Chronic Taco
This old GameStop Tenant Improvement turned restaurant proved to have some challenges, especially with the Department of Environmental Health regarding a new 1200G Grease Interceptor that required a Right-of-Way Permit. The client was a small chain restaurant in Los Angeles, CA that wanted to bring their Mexican Operations to the island of Oahu. We took the empty building shell and designed a sleek Chipotle-style ordering line and small interior dining area with a few outdoor dining seats.
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After about 7 months with the Building Department, we were able to get a permit and construction completed in Spring of 2017 to great success as there are not any tasty Mexican restaurants in the neighborhood. The owners flew out their graphic artist to hand-paint murals on the interior walls of the dining area that are so beautiful. Managing the construction of the tenant improvement was challenging with securing and mounting the 14' Mechanical Hood and the installation of the Grease Interceptor in front of the unit in the parking lot.
