Restaurant uses Ipe for Deck Boards

A new trend seems to be sweeping the country. At least in the Deck Board industry and the Restaurant industry. Build a deck for your restaurant. Restaurant owners it’s becoming quite trendy to dine on the deck. It seems that if your deck is nice enough, the press will even take notice. We frequently scan the news sources of the internet looking for news about deck boards. We’re seeing a lot of articles about restaurants with Ipe Decks. Here’s a quote from one I just found today:

A horizontal fireplace, Brazilian Ipe decking and Cherry Blossom Trees create a warm, serene atmosphere to socialize and relax in, while taking in views of the D.C. skyline. Keeping with tradition, Thompson’s, infamous signature cocktail “The Thom” will also be available at ADC.

It actually sounds like a nice inviting place. (Maybe it’s just great writing because there was photo included).

Ipe deck boards were a great choice. Ipe stands up to a whole mess of punishment from consumers who don’t really care about what gets dropped onto the deck boards. cigarette butts, booze, gravy, whatever. Just spray it off with a hose and you’re good to go. Considering ipe doesn’t need treated like cheap pressure treated and other cheap woods do, this means the restaurant doesn’t have to close the deck for maintenance every year like they would if they used pressure treated wood.

It’s also slip proofed already. Definitely splinter resistant. The more I think of it the more I’m thinking that ipe deck boards are perfect for restaurants, night clubs and outdoor bars.

If they would have used composite decking they’d have to worry about patrons falling through and suing them (nasty splinters are a concern too), if they used cheap lumber they’d have to worry about closing the restaurant to replace deck boards every few years (or paying for the labor to do this). And if they used that mostly plastic stuff not only would they have to worry about people falling through after the sun dried it out, no one would really be writing about how nice their deck is would they?