Del Frisco’s Grille: Motorized Patios for a White-Tablecloth Brand
Del Frisco’s Grille is the casual arm of a steakhouse group, and its patios sit in the kind of places that do not forgive a sloppy enclosure: Sundance Square in Fort Worth, a second-floor terrace in Southlake, a curved glass patio in Little Rock. Since 2015 every Del Frisco’s patio we have done has been motorized, with the curtain color matched to the building, because the brand wanted the enclosure to vanish when the weather was good and look like the architecture when it was not.
What we built
- Customer: Del Frisco’s Grille, part of Landry’s since 2019, through the Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group facilities team.
- 7 patios in 4 states: Southlake, Fort Worth, Plano and The Woodlands in Texas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Westwood, Massachusetts; and the group’s Sullivan’s Steakhouse in Leawood, Kansas.
- About 60 motorized units with clear windows, in tan, black, espresso and charcoal to match each building, with framed doors at every patio.
- About 7,000 square feet of enclosure.
- Southlake twice: eight charcoal screens in 2015, then a full remake in late 2023 with new screens and 13 fixed clear panels on the terrace.
Location by location
| Location | Installed | What |
|---|---|---|
| Southlake | December 2015, remade December 2023 | 8 motorized, then new screens and 13 fixed clear |
| Leawood, KS (Sullivan’s) | August 2016 | 7 motorized, black, 1 door |
| Little Rock, AR | May 2017 | 6 motorized, black, 2 doors |
| Westwood, MA | 2017 to 2018 | 9 motorized on the roof structure, 2 door screens |
| Fort Worth | May 2018 | 8 motorized, tan, 2 doors |
| Plano | June 2018 | 4 motorized, 18 feet tall, 2 doors |
| The Woodlands | October 2018 | 12 motorized, espresso, 12 feet tall, 2 doors |
What made this one different
Height and finish. Plano’s units are 18 feet tall and The Woodlands’ are over 12, which puts them at the top of what a single motorized curtain will do, and they hang in bronze and espresso housings on buildings where a white hood would have been a mistake. Westwood was built onto a new patio roof structure while the structure was going up, in Massachusetts, with our crew flying in.
The Southlake remake is the long-run story. The 2015 screens went eight years on a second-floor terrace in the Texas sun, and when the group refreshed the restaurant it had us replace them in kind and add fixed clear panels rather than start over with someone else.
Specs
| System | Motorized curtains with clear windows, framed doors; fixed clear panels at Southlake |
| Fabric | Solid vinyl in tan, black, espresso or charcoal with clear windows; Nano mesh where specified; flame-rated to NFPA 701 |
| Tallest unit | 18 feet (Plano) |
| Wind rating | Rated for 65 mph deployed at these sizes |
| Warranty | 5 years on motors, 3 years on workmanship |
| Lead time | About 8 weeks from deposit |
| Installation | Our own crew in all four states. Outlet locations only; we do not do the electrical. |
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