RESTAURANT DOORS

Macanda Mexican Restaurant, nestled along the picturesque shores of Lake Minnetonka, ingeniously incorporated two 12'x4' hydraulic doors to partition the main dining area form their vibrant “HiFi Room” music bar and social space. These sleek, modern doors not only add a touch of contemporary elegance but also enhance the flexibility of the restaurant's layout, effortlessly transforming the ambiance from a cozy dining atmosphere to a lively social gathering spot.

With the doors in place, patrons can enjoy the serene lake views and dining experience in one moment, then seamlessly transition to the pulsating rhythms and energetic atmosphere of the HiFi Room in the next, creating a dynamic and multifaceted dining destination unlike any other along the lake's shore.

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Hydraulic Doors

PLANTA, a brand-new 100% plant-based vegan high scale restaurant located in West Palm Beach, Florida opened this Spring. Known for its chic and sophisticated interiors, the eatery offers an elevated dining experience with an innovative 100-percent plant-based menu. With seating for 200, it now has three Schweiss bifold glass designer doors that open to additional outdoor seating of 50 customers. It is also the very first outdoor bar using a Schweiss bar top outside serving window.

Two of the restaurant doors are 8.10' x 11.5', another is 8' x 11.2' and the smallest is 8.11' x 5.10'. Each door is equipped with manual latch systems and all four control panels are wall-mounted at one location.

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PLANTA Restaurant

One of Brooklyn, New York's newest restaurants specializing in Italian food is 76 Ainslie. The restaurant has a Schweiss 31' x 14' bifold liftstrap door clad in glass that opens to an outdoor backyard patio with trees.

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Ainslie Restaurant

Schweiss Doors adds style to the spicy new Sway Thai restaurant in Austin, Texas. The hydraulic door opens to a large communal table area where diners can eat and socialize. “We love the door. It's great and we get a lot of comments. When it's closed, people don't even realize it's a door because aesthetically, it speaks so well to the interior design,” said the restaurant owner, Jesse Herman. Austin is a city of big flavors, but interestingly enough there are few that specialize in Thai food. That's where the long-awaited Thai Restaurant called “Sway,” (meaning elevated, delicious) tops the bill.

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Sway Thai Restaurant

Three beautiful glass designer bifold doors were recently installed on Genentech Pharmaceuticals newest building in San Francisco, CA. The doors are in the cafe area so they can open them up and have outside dining. “The install was easy; everything went in fine.” said Jeff Garmeson, the Senior Project Manager.

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Genentech Pharmaceuticals

Nothing says summer like tacos and tequila. Chicago's newest sprawling Federales Tequila & Tacos restaurant and bar in the West loop of Chicago is a great neighborhood bar with incredible food.

Federales vacation atmosphere features a fully retractable roof and two Schweiss bifold liftstrap 14' 3" x 14' 8" designer doors that open to their beer garden.

They like the look and feel of the doors, as well as how open the space feels when they are in use, not to mention the 154 additional seats in the Tequila Garden. They open them when it's warm enough to have outdoor dining and drinking.

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Federales Restaurant

Schweiss Doors was approached to replace existing roll up doors at Cafe Intermezzo in Atlanta, GA. The old doors were failing and the top pivoting rods were broken.

The three new 14' 6" x 8' lift-strap bifold doors act as a large glass storefront system, an awning for diners when and security gates when closed.

The custom-made bifold designer doors have hurricane wall pins, manual latching systems and top-drive electric motors.

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Bifold Doors

Superba Food + Bread, which bills itself as an industrial-chic café and bakery offering Californian fare, rotisserie dishes and keg cocktails, likes to try new things and break some rules.

Part of trying new things included placement of a Schweiss bifold glass door at the front of the restaurant. They wanted the space to open up entirely to the exterior and maintain the open structure of the ceiling. The bifold door allowed them to do this better than a typical garage door that would have conflicted with lighting hung from the ceiling.

Superba decided on a custom-made 14' 4" x 9' 9" glass-clad bifold liftstrap door with black straps, electric photo eye sensors and manual latches. When they open for business at 7 a.m. they also open their Schweiss glass bifold door to welcome diners in from the sidewalk.

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Superba Restaurant

Doc B's Fresh Kitchen in Chicago was established to become an extension of your own kitchen. The Gold Coast location features a 16.2 ft. wide x 7.9 3/4 ft. tall Schweiss hydraulic glass designer door equipped with electric photo eye sensors. The door opens to an outside dining area which seats 20 customers.

“What's unique about the door is when it's open it creates this natural canopy. You can sit right up next to the window. So if its rainy or misting outside you get the benefit of the outside visual and still have the advantage of that outdoor/indoor feel,” explained the owner. “I think we looked at every conceivable door type available. We looked at bifold, horizontal and vertical, scissor type systems, and overhead glass garage doors as well. We mostly wanted a strong connection to the outside street energy of Doc B's.”

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Doc B's Kitchen

When Barrel & Bushel, a new beer-centric restaurant in Virgina says “Handcrafted Just for You,” they are referring to more than their location, extensive menu and beverage list, but also to the upscale surroundings in which you can enjoy a place to relax and visit. Barrel & Bushel is located in the heart of Tysons Corner's business district on the Tysons Corner Center Plaza at the newly built Hyatt Regency Hotel at 7901 Tysons One Place.

The bar is large and also opens to outdoor restaurant seating. Two Schweiss custom-made bifold liftstrap glass doors open up to the outside. One door is 24 ft. wide x 7 ft. 1" and opens to an outdoor seating area and the other bifold door, 24 ft. wide x 3 ft. 7" opens to outdoor patrons who can belly up to the bar. The doors are clad in glass, giving an unobstructed view of a plaza and garden area outside in all types of weather and they allow a significant amount of light in to brighten up the bar and dining areas. The bifold doors open to an outdoor seating patio, which now can acommodate an additional 70 people. Both doors have electric photo eye sensors.

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Barrel & Bushel

This isn't one of those places that puts up a couple Irish flags and call themselves an Irish pub. Their atmosphere is much more Irish than other “pubs” in the Fargo, Moorhead area. It features a Stone Courtyard Bar area that seats 70 people with three 19' 4" x 7' 11" Schweiss bifold glass doors that can be opened, rain or shine. Connected to the Courtyard is a patio area that seats another 60 people. The Mezzanine Level on the main side of the building, just a short step up, has seating for 20 people and offers a grand view of the entire main bar. Total seating is just under 300.

They open the doors nearly every day in the Spring, Summer and Fall. Another nice benefit, as opposed to a garage style door, is the way they open outward providing an awning. When it rains outside, it doesn't rain in the building.

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Blarney Stone Pub

This custom set of Schweiss bifold doors was the perfect solution for TGI Friday's of Dallas, Texas to provide a unique dining experience for their patio bar customers. The two strap bifolds create an awning over the bar area when open.

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TGI Friday's

Sam's Tavern, a new Pike Street, South Lake Union bar and restaurant in Seattle, WA has been described as a “Woodsy, Whimsical” bar. USA Today hailed it as one of the top seven places in the U.S. for a spectacular Bloody Mary.

Two Schweiss hydraulic doors open to an outside courtyard giving the establishment additional seating. The hydraulic doors are clad in glass and can be opened even on rainy days to keep patrons dry while enjoying the outdoor patio area. Each custom-made door is 11' 9" wide by 9' tall and has electric photo eye sensors. The hydraulic pumps that run the strong Schweiss cylinders are mounted inside the building near the doors.

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Sam's Tavern

The Toyota Music Factory, formerly known as Irving Music Factory, is a new $200 million 410,000 sq. ft. American Entertainment complex located in the Las Colinas neighborhood of Irving, Texas. It has 20 restaurants and bars and retail space that includes a movie theater and bowling alley.

The Pavilion at The Music Factory, is the centerpiece to the Music Factory. Located on the exterior of the pavilion at the outside amphitheater area series of seven side-by-side Schweiss bifold liftstrap doors ranging in size from 36.9' to 35.1' in width and all with a clear opening height of 25.6'.

Seven separate doors were used, instead of two or three large doors, because they partially wrap around the pavilion building that has about a 10.5 degree curve to it. These seven doors can be opened during sold out concerts approximately a half hour prior to the time an indoor performance is being held.

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Toyota Music Factory

Nine Fine Irishmen is a Las Vegas southside strip-located pub of epic proportions. It has a great location just across from the MGM Grand Casino. The pub's interior features a grand Victorian-style bar. It was entirely handcrafted in Ireland by a variety of local tradesmen using authentic Irish materials.

A unique kiosk with a spectacular 360 degree view of the Las Vegas Strip opens up outside to the public with four Schweiss hydraulic designer doors. The year-round outdoor patio and bar kiosk has ample seating for about 100 people. It features two custom made Schweiss hydraulic designer doors 15' x 4' 4" which open at the sides and two 8' x 4' 4" hydraulic doors opening at each end. A unique feature for this is the use of only one hydraulic pump for all four doors, with four separate key stations to open and close the doors. When the doors are open they provide shade to the area around the bar. When closed, they provide a tight seal and security to the contents inside.

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Nine Fine Irishmen

This 1956 Greyhound Scenicruiser bus was hoisted up to the Bobby Hotel rooftop in Nashville. Two Schweiss hydraulic doors open up the side and back of the bus. It was totally renovated inside by Hemphill Brothers Coach Company.

A Schweiss dual-pump system with electric motors were placed 60 feet away inside the swimming pool mechanical room to operate the hydraulic cylinders on the 18' 6" x 8' side door and 8' x 9' rear bus door. The doors can be opened and closed with handheld remote openers.

Castlerock Asset Management, which undertook the adaptation, wanted “to create an immersive hotel that feels like the quintessential Nashville experience and mirrors musician's life on the road.”

“We wanted to create a unique experience on our rooftop different than any other hotel in Nashville,” noted Castlerock Vice President Ray Waters.

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Bobby Hotel Bus

Two prominent buildings at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds feature Schweiss Bifold Designer Doors.

“The Hangar” with two 36' x 17.6' Liftstrap Designer doors brings thousands of visitors in for “Craft Flights & Tasty Bites.”

Hubbard Broadcasting Channel 5 News (bottom) placed three 21.6' x 14' Liftstrap Designer doors on its building adjacent to the grandstand. They deliver live broadcasts from this location throughout the 12-day duration of the state fair that draws nearly 2 million visitors annually.

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Bifold Doors

Five Lift Strap Bifold Doors were installed at Bi-Rite Cafe, a coffee and ice cream shop kiosk on the sidewalk in front of the mayors office in San Francisco.

One main door stands at 49' wide x 10' tall. The others range from 8' wide to 17' wide x 10' tall.

The security gates/doors are positioned far enough away from the main counter to allow workers to stock and clean up even with the doors down.

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Bi-Rite Coffee Shop

Schweiss builds easy access hydraulic container doors. Schweiss Doors now specializes in customizing containers to accept hydraulic doors to open up the entire side and/or both ends for easy access. In addition to these doors, Schweiss can also build an attached lifting exterior deck on your container that will lift up or down at the touch of a button.

Schweiss storage containers are perfect for a number of uses such as secure mobile offices, portable sheds, workshops, hunting shacks, food stands, etc.

At the top of each container door cylinder is a motor rated to lift 5,000 lbs. The DC drive utilizes 110 Volt AC power. Where there is no access to electricity, the door can be manually run with a cordless drill or generator setup. Doors are constructed with 2"x2" strong steel tubing. Containers can be custom-built and finished off to your liking.

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Container Doors

The Blue Bottle Coffee Company business in San Francisco's Hayes Valley ordered two custom-made Schweiss bifold doors for their busy kiosk. The two doors measure roughly 11.5' x 9' and are equipped with electric photo eye sensors, auto latches, remote opening and emergency backup systems.

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Blue Bottle Coffee Co.

Here is a great example of what is possible with Schweiss Designer Doors. This nightclub building in Washington D.C has two custom-made 32' 6.5" x 12' hydraulic glass skylight doors on its roof. There is also a 26' 4" x 8' 10" bifold lift-strap ground level door on the building.

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Hydraulic Doors