Plano · Collin County · Restaurant & Café Build-Out
Restaurant & Café Build-Out Contractor in Plano, TX
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Priced per project after a site walk · One-year workmanship warranty
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A restaurant or café in Plano can go into service suites along the Preston Road corridor, or new inventory from the Collin Creek redevelopment, and which one you sign changes the budget more than the concept does. The single largest factor is whether the hood, the grease interceptor and the gas are already in the space and can stay. A second-generation kitchen that keeps them is a remodel; a shell without them is a build. In Plano, the work we quote most includes restaurants and café concepts.
Plano lease commencement dates are usually firm, so the schedule is set before we start and after-hours or overtime work is priced up front rather than discovered when the date gets tight. On a restaurant the date usually turns on the hood and the health review, so the hood type is settled before design and the health authority's plan review is filed with the permit.
Published Rates
Restaurant & Café Build-Out pricing in Plano
All-in pricing covering labor, materials, permits, inspections, and project management. Brand signage, FF&E, and IT/AV cabling are separate line items called out in the written scope.
| Scope band | Rate | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Cafe or coffee refresh, second-generation food space | $45 to $90/SF | Cosmetic and finish refresh where the core systems already exist. |
| Cafe or bakery in a vanilla shell, no Type I hood | $140 to $200/SF | Cafe or bakery inside a landlord-delivered shell. No Type I hood. |
| Full-service restaurant, second-generation remodel | $100 to $160/SF | Remodel of existing restaurant infrastructure. |
| Full-service restaurant build-out from shell | $265 to $380/SF | Full kitchen and dining room from shell, front and back of house. |
Final number depends on the specifics of your Plano space. See the full restaurant & café build-out scope across DFW, or what a commercial remodel costs in Plano.
Permitting in Plano
Commercial tenant improvements in Plano permit through the City of Plano, plus mechanical, electrical and plumbing permits depending on scope. Design to permit approval averages three to four weeks, and we pre-file so review runs in parallel with finalizing your scope rather than after it.
What the price includes
- Type I hood system priced at $45,000 to $75,000 and exterior grease interceptor at $20,000 to $45,000 where the menu needs them
- Health review and city inspections sequenced together, not one after the other
- Permit filing and City of Plano inspection scheduling
- After-hours and overtime priced as a line item, not a contingency
- One-year workmanship warranty
Restaurant & Café Build-Out in Plano: common questions
What does a restaurant or café build-out cost in Plano?
Plano's commercial stock is newer than most of the metroplex, which usually means fewer surprises and a higher finish expectation. What drives a Plano number is the landlord allowance, the finish level the building sets, and a lease date that does not move. Cafe or coffee refresh, second-generation food space runs $45 to $90/SF, Cafe or bakery in a vanilla shell, no Type I hood runs $140 to $200/SF, Full-service restaurant, second-generation remodel runs $100 to $160/SF, and Full-service restaurant build-out from shell runs $265 to $380/SF. These are budgeting ranges, not a quote: scope moves the number more than square footage does, and every job is scoped and priced per project after a site walk. Permits and standard city inspections are in the price. FF&E, design and engineering, landlord fees and the category adders are priced separately and named in the written scope.
Who permits a restaurant or café build-out in Plano?
The City of Plano issues the building permit, and the trade permits follow the scope. A food concept goes through the health authority's plan review as well as the building permit, and the two run together rather than in sequence. A build-out that clears the building permit and fails health review is a six-week problem.
How does a service suite on the Preston Road corridor compare with a space in the Collin Creek redevelopment for a restaurant or café build-out?
Along the Preston Road corridor, older storefront kitchens raise the questions that are most expensive to answer late: grease waste routing, make-up air, and how much of the existing kitchen can be kept. In the Collin Creek redevelopment, a full-service build-out from shell runs $265 to $380/SF, with the hood and the interceptor priced on top where the menu needs them. We confirm which one you are looking at on the walk, before you budget.
Do I need a grease interceptor in Plano?
If the kitchen produces grease, probably. Many cities require an exterior grease interceptor sized to the fixtures, and each city's pretreatment rules decide the details, so we confirm them with the city before design. On the published card an exterior interceptor, with the sawcut, trench and paving patch, is $20,000 to $45,000.
What does a Plano landlord's allowance usually leave me funding on a restaurant or café build-out?
Finish level and anything specific to your use. A Plano tenant improvement allowance commonly covers building-standard work and stops short of upgraded flooring, millwork, glass, branded finishes and supplemental mechanical. We read the work letter before quoting, so the written scope separates allowance work from your cost.
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