TJ Construction is a Seattle & King County general contractor and consulting firm built exclusively for the food & beverage industry — led by operators with 25+ years in the business and 10+ restaurant openings across three states.
Most owners stall on a project because they don't know the price. Skip the guesswork. Submit your restaurant, café or bar project online and get a clear written estimate back — without a site visit, without an estimate fee, and without the wait.
Most contractors have never worked a Friday-night rush, argued a health inspection, or watched a P&L bleed because the line was laid out wrong. We have. We've signed the leases, drawn the floor plans, trained the crews, and lived with every square foot we built.
That means we catch the costly mistakes before they're framed in — the reach-in in the wrong spot, the too-tight aisle, the hood that won't pass, the seating count that kills your margins. If any contractor understands this business, it's us.
We're the rare partner who can pour your concrete and pressure-test your business plan. Bring us in for the construction, the consulting, or both.
Full general contracting for food-service spaces, from an empty shell to opening night.
The operator's playbook — so your space opens on time, on budget, and built to make money.
Six services that cover your project from a napkin sketch to a full dining room.
Ground-up build-outs, tenant improvements, and full renovations for restaurants, cafés and bars.
Back- and front-of-house flow, station and equipment planning, and seating built for real service.
Health department, building permits and plan-review coordination — food-service code, handled.
Concept development, business plans and an opening roadmap grounded in what actually works.
Build budgets, cost control and buildout benchmarking so the numbers work before you commit.
Positioning, launch marketing and local visibility to fill seats from day one.
Front-of-house to back-of-house — full-service restaurants, cafés and coffee shops, bars, and the commercial kitchens that power them.
Photography is illustrative. We'll feature your completed projects here as we build them.
One team, four clear phases, no handoffs falling through the cracks.
We pressure-test the idea, the space and the budget before a dollar is spent.
Layout, equipment and permit-ready plans that pass the first time.
We pull permits and build it — clean, on schedule, coordinating every trade.
Financial and marketing support to launch strong and keep the seats full.
You've got the concept and the drive. We bring the build and the operator's playbook so you don't learn the expensive lessons the hard way.
Second, third, fifth location — we build repeatable, efficient spaces and keep your standards consistent as you scale.
Refreshing a tired space or changing concepts? We renovate around your operation and minimize dark days.
Tell us what you're building — a new concept, a second location, or a remodel. The first consultation is free and comes straight from people who've opened 10+ of their own.
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