody fully explained: brand plan approval, site adaptation, health department, hood and grease inspections, equipment lead times, training calendar. Most first-time operators learn this sequence by getting surprised by it. Our job is to make sure you never are.

We've built drive-thru coffee stands, quick-service kitchens, full-service restaurants, and entertainment venues — and the pattern is always the same: the operators who open on time are the ones whose builder coordinated the brand, the health department, and the equipment vendors as one schedule instead of three.

How it works

The process, on one page

Phase 1

Site & feasibility

Before you sign a lease: is the site buildable for your concept? Utilities, grease capacity, drive-thru stacking, zoning. Ten days here saves ten weeks later.

Phase 2

Brand plan adaptation

Your franchisor's prototype adapted to your site and submitted for brand approval — we handle their construction standards so you don't referee between architect and franchisor.

Phase 3

Permits & health approvals

Building permit, health department plan review, grease interceptor, hood suppression — sequenced in parallel with equipment purchasing so nothing waits on anything unnecessarily.

Phase 4

Build & equipment

We build while coordinating your kitchen equipment vendor, signage, POS, and low-voltage — their installers show up to a site that's actually ready for them.

Phase 5

Inspect, train, open

Final inspections, health sign-off, punch list, and handover timed to your training calendar and grand-opening date — the one your franchisor already announced.

Who does what

The working relationship

You bring

  • Franchise agreement & brand relationship
  • Lease & site decisions
  • Equipment package selection (we'll advise)

We decide together

  • Budget & finish levels
  • Opening date & training calendar
  • Site feasibility calls before lease signing

Cook owns

  • Brand plan adaptation & approvals
  • All permits & health department sequencing
  • Construction, trades & vendor coordination
  • Inspections, punch & opening handover

Past builds

We've done this before

Questions we always get

Straight answers

I just signed a franchise agreement — what do I actually do first?

Call your builder before you sign a lease, not after. Site feasibility (utilities, grease, stacking, zoning) is the single highest-leverage step in the whole project and it's nearly free at that stage.

Who deals with my franchisor's construction requirements?

We do. Brand standards, plan submissions, required vendors, inspection reports — we've worked inside national brand programs and treat their requirements as part of the drawings, not an obstacle to them.

How long does a drive-thru coffee stand take to build?

Site work to open is typically a few months once permits land — permitting is the variable, which is why feasibility and early submission matter more than construction speed.

Who coordinates the kitchen equipment?

We integrate your equipment vendor's delivery and install into the master schedule — rough-in dimensions verified before drywall, so nothing gets demoed twice.

What inspections should I expect?

Building, health, fire/hood suppression, grease, signage — each with its own authority and sequence. We schedule and attend all of them; you get the results in your dashboard.

Can you help with my second and third locations?

That's the point. Your first build becomes a documented playbook — budget actuals, schedule actuals, vendor list — and every location after it opens faster.

Talk to us about your project