One Shop for Your Whole Restaurant or Café Buildout

Opening a café or restaurant usually means juggling a millworker, an upholsterer, a metal shop and a glass company, and hoping it all fits together. PhillBuilt builds the whole package under one roof in our California shop: casework, seating, table tops, upholstery, wall paneling, metal fabrication and glass work.

Coffee bar with custom white oak bar front and casework at Little While, San Diego, built by PhillBuilt

Trusted by public, commercial and Michelin-starred spaces. We fabricated the curved front desk at SFMOMA and built custom furniture for The Kitchen and Localis, both starred in the MICHELIN Guide California.

Everything your space needs, from one shop

  • Bar fronts, back bars and service counters
  • Banquettes and upholstered seating
  • Custom restaurant tables and table tops
  • Wall paneling, cladding and soffits
  • Pastry and display cases in wood, metal and glass
  • Host stands and merch casework
  • Metal fabrication for bases, frames and details

Why one shop is better

  • One schedule. Every piece is built and delivered together, instead of waiting on four vendors.
  • One point of contact. One person answers your questions about the whole package.
  • Everything matches. Wood, finish, metal and fabric are chosen and built to work together.
  • Fewer surprises on site. Parts that meet, like a pastry case and the counter it sits on, are built by the same team.

Curved white oak casework built for Little While café

Case study: Little While, San Diego

For Little While, a coffee and pastry shop in North Park, San Diego, our shop built every piece of furniture and millwork in the space, and handled the upholstery, metal fabrication and glass work too:

  • Casework: bar front, back bar and merch casework in white oak
  • Seating: curved, upholstered banquette seating
  • Table tops: solid white oak tables
  • Wall paneling and a hanging soffit
  • Pastry case: woodwork, metal and glass, built as one piece
  • Metal fabrication for bases, brackets and details

All of it was fabricated in 5 weeks, with one site visit to measure. Everything else was coordinated over calls, email and video.

Curved upholstered banquette seating built by PhillBuilt

Areas we serve

We work with owners, designers and contractors across California, including Sacramento, the Bay Area and San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange County.

FAQ

Can one shop really handle the whole buildout?

For the furniture, millwork and finish package, yes. We build casework, seating, tables, wall paneling, upholstery, metal work and glass in-house so it all matches and arrives on one schedule.

Can you work from our designer's or architect's drawings?

Yes. We build from shop drawings, and we can also help develop the design with you.

How long does a café or restaurant package take?

It depends on scope. Little While's full package took 5 weeks of fabrication. Tell us about your timeline.

Do you work outside California?

Yes. We're based in Rancho Cordova near Sacramento and deliver throughout California.

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