Do you paint restaurants during open hours?

We staff around service. For most hospitality clients we work mornings before opening, after close, or on closed days — patio kept clear of dust and debris, site broken down clean every evening. The full schedule is built around your service window before we quote.

How long does it take to repaint a restaurant exterior in Toronto?

A typical independent restaurant — façade, signature door, garden bench, interior touch-up — runs three to five working days with a two-person crew, weather permitting. Larger hotels and multi-unit retail run five to ten.

Can you match paint to my existing brand colours or PMS specs?

Yes. We custom-match from physical samples or Pantone, RAL, or RGB specs through Benjamin Moore, SICO, and Sherwin-Williams. Mockup boards are available before commit on commercial jobs over $5,000.

Are you insured for commercial restaurant work?

Yes — $4M commercial liability, WSIB-covered crew, 2-year workmanship warranty on every commercial project. Certificate of insurance sent on contract signing.

What does it cost to repaint a restaurant exterior in Toronto?

Typical independent restaurant exterior repaints run $3,000 to $8,000 depending on surface count, height, and prep. Hospitality projects with brand-matched colour and hand-cut detail run $8,000 to $20,000. Fixed quotes, no change orders.

How do you protect murals, signage, or heritage detail during a repaint?

Hand-cut work, no tape on artwork. We mask hardline edges with film and brush in by hand against painted or carved surfaces. For neon, signage, and heritage tile we coordinate temporary removal with your signage vendor.

Case Study № 01Hospitality · Kensington Market

Chubby's

A Kensington landmark,
repainted in its own voice.

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On any given Friday night, the line outside Chubby's stretches past the palm mural and around the white picket fence. Inside, the room hums in the language of slow-cooked oxtail and Red Stripe. Outside, a single coat of paint does quieter work — holding the building together, signalling the welcome, telling you, before you've read the sign, that you've arrived somewhere considered.

Commercial painter at Chubby's restaurant in Kensington Market, Toronto — hand-cutting the pink door against the painted palm mural. — Custom-matched coral, hand-cut against the mural — no tape on the artwork.

№ 01

The door is the photograph.

Chubby's isn't a quiet room. Scottie Barnes has walked through its door. So has the Prime Minister. The patio is a fixture of the city's food press, and the pink-on-green façade is one of the most photographed storefronts in Kensington Market. The brief wasn't colour selection — the colours had already earned their place. The brief was preservation: refresh the surfaces without flattening the soul.

Freshly painted coral bench beside a potted palm, with the open SICO paint can on the seat. — Coral, matched. SICO floor latex, chosen for the patio's foot traffic.

№ 02

Brand-matched colour, hand-cut.

We sampled the existing pink down to the undertone — a coral that turns warmer in late-afternoon light — and matched it in a SICO floor latex rated for patio traffic. Decks, benches, and trim were treated as a single system: two coats over a tinted primer. The hand-painted palm mural runs the length of the east wall; we cut in by hand, no tape on the artwork, protecting every frond. A spray rig would have been faster. It also would have been wrong.

Hand-rolling primer on the front deck at Chubby's, the red door visible in the background. — Site staged around opening hours · broken down clean every evening.

№ 03

Painted around service.

Kensington doesn't close. We staged the work around service hours, kept the patio open where we could, and broke down the site clean every evening — no dust on the tables, no covers lost. Our commercial painting schedule for hospitality clients is built around two non-negotiables: zero impact to your guests, and a working storefront by 5 p.m. each day.

The Chubby's storefront and surrounding lane in Kensington, with the BITR crew on site. — Two-person crew · fixed quote · no change orders · 2-year workmanship warranty.

№ 04

Three days, no lost covers.

Three working days, weather permitting. Two-person crew. The price we wrote on day one was the price on the invoice — no change orders, no surprises. That discipline is why repeat hospitality clients hire us: a real number, a real window, and the same painter from quote to handover, in both the GTA and Metro Vancouver.

The Chubby's storefront at 104 Augusta, Kensington Market — pink door, neon Chubby's sign, hand-painted palm fronds on white stucco, photographed in soft daylight. — 104 Augusta. Pink-on-green, neon-lit, ready for the line.

№ 05

Open for service.

By the next morning the patio was open, the door dry to the touch, the mural untouched. The room people remember — only sharper. This is the finish high-end hospitality clients hire us for: a storefront that photographs as well at 9 a.m. as it does at 9 p.m., and a process disciplined enough to make it look like nothing happened at all.

"The door is the photograph.
Everything we did was in service of the door."

The door, since

In the months after this project, the door appeared in coverage of NBA player visits, a Prime Ministerial stop, and food editorials about the neighbourhood. We don't claim credit for any of that. We claim credit for making sure the door was ready.

Commercial Painting · FAQ

What hospitality operators ask before signing.

Do you paint restaurants during open hours?: We staff around service. For most hospitality clients we work mornings before opening, after close, or on closed days — patio kept clear of dust and debris, site broken down clean every evening. The full schedule is built around your service window before we quote.
How long does it take to repaint a restaurant exterior in Toronto?: A typical independent restaurant — façade, signature door, garden bench, interior touch-up — runs three to five working days with a two-person crew, weather permitting. Larger hotels and multi-unit retail run five to ten.
Can you match paint to my existing brand colours or PMS specs?: Yes. We custom-match from physical samples or Pantone, RAL, or RGB specs through Benjamin Moore, SICO, and Sherwin-Williams. Mockup boards are available before commit on commercial jobs over $5,000.
Are you insured for commercial restaurant work?: Yes — $4M commercial liability, WSIB-covered crew, 2-year workmanship warranty on every commercial project. Certificate of insurance sent on contract signing.
What does it cost to repaint a restaurant exterior in Toronto?: Typical independent restaurant exterior repaints run $3,000 to $8,000 depending on surface count, height, and prep. Hospitality projects with brand-matched colour and hand-cut detail run $8,000 to $20,000. Fixed quotes, no change orders.
How do you protect murals, signage, or heritage detail during a repaint?: Hand-cut work, no tape on artwork. We mask hardline edges with film and brush in by hand against painted or carved surfaces. For neon, signage, and heritage tile we coordinate temporary removal with your signage vendor.

Client: Chubby's
Location: Kensington Market
Sector: Hospitality
Surfaces: Stucco · Wood · Mural margins
Duration: 3 working days

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