Prefab Restaurant Metal Buildings

Restaurant metal Buildings starting at $100/sq ft

If you’re ready to turn your dream of opening a restaurant into reality, the most pressing issue you’re facing is the start-up cost. The average cost to open a restaurant is around $425,000, and much of that is the cost of a building and customization. Fortunately, choosing prefab restaurant metal building option from Champion Buildings can help you reduce costs while maximizing your restaurant’s capabilities.

Since 1999, Champion Buildings has created custom prefabricated metal buildings for a wide range of commercial services across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Our open wall steel buildings make it possible to utilize space exactly how you envision without having to worry about support columns or load-bearing walls. Best of all, once your restaurant is constructed, it’s virtually maintenance-free so you don’t have to worry about the unexpected costs of exterior repairs.

How Much Does a Prefab Restaurant Cost?

Generally, you can expect turnkey metal restaurant building projects to be an investment starting around $100 per square foot. This efficiency allows you to allocate more of your budget toward interior design and kitchen equipment, ensuring you get the exact dining atmosphere you envision without the premium price tag and long timelines of traditional brick-and-mortar structures.

Customizable Prefab Restaurant Floor Plans

One of the distinct advantages of building with steel is the ability to utilize “clearspan” framing. Unlike wood-framed structures that require interior load-bearing walls, our metal building systems rely on a rigid steel frame exterior. This allows for a completely open interior, giving you 100% freedom to design your commercial kitchen and dining room flow exactly how you need it. While every project is custom, these are the most common layouts we design:

Fast Casual & QSR (Quick Service) Layouts

Efficiency is king in the quick-service industry. Our clearspan metal designs allow you to maximize the “back of house” square footage for commercial kitchen equipment while maintaining a streamlined flow for customer ordering and pickup. With no interior columns to navigate, you can easily install large walk-in coolers, prep stations, and drive-thru windows without structural obstructions.

Open-Concept Dining Halls & Breweries

For businesses requiring a modern, industrial aesthetic, our steel buildings offer naturally high ceilings and massive open spaces. This layout is perfect for breweries, cafeterias, or large dining halls where you want to maintain sightlines across the entire room. The steel I-beam construction easily supports heavy loads, allowing for the installation of large overhead fans, lighting rigs, or exposed ductwork that adds to the ambiance.

Compact Drive-Thru & Coffee Shop Shells

Not every restaurant needs a massive footprint. We can engineer compact metal shells specifically designed for drive-thru-only models or small-footprint coffee shops. These structures are incredibly cost-effective to erect and can be insulated with high R-value panels to keep energy costs low, even in a smaller space with high traffic.

Benefits of a Prefab Metal Building for a Restaurant

Instead of choosing between building a wooden or brick structure that can run into hundreds of thousands of dollars or renting a restaurant space that can lock you in to an expensive and constrictive lease agreement, consider how a prefab restaurant metal building can reduce costs while giving you the benefits you want: 

• 100% Customizable: Create the exact layout you want with our open wall steel buildings! Whether you want a fully open setup with an open kitchen, or you want to create an intimate atmosphere, our design team will work with you to create the layout that works with you.
• Easy to Update: As your restaurant grows, you can change your layout without worrying about moving load-bearing walls or support columns. If you want to add a private dining room or redesign your kitchen after a few years, your building design allows for customization.
• Save on Rent or Building Costs: Our metal buildings for restaurants are significantly less expensive than lumber or brick and don’t require the maintenance costs.
• Fast Construction: Instead of the months it takes to build a wooden or brick structure, we can have your prefab restaurant metal building up quickly and efficiently so you can launch your restaurant in a fraction of the time.
• Eco-Friendly: Steel is a highly sustainable, frequently recycled material. Plus, the width of the steel sheets allows for thicker insulation, so you can reduce the energy used to heat and cool your new restaurant.
• Maintenance Free: Choosing a prefab metal building restaurant setup means you never have to worry about termites, sagging, or warping that comes from other materials.

About Our Prefab Restaurants and Commercial Kitchens

Every prefab restaurant and commercial kitchen we construct includes:

• 100% Commercial-grade steel that is made in the USA
• Prefabricated with 100% steel framing
• High-strength bolts
• Clearspan of up to 150 feet

You’ll have a restaurant that is more than sturdy, it’s built to withstand all types of elements with ease and minimal upkeep. Plus, all of our steel buildings for your restaurant include a large number of customization options, including:

• Insulated metal wall panels to reduce the risk of fire, reduce noise, and make your restaurant energy efficient. 
• Multiple window options, including large storefront windows, linear panels, or fixed, decorative windows. 
• Skylights, gutters, or downspouts
• A large selection of color options with a 25-year warranty. 

Our team will work with you to walk you through both the structural and aesthetic decisions and options for your prefab restaurant metal building to help you get exactly what you want!

Turnkey Construction for Your Restaurant’s Prefab Metal Building  

At Champion Buildings, we go beyond just selling a top-quality, prefabricated steel building kit for your restaurant. We are there through all the steps of erecting your building:

Laying a Concrete Slab

Before your restaurant can go up, it needs a solid, stable foundation. Our team will lay an even concrete slab foundation for your metal building to support your building and ensure it’s longevity and structural stability. 

The Framing Process

Part of having a prefab restaurant building means the I-beam columns, rafters, and other pieces are pre-cut, punched, and welded so it is easier to put up on site.

Adding Wall and Roof Support

Once the mainframe is up the girts, purlins, and framing around the doors add more support. Then once the framing is complete, the insulation, wall panels, and roof sheeting are installed.

Aesthetics and Customization

Once your restaurant’s metal building is up, we add the trim, accessories, windows, and doors to put the finishing touches on the building. Once this is complete, it’s ready for you to turn into the restaurant of your dreams!

Contact Us Today for Your Prefab Restaurant Building!

Champion Buildings firmly believes in erecting quality, cost-efficient steel and metal buildings for commercial, residential, and agricultural purposes. Let your vision become reality with our metal buildings! For more information or to purchase a steel building for your restaurant, contact us today!