Restaurant merch produced like product, not promo.

Staff uniforms that don't itch, retail merch your customers actually buy, and branded apparel for the front-of-house team — all with a proper neck label, retail-grade decoration, and packaging that feels considered. At low minimums per style and color, in-hand in 3–5 weeks.

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Two jobs restaurant merch has to do

Most restaurant merch programs end up in one of two buckets — and the goods need to feel right for the bucket they live in.

Front-of-house apparel

Servers, baristas, line cooks, hosts. The brand mark sits over the heart on a polo, on the front of a tee, on a hat, on the strap of a chest apron. The fabric needs to survive the dishwasher, and the wearer needs to be comfortable in it for a 10-hour shift. We pick blanks with retail-grade construction and decorate them so the brand reads cleanly without competing with the actual job (handing food to a guest).

Retail merchandise customers actually buy

The brewery hat that sells at the taproom. The pizza-shop tee that ends up on a regular's Instagram. The cafe tote with the neighborhood map. These goods compete against retail products that customers also buy, so they need to feel like retail products — not like a stock promo blank with a rubber-stamp logo.

What we run for restaurants and breweries

Polo shirts — the front-of-house standard, embroidered chest mark, retail-grade pique cotton or performance fabric.
Tees — for kitchen staff, retail merch, brand drops. Mid- to heavyweight ringspun cotton, screen print or DTF.
Hats — caps, beanies, dad hats. Embroidered or woven patches. The taproom retail favourite.
Tote bags — for grab-and-go programs, retail giveaways, takeaway packaging upgrades.
Hoodies and crewnecks — for staff drops, premium retail merch, neighborhood-coded brand pieces.
Jackets and coaches jackets — front-of-house outerwear, brewery patio service teams, brand drop pieces.

The brand-stack finish, on every piece

Every order ships with the four-touchpoint private-label finish: your branded neck label (printed, woven, or satin loop), a care/side label that handles compliance without breaking the brand finish, decoration matched to the fabric, and packaging that doesn't feel like an afterthought.

For restaurant retail merch, that finish is the difference between a customer leaving with the goods and a customer putting them back on the shelf.

Common questions

What's the minimum order for restaurant staff polos?

Low minimums per style and color. A common front-of-house run is a small batch of men's plus an equal batch of women's of the same polo blank — with embroidered chest marks. Sales-tier polos in additional colors push the count up.

Can the staff uniform polo and the retail merch tee be in the same order?

Yes. We commonly run mixed batches — staff polos in the brand colors plus a retail tee for the front counter. The MOQ applies per SKU, not per order, so each style/color pair needs to hit its own low-MOQ floor.

Do you do aprons?

Cross-body and waist aprons are available on request as part of a larger order. We don't list them in the main catalog but can source the right blank and decorate it to match the rest of the run. Ask sales when you submit the quote.

Standard lead time?

3–5 weeks from artwork approval to delivery, depending on quantity, decoration complexity, and current factory load. Rush options are available case-by-case — flag your in-hand date in the quote request and sales will tell you what's possible.

What about sample shifts before committing the staff order?

Pre-production samples are available — usually one piece per blank/color combination so you can verify fit on the actual staff and see the embroidery placement on a real garment. Sample cost gets added to the quote and is recovered when the full order ships.

Ready to spec a restaurant merch run?

Browse the catalog, pick the blanks you want, and tell us what the goods need to do (front-of-house, retail, both). Sales replies within one business day.

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