Designing the Perfect Commercial Bar Rail Project

Designing the perfect commercial bar involves countless details, but one element often overlooked is the bar foot rail. More than just an aesthetic feature, a well-designed foot rail enhances customer comfort, safety, and overall experience. It offers practical benefits, like reducing fatigue for patrons standing at the bar while adding a touch of style that complements your establishment's decor. At KegWorks, we offer a wide range of high-quality bar rail options, ensuring that your design is both functional and visually appealing. In this guide, we'll help you select the right solution for your bar.

1. Custom Radius

For bar areas with curved designs, KegWorks can create a custom bar rail that matches the contours and shape of your layout. Our industry-leading team of fabricators can precisely roll stainless steel or brass tubing whether the bar has a simple curved design or a more unique shape. We accomplish this by getting the bar's radius from a technical drawing or using a life-sized template of the bar’s shape.

2. Select a phenomenal finish

KegWorks has assembled an industry-leading collection of in-stock and on-demand finishes for bar rail tubing and components. We have classic looks, such as brass and stainless steel, available with either a polished or brushed finish, plus a variety of powder-coated and electroplated finishes, including Matte Black, Oil Rubbed Bronze, and Sunset Copper. Check out our Bar Rail Finish Guide for more on our stocked finish selection.

To help protect your investment. KegWorks offers a clearcoat application as a special order option for all bar rail products to lock in the look of your finish. This helps to prevent steel from rusting or brass from developing a patina and can minimize surface scratches.

3. Get a custom finish

If the selections in our catalog of finishes don’t suit your needs, we can apply a custom powder coated or electroplated finish for your bar rail. The source for your unique finish can be selected from a standard Pantone color, or we can match your finish from a color swatch or other material.

4. Custom brackets

While KegWorks carries a wide selection of bar rail brackets for mounting your tubing, having custom-made brackets can add an extra layer of style to your project or help address any installation needs you may have. Custom brackets are an option if you need to install your bar rail higher than usual or farther away from the bar. Just bring us a technical drawing of your bracket design, and KegWorks can have them constructed and finished to match. 

5. Matching drink rail & drip trays

On top of bar rail, KegWorks is a leading supplier of additional architectural metal products for the hospitality industry. We are also proud to offer drink rail and drip trays to create a space for pouring and mixing drinks while protecting the bar top. We carry drink rail in four profiles and scupper rail to fit your bar’s design, along with drip trays that can be easily inserted.

These products are made from sturdy stainless steel and can even be finished to match the finish of your bar rail or other bar accents. Our Double Hem drink rail can be used for custom radius bends to match any bar layout. Drip trays can be ordered with a custom drainage pattern or laser-cut logos to make any bar area truly unique.

6. Adding Service Bar Rail

Bar areas that are smaller or often draw a large crowd can benefit from adding a bar service rail to carve out a space for servers and wait staff to pick up drink orders and return used glassware. This enhances service efficiency by allowing wait staff to access the bar without obstruction.

Service rail can be ordered in the same finish as bar foot rail and drink rail to give all the metal around the bar a consistent and uniform look. KegWorks can also create custom lengths and tangents for service rail.

Let KegWorks be your one-stop shop for bar rail and other architectural metal products for the hospitality industry, including bars, restaurants, and breweries. Contact KegWorks today to begin a conversation about your next project.