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Foodservice & hospitality · Tampa Bay

The kitchens we built this around. Restaurants, bars, clubs.

Foodservice is the home turf — every product, every workflow, every escalation playbook was tuned in commercial kitchens first. Walk-ins, prep tables, reach-ins, ice machines, beverage systems, and the HVAC keeping the line breathable. Class A licensed. EPA 608. 24/7 emergency dispatch.

01 / Equipment we service

Every box in the kitchen.

Independent restaurants, multi-unit operators, hotel F&B, country clubs, brewpubs, ghost kitchens, catering commissaries.

Walk-in coolers & freezers

Box repair, panel and door work, condenser swaps, evaporator coil service, defrost diagnostics, drain heaters.

Prep tables & sandwich units

True, Beverage-Air, Continental, Delfield, Randell — gasket service, evap coil cleaning, control board diagnostics.

Reach-ins & merchandisers

Single, double, triple-door reach-ins; glass-door merchandisers; under-counter and worktop units.

Ice machines

Hoshizaki, Manitowoc, Scotsman, Ice-O-Matic. Cleaning programs, error-code triage, water-side scale management.

Beverage & draft systems

Glycol chillers, draft cooling, soda fountain refrigeration, frozen-drink dispensers.

Commercial HVAC

Kitchen makeup air, dining-room comfort, rooftop units. Critical to keeping the line safe in summer.

02 / What's different in foodservice

What makes restaurants different.

Foodservice operates under DBPR food-establishment regulation, runs on tight Friday-night windows, and lives or dies by ticket times — refrigeration plays into all three.

DBPR cold-holding inspections

Florida DBPR enforces 41°F cold holding under FDA Food Code. A failed inspection is public record. We pull DBPR data into FrostIQ™ so you see your own pattern before the inspector does.

Friday-night failure windows

Compressors don't pick polite hours. Our 24/7 emergency line is built for the restaurant operator who finds a 50°F walk-in at 7pm Saturday.

Product loss is the real cost

A $400 service call pales next to $4,000 in spoiled product. Monitoring + dispatch speed are the levers — not the invoice.

Health-inspector documentation

When DBPR asks for cold-holding logs, ColdSentry™ exports them. PDF, signed, time-stamped. No paper clipboards.

03 / Platform fit

Foodservice gets the full stack.

This vertical is where every product on our platform earns its keep.

FrostIQ™DBPR Intel

DBPR violation history + risk

Florida DBPR food-establishment data scraped continuously, enriched with refrigeration-specific tagging and recurrence patterns. See your inspection history, your competitors', and your own risk score.

ColdSentry™Monitoring

Walk-in, reach-in, prep-line monitoring

Every cold-holding box on a sensor. Threshold alerts to phone and email. DBPR-format temperature logs export with a click.

ArcticOS™Portal

One portal — service, monitoring, intel

GMs see open work orders, dispatch ETA, equipment service history, monitoring dashboards, FrostIQ risk, and invoices in one place.

04 / Regulatory

Florida DBPR food-establishment compliance.

Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) inspects food establishments under the FDA Food Code. Cold-holding 41°F or below; potentially-hazardous foods documented; equipment maintained. We design service intervals, monitoring thresholds, and PM contracts to align with DBPR audit expectations — not just to keep boxes running, but to keep your inspections clean.

05 / Engagement

How we work with foodservice

Demand service

Time & materials. 24/7 emergency dispatch. Trip + diagnosis flat-rated; repair quoted before work begins.

Preventive maintenance

Quarterly or semi-annual contracts covering coil cleaning, gasket inspection, refrigerant verification, and DBPR-readiness review.

Platform-bundled

Service contract + ColdSentry™ monitoring + ArcticOS™ portal + FrostIQ™ intelligence as a single agreement, billed monthly.

06 / Field notes

Operator resources

Field note6 min

Why your walk-in won't hold temperature

The seven most common failures behind a walk-in that can't maintain setpoint.

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Compliance6 min

DBPR cold-holding violations at 41°F

Florida's most-cited refrigeration violation and how to prevent it.

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Buying guide8 min

Hoshizaki vs. Manitowoc: which ice machine?

A practical comparison for Tampa Bay restaurant operators.

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Cost analysis7 min

Maintenance contract vs. demand service

The actual math for a Tampa Bay restaurant with 5 refrigeration units.

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