The outdoor area for bars, a versatile and comfortable solution
Creating an elegant and refined space outside the premises, where customers can find tranquility and relaxation in every season, has become a priority for many bars (but not only) that are trying to improve the quality of their service. In this regard, the increasingly important role is played by outdoor seating for bars, which help to expand the surface available for serving customers in an elegant and refined way. But what are dehors for bars? They are the set of mobile structures that are usually positioned in the space in front of the premises, on public land, becoming a natural extension for the serving of food and drinks. There are many different ideas for creating outdoor seating for bars different ones that follow the style of your venue and thanks to the different proposals Kat Italy It is possible to create outdoor areas for every need, of variable dimensions, that respond perfectly to the needs of each bar. Obviously, since these are elements that must be installed on public land, it is first necessary to obtain authorizations from the competent authorities. The space that can be occupied by the outdoor area is established by the municipal authority and the bar must adhere to that when choosing the delimitation structure. There are various possibilities but the choice must be made not only considering the space available but a whole series of elements that must influence the type of structures. The purpose of outdoor areas for bars, in fact, is not only to create additional space to expand the surface available for the serving of food and drinks, but is above all aimed at ensuring that the space is welcoming, comfortable, pleasant and functional. The advantages of a well-made outdoor area are undoubted for a bar, but only if this is created with care and attention, otherwise it can be a boomerang that can backfire in terms of the overall appreciation of customers. A quote for a Kat Italia outdoor area can be a first step to create an excellent outdoor space for your bar or venue.
Why install an outdoor area?
Before going into the merits of the characteristics of the dehors, it is important to understand why every bar should, net of the possibilities and authorizations, have an dehor. The first element that should convince to install it is theIncreased visibility: an external space, which regularly occupies a portion of public land, undeniably contributes to increasing the visibility of the premises for those who are walking along the street, especially in the historic center and in areas of high tourist interest. Furthermore, having the opportunity to spend some time in total relaxation in an open but protected space is a temptation for all those who, during the lunch break, for breakfast or for an aperitif, look for a bar for a chat with friends.
This is especially true for bars that cannot boast a particularly large or original internal room: when setting up an outdoor terrace, you have to think in terms of improving the quality of service, giving customers what they want. Outdoor areas are used especially in the months between March and October, but in some cities, especially in the south, they are structures all season. Some bars in the north have found the trick of installing the elegant mushroom stoves in their outdoor areas, the most original ones had the nice idea of equipping the chairs in the outdoor spaces with warm synthetic fur and plaid coverings, to further increase the perception of welcome and warmth, so that the outdoor area could become a viable solution also for the winter relaxation. It should not be underestimated that in the winter months, on nice days, people appreciate being able to have breakfast in the morning or lunch enjoying the warmth of the sun's rays, which they cannot appreciate inside the bar.
All this has a remarkably positive impact on the bar's business, because it has been shown that the average length of stay of customers in places where there is an outdoor area is higher than in those where this structure is not present. This occurs especially in large cities, where people are unfortunately used to spending their time inside closed buildings: houses, offices, factories, schools, etc. without having many opportunities for outdoor recreation.
This is where the desire to carve out a few hours in a premises with outdoor space welcoming. The advantages that derive from these habits are obvious for bar owners, because a longer stay can mean a greater number of drinks, two instead of one, but also a greater possibility of customer loyalty. Obviously, all this is linked to the type of outdoor area, the organization and the implementation. In fact, it is not enough to install outdoor areas for bars so that customers consider them pleasant structures, but some simple basic rules must be respected for those who work in the restaurant industry and, above all, quality structures must be chosen. In this sense, Kat Italia outdoor areas can be the answer you were looking for to create high-quality outdoor spaces.
How to create quality bar terraces?
What interests customers is not simply having the availability of an outdoor space in which to spend time consuming good drinks or good food but the possibility of doing so in a well-kept space, pleasant and welcoming, There is a big difference and in order for bar screens to fulfill their task and make the supposed advantages effective, it is necessary that they are made by paying the utmost attention to every detail in this sense.
In the Kat Italia catalogue there are different types of products available that can meet all the different needs of customers, so that the outdoor area of your bar becomes a prestigious area, a renowned meeting place in the city where everyone knows that spending time, in any season, becomes a pleasant experience.
Kat Italia's experience in the creation of ad hoc structures is in itself a guarantee of quality: the company has been operating in this sector for several years and has successfully created structures for outdoor spaces of restaurants and venues throughout Italy.
The structure must be built according to its location, so that its functionality can be optimized and the characteristics of the place can be exploited to the fullest.
Going into the specifics of the matter, analyzing the characteristics of an outdoor area for a bar to be built in the center of a big city, there are two elements that must be considered as top priority for the design of the structure:
– the smog
– the noise
Smog, therefore dust, and urban noise are two disturbing elements which must be considered as the highest priority. One of the reasons why many people choose not to eat at outdoor tables in bars and restaurants, when there is no screen, is precisely the high concentration of pollution in the air in large cities.
THE bar partition panels proposed by Kat Italia are some excellent barriers to block most of the suspended dust and ensure the peaceful consumption of food and drinks inside the structure. They are made of thick glass with a high-resistance metal frame and have a variable height but always adequate to best protect the tables and seats inside the outdoor area. Noise is also a very disturbing element for those seeking the tranquility of a place in which to spend time in total relaxation.
The premises that are located in the busiest areas of large cities have to deal with the daily urban chaos but the glass panels by Kat Italia are excellent acoustic barriers that isolate the outdoor areas of bars, creating a rather silent environment, in which the volume of noise coming from outside cannot be considered as a disturbing element.
Smog and noise are not the only elements to pay attention to, because some natural factors can also disturb the normal consumption of food and drinks. Among these, the wind stands out, which especially in the south and in coastal areas can represent a problem. The glass panels with metal frame by Kat Italia adequately protect guests inside the dehor thanks to their structural precision. The joints are all excellently welded and there is no risk that the wind can get between one panel and another, especially on cold winter days.
Thanks to this well-made insulation, which also adequately protects from the cold and bad weather, the outdoor areas for bars made with Kat Italia structures are truly all-season spaces where bar customers can find refreshment and relaxation in every season of the year.
In this regard, some Kat Italia structures are made in such a way that the upper panels can be easily knocked down and raised again if necessary. Bars located along the coast, or in particularly quiet areas of the city, can take advantage of this feature in the summer to allow the breeze to cool the outdoor area, especially in the evening, when that pleasant breeze blows, making staying in an outdoor area even more pleasant.
Kat Italia's proposals for outdoor bar areas
The Kat Italia catalogue is not limited to a single type of outdoor structure but offers various alternatives so that everyone can find the best solution for their premises. The basic series, the one from which all the variants were born, is called Original Island and is composed of completely removable panels, therefore ideal for the creation of outdoor areas for bars on public land. Kat Italia allows its customers to customize the panels, made of tempered glass and aluminum profiles, as they wish, choosing the height of the structure but also its composition.
Specifically, in fact, the panels can be made of full-height glass, or they can be composed of a blind aluminum base and a glass top. Glass is the ideal material to ensure perfect visibility of these panels to the outside, especially useful when the bar is located in a position where customers want to be guaranteed an excellent view of the panorama.
The Isola Original Kat Italia panels are cutting-edge in terms of functionality and design and can be modulated to create spaces of variable size based on your needs.
The panels Horizon Island are, instead, an alternative variant of the Original model, which instead of having the classic vertical development, has a horizontal structure. In a metropolitan urban context, where design and the search for detail become essential elements for the creation of outdoor areas for bars, the Horizon structures by Kat Italia represent the best solution for any context of this type.
Sober, elegant and refined, they break traditional patterns and are proposed as valid alternative to vertical structures, also with a view to an original customization of the space, given that these are structures that can also be modulated in height, unlike the Original model. Finally, the real gem of the Kat Italia bar outdoor structures catalog is Ups and Downs Island, with patented system to reduce the effort of use to zero. In these particular panels, in fact, the upper part of the structure disappears completely into the lower one, to give more space to the dehor.
It is a structure that is built tailor-made for the customer which requests it and is one of the most popular proposals for outdoor areas created in beach bars, in pedestrian historic centers or in city green areas.
If up to now the focus has been mainly on the physical structures for the creation of outdoor areas for bars, this does not mean that there are not other fundamental elements to make this space comfortable and welcoming. As mentioned above, some bars have studied heating systems to exploit the outdoor area even in the winter months and, in its catalog, Kat Italia also has elements of this type.
THE heaters for outdoor areas They are usually of the electric type radiant. Kat Italia offers the mushroom solutions, which are the most widespread because they can serve two or more tables at the same time, but there are also radiant wall solutions that perform the same task but are mainly structured for global heating of the structure as a whole. Just find the most suitable heating system to improve the usability of the outdoor area even on the coldest days thanks to the proposals of Kat Italia.
