Restaurant Locksmith Service across greater Los Angeles, Ventura County & the Bay Area.

Here is how One & Only Locksmith approaches restaurant locksmith service.

A restaurant runs on a handful of doors that take more abuse than any office: the front entry, the back door by the dumpsters, the walk-in cooler, the liquor and dry storage rooms, and the office with the drop safe. We service all of them with hardware that tolerates grease, heat, moisture and constant traffic, keep the exits compliant with the fire marshal, and rekey quickly when a manager or chef leaves with the keys. The back door and the walk-in get the most attention because they fail most.

We dispatch across greater Los Angeles, Ventura County, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area; see the city pages for local detail. The dispatch line at (888) 492-0666 is answered around the clock.

• Front door and storefront lock repair and replacement, including narrow-stile aluminum hardware
• Back door hardening: Grade 1 storeroom-function lever or exit device with outside trim, latch guard, reinforced strike, and a closer that latches every time
• Panic hardware and fire exit hardware on required exits, with alarmed devices where staff keep propping a door
• Walk-in cooler and freezer latch and interior safety-release repair or replacement, with padlockable latches where theft is a problem
• Liquor room, dry storage and office locks on a separate key from the general staff key, often with a keypad lock
• Rekey of every exterior and storage door after manager, chef or key-holder turnover, with a key register for the operator
• Combination changes and lock service on the office depository safe

• Last manager out left with the keys
• Health inspector flagged a missing panic bar
• Walk-in cooler interior release is broken (safety issue)
• Back door is the most-attacked entry point
• Reopening after a break-in attempt overnight

• Authorization from the owner, general manager or franchisee; for a leased space, confirm who owns the exterior door hardware
• A door list: front, back, cooler, freezer, storage, office, restrooms
• Photos of the back door hardware from both sides and of the walk-in latch
• Which key holders have left and which doors they had keys to
• Any inspection notice from the fire marshal or health department, so we match the fix to the citation

Typically 20-30 minutes per door for a rekey across the exterior and storage doors, 60-120 minutes to harden a back door with a new lever, latch guard, strike and closer adjustment, and 30-60 minutes for a walk-in latch and safety release. Panic hardware, electric strikes and a full-building rekey onto a new master system are scheduled as half-day or full-day visits, and we work around service hours.

• The back door is almost always a required exit, so it must open from inside with one push and no key. A deadbolt, slide bolt or chain on it has to come off; an alarmed exit device is the compliant way to discourage propping
• Walk-in cooler and freezer doors must open from inside without a key even when padlocked outside. That interior release is a workplace safety requirement, and we will not install a latch that defeats it
• Fire-rated doors between the kitchen and dining room or to a shared corridor need listed hardware and a working closer; hold-opens and wedges are not permitted on them
• Grease, heat and steam near the line shorten the life of electronic locks; we steer keypads and readers to the office and storage doors where they survive
• Franchise brand standards may dictate specific hardware; bring the spec and we match it
• Restricted keys for storage and office doors are cut only for the authorized signer on file

The number of doors, the work each needs (rekey, repair, new hardware, exit device, cooler latch), whether a master key system is being set up, hardware grade, and time of day set the price. Rekeys across many doors are quoted as a batch, and hardware that must be ordered for a specific cooler or door is quoted before we order it.

The dispatcher gives you a range on the phone, and the technician confirms a written quote before any work starts.

Payment is by Cash, Credit Card, Debit Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, and you receive an itemized receipt listing what was done.

• Schlage ND and Sargent 10 Line storeroom-function levers
• Von Duprin 99, Detex Advantex and Detex EAX-500 alarmed exit devices
• Kason, Component Hardware (CHG) and Standard Keil walk-in latches with interior safety releases
• Adams Rite storefront locks for aluminum front doors
• Don-Jo latch guards and wrap-around plates, ANSI strikes with reinforced boxes
• LCN and Norton closers rated for exterior doors
• Schlage CO-100 and Alarm Lock Trilogy keypad levers for the office and liquor storage
• Depository safes with S&G or SecuRam locks

Rekeyable mechanical locks cost the least per door and work well when turnover is low. Keypad or standalone electronic locks suit a few doors with changing users. Networked access control (cards, fobs, mobile credentials) makes sense when you need to revoke access instantly, log entries or manage many doors; it also needs power, wiring and a plan for free egress. Many buildings end up with a mix: access control on the main entries and rekeyable or restricted cylinders everywhere else.

We dispatch across greater Los Angeles, Ventura County, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area; see the city pages for local detail. For restaurant locksmith service, the city pages list ZIP codes, nearby communities and any local access notes.

Greater Los Angeles includes the San Fernando Valley, the Westside, the South Bay, the San Gabriel Valley, the Gateway Cities, the Santa Clarita Valley and the Antelope Valley. Ventura County includes the Conejo Valley and the coastal cities. In the Bay Area we cover Silicon Valley, the Peninsula and the southern East Bay.

For restaurant locksmith service, tell the dispatcher your address and what is wrong. You get an ETA before anyone is sent, a written quote before any work starts and a receipt when it is done. The line is answered around the clock.

One & Only Locksmith is bonded and insured; a certificate of insurance is available on request.