Blog posts from November, 2015

Restaurant chairs lend a lot to a restaurant’s décor and atmosphere and so they’re a big decision to make. Do you want chairs with arms? Or Chairs without arms? Wood? Metal? Do they need to be stacking? Do you want them to look contemporary, modern, or traditional? So many decisions related to something as “simple” as a chair. While we don’t sell restaurant chairs ourselves (we sell restaurant tabletop supplies), we like to help our customers and prospects in making informed decisions. If you don’t know where to buy restaurant chairs in Canada, we’ve rounded up four of the leading restaurant chair suppliers in Canada for you to check out.

1. Contract Supply Corp.

Founded in 1980, Contract Supply Corp. is a manufacturer of food-service & commercial furniture, specializing in the manufacturing of wood chairs, metal chairs, bar stools, soft seating, tables and bases, site furnishings, and outdoor patio furniture. They have over 65,000+ square feet of manufacturing space and employ 50+ skilled craftsmen. They also offer design-to-build furniture, furniture repair, refinishing & reupholster, delivery & installation, and custom lasered & branded furniture.

2. Rodo Industries Inc.

Rodo Industries Inc. is a Canadian contract manufacturing company, located in Southwestern Ontario, providing commercial furniture including metal & wood dining chairs, outdoor furniture including all weather wicker, umbrellas, metal and wood bar stools, dining tables, and upholstered booth seating. They also distribute Grosfillex Products.

3. ADRIA Contract Seating

ADRIA Contract Seating is a western Canada furniture manufacturer focusing on the hospitality and foodservice markets. For over 20 years they have been committed to providing customers with high quality products, and customer service. They offer a wide variety of in-stock and custom contracted wood & metal dining chairs, wood & metal bar stools, dining table tops and bases, stacking chairs & patio chairs and soft seating for lounge and bar furniture.

4. Moda Seating

Moda Seating is a custom order distributor working with the manufacturer to ensure the customer’s needs are met. They specialize in durable wood, metal, aluminum, furniture, and stackable seating for restaurants, night clubs, bars and hotels. They also distribute Flash Furniture’s line of HERCULES products.

We’ve been encountering more and more opportunities to quote for banquet hall chairs over this past year as we’re touching more event venues, banquet halls and hotels. Banquet chairs are a great option that many event venues choose to have as their main chair as they hide stains well, are comfortable and can be easily dressed up with a wedding chair cover. In the past banquet hall chairs from us have been special order only and were not an in-stock product.

I’m pleased to announce we have a round-backed banquet chair on order and coming into stock early spring 2016.

Available in three different colours including black patterned, navy blue patterned, and red patterned, the NES Banquet Hall Chair features commercial grade fabric, fully upholstered back panel and silver powder coated finishes. The seat features 2 3/8” thick foam and 18 gauge steel frame.

Chair dimensions are as follows:

• Width: 17 1/8”
• Height: 36”
• Depth: 22”
• Seat Depth: 15 7/8”
• Seat Width: 15 ½”

Serveware is one of my favourite catering and restaurant supplies to talk about. I know it’s nerdy but I really think that with the right kind of serveware (along with the esteemed Chef’s skilled plating skills) a passed hors d’oeuvre, buffet, or catering station can be transformed into a work of art. Caterers, restaurants, event venues and party rental companies need to stay on trend in the competitive market of special events so I thought it made sense to provide a glimpse into what serveware trends we’re seeing from a restaurant and catering supplier point-of-view. Here’s the first of the two part blog post series.

In terms of the latest trends in servingware, buffet trays and gorgeous food displays, there’s still a very rustic, elemental theme happening in the serveware trends. Chefs tend to be using slate, wood, marble, and glass as platters to add another texture and layer to their platings.

Picture Source: American Metalcraft

We’re seeing lots of buffets outfitted with lucite / clear acrylic stands similar to these food displays below offered by SmartBuffetware.

Photo Source: SmartBuffetware

Bite-sized offerings in the form of amuse bouche and single bite hors d’oeuvres are still on trend with Chefs utilizing bamboo skewers, amuse bouche cutlery, hors d’oeuvre forks (both disposable and stainless steel), wonton spoons and porcelain tasting spoons for easy sampling.

As far as shaped serveware is concerned, still trending are square and oval dishes along with other interesting shaped dishes such as a wide rim bowl, straight slanted bowl and quad divided bowl.

Glassware is also being used in the form of shot glasses, stemless glasses and martini glasses.

Photo Source: Hostess Handbook

Our Catering Customers and Party Rental Customers are asking for greater varieties of melamine servingware for increased durability from chipping, and breakage.

They’re also looking for new and unique shapes and smaller plates for tapas and other hors d’oeuvres.

Tables and chairs are a very important foundation almost any event uses. Finding a supplier of wholesale tables and chairs for events that are of great commercial quality while still being good value for the product can be a challenge. Oftentimes party rental companies and event venues are also looking for larger quantities (think bulk folding chairs, bulk dinnerware etc) than a traditional retail supplier can handle at any one location. That’s why there are event equipment sales companies that exist in the industry – to provide large quantities of commercial quality products to the special event rentals industry. To help you with your search, here are the North American event equipment sales companies broken down by country:

Canada

Canada Chair –Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada Chair offers quality commercial chairs, tables and other furniture products to institutions across Canada. They’ve been in business since 1955 and specialize in stackable and folding chairs, folding tables and carts.

Just in Time Tables & Chairs – Located in Aurora, Ontario, Just in Time Tables & Chairs was established in 2003 to provide carefully selected quality tables and chairs for banquet facilities, hotels and churches. They service the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) with a wide selection of tables, chairs, transport carts and other related products.

Special Events Sales – Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Special Event Sales, the event equipment sales division of Special Event Rentals, offers sale inventory of chairs, tables, dance floors, RaceDeck floors, barbeques, linens, tradeshow equipment, concession equipment, catering equipment, and stanchions and ropes. They offer both new and used sale equipment to help meet all customer needs.

United States of America

Event Décor Direct – Headquartered in Deerfield Beach, FL, Event Décor Direct have been involved in the event and wedding decor industry since 1988 and we bring nearly 25 years of industry experience to their products and services. They do not offer cheap trinkets and junk as their products are "field tested" and are designed for the rigors of commercial use. They offer wood folding tables and event chairs shipped to throughout the US and to Canada with no duties or brokerage.

Event Equipment Sales – Founded in 1993 and located just outside of Chicago, Illinois, EES was established out of necessity to help support their growing rental operation, then known as Chicago Party Rental (it was eventually sold). Their goal is to help clients create the most dynamic events by supplying innovative, reliable and competitively priced portable event products.

Global Event Supply – Located in Fontana, California with a warehouse in Miami Florida, they are a direct importer of all styles of tables, chairs and equipment for the party, event and hospitality industry. They ship throughout the United States and Canada and offer very competitive pricing.

McCourt Manufacturing – Located in Fort Smith, Arkansas, McCourt Manufacturing produces stackable folding chairs, stackable stationary chairs, plywood folding tables, and other event products. Their primary market is the rental industry, but we also supply the hospitality, school and church markets, as well as individuals and commercial businesses.

Midas Event Supply – Located in Ontario, California with a Canadian arm in Mississauga, ON, Midas Event Supply sells a selection of wholesale party rental supplies including; wood folding chairs, Chivari chairs (Chiavari chairs), banquet tables, resin folding chairs, cocktail tables, table linens and event accessories.

Palmer Snyder Furniture – Palmer Snyder is an American manufacturer and distributor of commercial portable furniture, specializing in products that excel in portability, stackability and storability. Our product line consists of many varieties of folding tables and portable seating, plus portable dance floor, lecterns and beverage service stations. They manufacture and distribute from their factory in Conneautville, Pennsylvania. Other major locations include corporate headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and sales office in Louisville, Kentucky.

P.R.E. Sales Inc – Located in San Diego, California, with a secondary warehouse in Moonachie, New Jersey, PRE Sales sells products including a wide variety of folding chairs, stacking chairs, Chiavari ballroom chairs, banquet chairs, wood tables with folding legs, plastic tables, cocktail tables with pedestal-style bases, market umbrellas, bar stools, chairs, table dollies and much more.

Richwood Imports – Based in Ontario, California with a warehouse in Memphis Tennessee, Richwood Imports has been serving the special event industry since 1994 offering wholesale event chairs & cushions, tables, chair and table dollies, dinnerware, glassware and more.

Tent and Table – Based in Buffalo, New York, for over 25 years Tent and Table has been in business setting up, delivering, and supplying commercial grade bounce houses and equipment. They also offer a variety of wedding tents, which include pole tents and frame tents with banquet chairs and banquet tables.

With warehouses in Mississauga, Ontario, Brampton, Ontario and Vancouver British Columbia, National Event Supply is a wholesale supplier of event equipment to the party rental, event venue, golf course, hotel, catering and restaurant industries. With informal in-house testing (along with BIFMA standards and manufacturer standards) to our banquet tables and event chairs, we’re on a mission to not only have stock whenever a rental company needs it, but also have superior commercial grade products for our customers to trust their business reputation on.

You just received your new NES Glass Rack Cart and you are wondering how to assemble it. Look no further for a full run down of the pieces you should receive in your package as well as assembly instructions and tools that are required.

What you should receive:

• (4x) Swiveling Wheels
• (1x) Base Cart Unit
• (4x) Screws (for Glass Rack Cart with Handle Only)
• (1x) Handle (for Glass Rack Cart with Handle Only)

Tools Required (Not Included)

• Screwdriver (for Glass Rack Cart with Handle Only)

Step 1:

First unpack the box to ensure you have received all of the parts. The master pack will include a box inside containing the wheels, bolts and lock washers, along with the handle (if you purchased a glass rack dolly with handle) and base cart unit. (If you haven’t received all the parts, please let us know by calling 1-800-827-8953 or contacting sales@nationaleventsupply.com) Once this has been confirmed you can start to assemble the cart.

Step 2:

Turn the base cart unit over so that the brackets that hold the wheels are pointing up.

Step 3:

Insert the wheels into the holes on the corner and press to fit.

Step 4:

Repeat Step 3 until all wheels are installed. If you purchased the cart without handle your cart is now complete. If you purchased the cart with handle, continue onto step 5.

Step 5:

Push handle into provided brackets on the bottom of the cart. This may take a fair amount of force to ensure the handle is in all the way. The handle is in all the way when you can see all 4 holes where you install the screws.

Step 6:

Install 4 provided screws to secure handle. Your cart with handle is now complete!