Any wedding or event that incorporates a banquet style set up with 60”, 66” or 72” round folding tables knows that you are trying to maximize the amount of people you can fit in a room while still ensuring the guests don’t feel uncomfortable. Because we sell round folding tables, we often get asked questions regarding the setup of an event and thought it was worth answering “How Far Apart Should Round Folding Tables Be Set Up”.

Round tables should be spaced a minimum of 60 inches (152.4 centimetres) from each other. This assumes that each table has a chair with a depths of 18 inches (45.72 centimetres) at it. If the chairs you use are deeper, you need to adjust the space between each table accordingly. The formula used is:

[18 inches (Depth of chair) x 2 (for one chair per table)] + 24 inches (Space between tables) = 60 inches

Our chiavari chairs, for example, are 16 inches (40.64 centimetres) deep so banquet halls and party rental companies utilizing our chairs would need a total of 56 inches.

The tables should be spaced 48 inches (121.92 centimetres) from the wall – with a chair of 18 inches (45.72 centimetres) deep being spaced 30 inches (76.2 centimetres) from the wall.

When buying from a restaurant supply store in Canada, purchases can quickly add up for porcelain dinnerware, glass and crystal stemware and restaurant cutlery. With the costs of running a restaurant and the slim profit margins, every little bit helps in contributing to the bottom line. While I’m sure there are some restaurants who want to buy branded dinnerware, cutlery and glassware – from big companies such as Steelite, Oneida and Reidel – restaurants who branch outside the box can often find savings in by buying dishes, glassware and cutlery wholesale as well.

Here is where to buy cutlery wholesale in Canada:

1. RestaurantDishes.net

Based in Newmarket, ON, Restaurant Dishes.net supplies wholesale flatware, charger plates, wholesale dinnerware and much more to Canada, the United States and the Caribbean. They supply to restaurants, resorts, seniors homes, retirement homes and schools.

2. Caterers Warehouse

Based in Rochdale Massachusetts, Caterer's Warehouse, is one of America's Leading sources for Foodservice, Catering, and hard to find Hospitality and Party Rental Supplies. Established in 1990, in Oxford, Massachusetts, they created a company where one-stop shopping for tabletop supplies would be easy, quick, and cost efficient. They allow shipping to Canada and offer wholesale pricing on cutlery along with over 18000 other items.

3. Special Event Sales

Based in Edmonton, Alberta, the event equipment sales division of Special Event Rentals, Special Event Sales provides customers across Canada with quality event equipment that is both durable and functional. Special Event Sales offers an expansive 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.

With warehouses in Mississauga, Ontario; Brampton, Ontario; and Vancouver, British Columbia, National Event Supply is a wholesale supplier of event equipment and restaurant tabletop supplies to the party rental, event venue, golf course, hotel, catering and restaurant industries. We’re on a mission to not only have stock whenever a restaurant needs it, but also have superior commercial grade products for our customers to trust their business reputation on.

Chiavari chairs – in resin, aluminum, and wood – are huge rental turnover items that party rental companies often can’t keep in stock during the busy months. But because of how much Chiavari chairs are rented out, they tend to need more maintenance – especially around the bottom of the legs. I’m going to run through a few scenarios based on how much of the Chiavari chair needs to be sanded.

Scenario #1: You want to change the entire colour or stain of the wood Chiavari chair

The easiest, most expensive way to do this will be to get a sandblasting booth in your warehouse. This will allow you to efficiently strip the Chiavari chair of its stain or colour to repaint or stain in a new colour of your choice. Sandblaster range in price from $450.00 to $2300.00 CDN with the booth itself ranging from $2000 to $6000 CDN depending on the size and ventilation attached.

Scenario #2: You want to touch up the colour or stain on the bottom of the legs of your wood Chiavari chairs

This is a more time consuming but cheaper option that uses either wood stripper or sand paper depending on if your chair has deep scratches or just shallow, surface area scratches. You will need to figure out a stain or paint colour that matches your current chair colour. To do this, I would suggest using the underneath part of the Chiavari seat on one chair. This will allow you to not only get an exact match based on the wood used for the chair, but is also inconspicuous enough that you can use the chair again without guests or clients being the wiser. Once that is figured out, you need to strip the legs in need of maintenance or sand with a coarse sandpaper followed by a fine grit sand paper for a smooth finish. Then apply the stain or colour, wait the allotted drying time and then finish with a high gloss varnish.

Scenario # 3: You want to touch up the colour or stain on the bottom of the legs of your resin chiavari chairs

This is again a more time consuming but cheaper option that uses sand paper to remove the existing colour and scratches. Again, you will need to figure out a colour match using the underneath of a chair. For resin Chiavari chairs, we’d recommend using a spraypaint instead of a regular brush on paint. Once that is figured out you need to sand the legs with a coarse grit sand paper followed by a fine grit sand paper. Then spray the legs down with a fine spray until completely covered. Allow to dry for the allotted time and then follow up with a high gloss spray to finish.

Perhaps you’re a chef that wants to own and manage your own restaurant, or perhaps you’ve been managing other restauranteurs restaurants for years and want to take the next step in your career. Whatever the case may be, it can be hard to leap into the unknown – especially when your hard earned money, and your livelihood is at stake. When examining the costs of running a restaurant, you need to look at a number of categories including construction costs, legal fees, permits and licenses, equipment, labour, insurance and marketing. A tip to keep in mind is to look for existing restaurants that are for sale that employ a similar concept you’d like to start up, instead of renovating a blank space into a restaurant. Existing restaurants will already have proper infrastructure in place such as proper ventilation, plumbing, electricity, cooking equipment and restaurant dinnerware (or at least they should in theory). Here’s a great infographic from Servy that outlines the initial costs of starting a restaurant, the ongoing operating costs along with an average percentage of categories such as expected profit, labour expenses etc.

Infographic courtesy of Servy App

Contemporary lounge furniture including modern accent chairs, couches, and sleek chrome tables have been trending in event décor for a couple years now. In fact, they were mentioned as one of the event trends we noticed at the Rental Show this year. We started noticing customers asking on social media where they could purchase plexiglass chrome bars and plexiglass bar furniture such as chrome cocktail tables and so we knew we needed to get in on the trend.

Introducing our special order plexiglass bar furniture!

We have the following items available for special order:

6ft Chrome Bar with White Plexiglass (available with and without a shelf)

6ft Chrome plexiglass coffee table

4ft Chrome Plexiglass Coffee Table

Chrome Plexiglass End Table

6ft Serpentine Chrome Plexiglass Bar

6.5ft Chrome Bar Back Shelving with White Plexiglass

Additional details about these products:

• Custom-made to order
• Manufacturing lead time of 8 weeks
• White acrylic (plexiglass) sides and tops
• Welded chrome frames
• Designed for commercial rental use
• Pricing ranges from $349.50 - $2495.00 CDN

If you’re interested in a quote or to place an order: