Food Service Experience
Hunt Engineering has designed the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems in many different restaurants and food service applications. We understand the many challenges that need to be solved by the mechanical and electrical systems for these facilities. We are well experienced in new designs, renovations and maintenance upgrades. Hunt Engineering works closely with owners, architects and food service consultants to provide successful infrastructure designs for lasting and durable solutions.
Notable food service projects in the Seattle area that Hunt Engineering has provided consulting and engineering services for:
SODO Kitchen (Starbucks Headquarters, Seattle), New TI; Architect: Mesher|Shing|McNutt
The SODO Kitchen is a new kind of restaurant that focuses on environmentally sound sourcing policies and partnering top chefs with local farmers. It services the Starbucks Corporate offices and is located in the Starbucks Center. Hunt Engineering provided engineered drawings for systems to support this 10,000 square foot restaurant located in this historical 2,100,000 square foot building originally built in 1912. (2011)
Wolfgang Puck (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: Stricker, Cato, Murphy
Wolfgang Puck is well known for their fine dining and fresh food. Their 4,000 sf location at SeaTac is located on Concourse C by gate 8, and seats 160. This express service restaurant has a pizza oven and display cookline, where the preparation of the food is just across the counter. Hunt Engineering provided full mechanical and electrical engineering for this facility. We also designed utility routing and connections beyond the lease line into the Port of Seattle infrastructure.
Cutters Bayhouse Restaurant (Historic Pike Place Market, Seattle), Major Renovation; Owner: Restaurants Unlimited
Located at the edge of the historic Pike Place Market in Seattle, Cutter’s Bayhouse is a premium 10,000 square foot restaurant. Hunt Engineering worked closely with the landlord and tenant to accomplish major maintenance upgrades while minimizing the impact of the work on the existing facilities. We furnished prime consultant services with mechanical & electrical engineering services to replace the Type I exhaust system and provide a new, dedicated, hydronic central plant for the restaurant. The exhaust system replacement involved 70 feet of vertical shaft through multiple floors, welded type 1 duct work and horizontal offsets to multiple grease hoods. HVAC central plant revisions included removing the restaurant from the central building system and designing a dedicated central plant for the existing water source heat pumps in the restaurant. (2009, 2010)
Café Floret (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: CLR Architects
Café Floret is a new subsidiary of Café Flora, a well-known restaurant in the Madison Valley business district of Seattle focusing on vegetarian options. Hunt Engineering provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and communications systems design for this 1,800 square foot full service restaurant at SeaTac airport. (2016)
Rel’Lish (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: Ideation Design Group
Rel’Lish Burger Lounge is a full service restaurant located at Concourse B within SeaTac airport, featuring handcrafted burgers and a unique array of salads. Hunt Engineering provided MEP engineering for the 2,139 square foot TI space. (2016)
Starbucks (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: Ideation Design Group
Starbucks is a Seattle staple providing high quality coffee and espresso to customers around the world. Hunt Engineering provided MEP and communications design for multiple Starbucks locations within SeaTac airport of varying square footage; 836 sf, 1,002 sf and 1,617 sf. (2016)
Evergreen Salads (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: Chim-Ley/Reche Associates
Evergreen Salads provides healthy food options for diners at SeaTac Central Terminal. Hunt Engineering provided mechanical, electrical, plumbing and communications systems design for the 1,000 square foot restaurant. (2017)
Caffe D’arte (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: Mesher|Shing|McNutt
Caffe D’arte is a premium coffee shop with food located at the new North Star Satellite addition of SeaTac airport. Hunt Engineering provided the project design, with services including a full service kitchen with type 1 grease hood, lighting and controls, HVAC load studies and design, and extensive coordination with Port of Seattle utilities. (2018)
Pallino (at SeaTac Airport), New TI; Architect: 5ive Creative
Hunt Engineering provided electrical design for a full service restaurant in the central terminal food court at SeaTac Airport, including lighting, power, and communications. The design included electrical controls for type 1 (grease hood) shutdown. (2019)
Beecher’s Cheese (At SeaTac Airport), New TI; Owner Beecher’s Cheese:
A Seattle original, Beecher’s artisan cheese kitchen is located in Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Beecher’s opened a Deli and Cheese shop in Concourse C at SeaTac airport. Hunt Engineering furnished mechanical & electrical engineering design services for this 1,200 sf restaurant/deli at SeaTac airport. (2012)
Dupus Boomer’s Restaurant (Washington State University), New TI; Architect: Mesher|Shing|McNutt
A new $3,500,000, 8,000 sf, 320 seat, full service, 2 cook-line restaurant/bar/coffee bar/fish & chips bar located in the Compton Union Building at WSU. The engineered design included: type I exhaust system with exhaust duct sumps; type II (vapor & heat) and environmental exhaust systems; natural gas piping; 360 degree display fireplace; grease waste drains with local grease traps and a 24-zone lighting dimming system. Design challenges included working in a concrete building with very limited headroom, multiple duct systems including extensive type I ductwork and an extremely aggressive schedule. (2009)
Starbucks (Bellevue Square) and SeaTac Food Court: Architect: Stricker, Cato, Murphy
Each of these two separate projects showcased Starbucks attention to detail and quality. The Bellevue project was designed with the “Hear Music” concept where you could create your own CDs while enjoying your favorite Starbuck’s treats. The SeaTac Starbucks, located in the main food court in the central terminal is a large Kiosk and becomes an element of its own in the large open atrium with high glass walls. Hunt Engineering provided mechanical and electrical engineering on these two stores which each had significant challenges that we successfully addressed.