
Restaurant metal — from a neighborhood shop to a destination dining room.
LoTec, Inc. has designed, fabricated, and installed structural and miscellaneous steel for over 30 years. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we deliver projects nationwide and internationally — hundreds of completed jobs across 40+ U.S. states. The company was built on industrial turbine and low-noise systems. That engineering standard is what general contractors get on commercial work.
LoTec is committed to complete customer satisfaction through the quality of our products, engineering, and service. Whether the project is a new facility or work at an existing site, the requirement does not change: efficient, cost-effective fabrication in complete compliance with the specifications, and quality that meets or exceeds what the drawings call for. Bonded and insured.
LoTec partners with hospitality contractors on dining rooms already taking guests and on tenant finish that has to be ready on opening night. A dining room is a public stage. Guests see the stair, the canopy, the trim they rest a glass on — brass, bronze, powder-coated steel — and that metal has to be right when the doors open.
Destination dining and a smaller shop in a center use the same discipline. One package may be the columns and beams, the metal-pan stair, and the finish metal at the bar and banquettes. Another is the canopy and storefront, rooftop-unit openings, ice and cooler platforms, roof ladders, dumpster gates, and site bollards. Loose lintels at masonry openings show up on both. We coordinate with the other trades so the kitchen and the dining room come online on the date the contractor promised.
What we usually do for restaurants and kitchens
FRAMES
Storefront and canopy frames
Awning framing
Rooftop-unit opening frames
Lintels at masonry openings — a structural steel frame at the opening
Columns and beams
RAILINGS & STAIRS
Pipe and tube railings
Stair and ramp rails
Bar foot rails
Metal-pan stairs
Ships ladders and roof access
SITE & FINISH
Drive-thru ice, cooler, freezer, and makeup-air platforms
Site bollards
Banquettes, shelf posts, and back-bar frames
Powder-coated, brass, bronze, or aluminum feature metal
Dumpster gates and personnel doors
Projects for restaurants and kitchens

Dallas, TX · 2024

Dallas, TX · 2023

New York, NY · 2022

Dallas, TX · 2022

Fort Worth, TX · 2022

Austin, TX · 2022
Request a metal bid
Send the drawings. LoTec will scope the steel and miscellaneous metal. We can further coordinate with the other trades. Bonded and insured.