lighting
Cordless Restaurant Lamp Charging: A Routine That Sticks
The nightly routine that keeps cordless restaurant table lamps lit: a five-step close, a numbered charging bay, a two-set rotation, and what fails by month six.
The lighting journal
JournalLighting
Practical guides on lighting, wall decor, and tabletop styling for restaurants, cafés, and bars.
dayparts
Brunch to Close: Four Restaurant Lighting Scenes
Your room trades four times a day and most rooms only save three lighting scenes. The brunch, transition, dinner and close scenes,...
lighting
Measure Restaurant Lighting With a Phone, Honestly
A phone light meter app is a comparison tool, not a measuring tool. What it can honestly tell you about your restaurant,...
lighting
Is Your Restaurant Too Dark? A Zone-by-Zone Check
Judge your restaurant lighting levels zone by zone: a twenty-minute walkthrough, what a failing zone looks like, and when to stop looking...
design
Restaurant Pendant Layouts: Cluster, Row or Single?
Cluster, row or single pendant? The three restaurant layouts drawn to scale over one table, the decision path between them, and the...
bar-design
How Many Pendants Over a Restaurant Bar? Do the Math
Work out how many pendants your bar takes: the run-length arithmetic, a length-to-count chart, the obstruction map that overrules it, and what...
installation
Restaurant Pendant Height and Spacing That Survives Service
How restaurant pendant height and spacing actually get set: banquette sightlines, tray routes, communal standing, aisle clearance, and a five-step sign-off.
buying-guide
Hanging Lamps for Restaurants: Buy Once, Hang Right
Choosing hanging lamps for restaurants in the order that stops you buying twice: fixture families, shade geometry, glare, sizing, dimming and durability.
foot-candles
Restaurant Lighting Foot Candle Chart by Zone (2026)
A sourced restaurant foot-candle chart for dining, kitchen, storage, restroom and exit zones, with a repeatable measurement log and fixes matched to...