Restaurant Linen Service in NYC Built Around Your Service Schedule
A restaurant burns through linens faster than almost any other business. Napkins after every seating, aprons after every shift, a mountain of kitchen towels by close, and tablecloths that have to look right when the doors open tomorrow. Fold NY offers restaurant linen service in NYC for restaurants, cafés, bars and caterers that want clean linens on a reliable schedule, picked up and delivered by our own drivers across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Every commercial account gets custom pricing and a custom pickup and delivery schedule, so you’re set up around your service hours and volume rather than squeezed into a one-size route.
What We Wash for Restaurants
If it’s fabric and it comes out of your dining room or kitchen, we can wash it. The linens we handle most for food and beverage businesses include:
- Cloth napkins from the dining room, brunch service and private events.
- Tablecloths and table runners for full-service rooms and catered dinners.
- Kitchen towels and bar towels, the workhorses that get grabbed hundreds of times a shift.
- Aprons for line cooks, servers, baristas and bartenders.
- Chef coats and staff uniforms that need to look clean on the floor and in an open kitchen.
Have something unusual, like banquette cushion covers or event linens for a one-off party? Ask when you set up your account and we’ll tell you how we can handle it.
Why Restaurants Work With Fold NY
Ozone in every load
Kitchen linens come back to us carrying grease, food, sweat and whatever got wiped off the pass. Every load we wash goes through ozone, a natural sanitizer that helps remove bacteria and odors, so we can use fewer harsh chemicals while still tackling the sour smell that builds up in bar towels. Ozone is also gentler on fabric, which helps napkins and tablecloths last longer before they need replacing. Read more on our ozone wash page.
Our own laundromat, our own drivers
Your linens are washed in our own laundromat at 53-25 Metropolitan Ave in Ridgewood, Queens, and picked up and delivered by our own drivers. You’re not dealing with a broker who hands your account to a different facility every few months.
Capacity for real volume
Our facility handles thousands of pounds of laundry per day, with large 80 lb commercial machines. A busy weekend, a holiday rush or a string of private events won’t overwhelm us.
Your linens, your schedule
You send us the napkins, towels, aprons and tablecloths you already own, and we wash them on a schedule that fits how you run your business. Tell us what you need and we’ll build an account around it.
A local business serving local businesses
Fold NY is Black-owned and women-owned, and we’re neighbors to the restaurant world: ECB, the bar and café at 53-23 Metropolitan Ave, is right next door to our laundromat.
Custom Pickup Schedules
No two restaurants run the same week. A neighborhood café might only need a pickup twice a week, while a full-service dining room with brunch and dinner may want something more frequent. We set your pickup and delivery schedule around:
- Your service days and closed days
- When staff are on site to hand off and receive linens
- How many napkins, towels and aprons you go through in a typical week
- Seasonal changes, holidays, and private events
Once your schedule is set, our drivers show up on those days. If your volume changes, tell us and we’ll adjust the schedule with you.
How It Works
- 1. Tell us about your restaurant. Contact us or call (718) 417-6781 with the types of linens you use, rough weekly volume, and the days that work for pickup.
- 2. Get your custom plan. We put together custom pricing and a pickup and delivery schedule for your location.
- 3. We pick up, wash and return. Our drivers collect your linens, we wash them with ozone in our Ridgewood laundromat, and they come back on your schedule.
Restaurant Linen Pricing
Restaurant linen service is priced as a commercial account, which means custom pricing based on your linens, volume and schedule. We don’t publish a flat commercial rate, because a café sending a few bags of bar towels has very different needs from a multi-room restaurant with tablecloths and chef coats. Reach out for a quote and we’ll put one together for you. You can read more about how our commercial laundry accounts work.
Staff and owners who want their own clothes handled can use our residential wash and fold service, which is $1.75/lb next day with pickup and delivery included.
Tips for Smooth Linen Handoffs
A few simple habits on your end make every pickup faster and help your linens come back in better shape:
- Separate kitchen from dining room. Keep greasy kitchen and bar towels in their own bags, apart from napkins and tablecloths.
- Shake out crumbs and scrape off food. Leftover debris sticks to fabric in the wash, so a quick shake before bagging goes a long way.
- Don’t let wet linens sit. Damp towels left in a closed bin overnight are where sour smells start. Let them air out until pickup if you can.
- Keep a rough count. Knowing how many napkins and aprons go out each week helps you plan par levels and helps us plan your schedule.
Other Businesses We Serve
Restaurants are just one part of our commercial work. We also handle laundry for hotels, hostels, property managers, salons, spas, gyms and productions. If your group also runs a boutique hotel, see our hotel laundry service, and for businesses that mainly need towels washed, see our towel laundry service.
Where We Serve Restaurants
We pick up and deliver restaurant linens across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. That includes dining corridors close to home in Ridgewood, Bushwick, Williamsburg and Greenpoint; Queens neighborhoods like Long Island City, Astoria, Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst and Forest Hills; Brooklyn neighborhoods like Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and DUMBO; and Manhattan neighborhoods including the West Village, SoHo, Tribeca, Chelsea, Flatiron, Midtown and Harlem.
Restaurant Linen Service — Frequently Asked Questions
What restaurant linens do you wash?
We wash napkins, tablecloths, kitchen and bar towels, aprons, chef coats, staff uniforms and other washable restaurant textiles.
How much does restaurant linen service cost?
Restaurant accounts use custom pricing based on your linens, volume and pickup schedule. Contact us or call (718) 417-6781 for a quote.
Can you pick up on a set schedule?
Yes. Every commercial account gets a custom pickup and delivery schedule built around your service days and volume.
Do I use my own linens?
Yes. We wash the linens you already own. You send us your napkins, towels, aprons and tablecloths, and we return them clean on your schedule.
How do you clean greasy kitchen towels?
Every load is washed with ozone, a natural sanitizer that helps remove bacteria and odors with fewer harsh chemicals, in large 80 lb commercial machines.
Can you handle a high volume of linens?
Yes. Our facility handles thousands of pounds of laundry per day, so busy weekends and private events aren’t a problem.
Which areas do you serve?
Our own drivers serve restaurants across Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan from our laundromat at 53-25 Metropolitan Ave in Ridgewood.
