How Green Pro Services Picked Up Longhorn Steakhouse In Bourbonnais As A Commercial Cleaning Client

Green Pro Services is now the commercial exterior cleaning contractor for Longhorn Steakhouse at 1503 IL Route 50 in Bourbonnais, Illinois. We handle the walkways and the dumpster area on a recurring pressure washing schedule, and we clean the windows every month. The account started with a conversation at the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce, where their Managing Partner and I are both members.

If you run a restaurant, retail store, medical office or shopping center along Route 50 in Bourbonnais or Bradley, this post walks through exactly what a commercial route with us looks like and how the work gets scheduled around your business hours.

The Chamber Connection

A Chamber Handshake Turned Into A Commercial Account

We joined the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce because we wanted to know the people running businesses here, not just show up in search results. That is where I met the Managing Partner at Longhorn Steakhouse. We talked about what their building looks like on a Monday morning after a busy weekend, and the conversation went from there to a walkthrough of the property.

Restaurant managers already know their sidewalks and dumpster pad need attention. What they usually do not have is a contractor who shows up on schedule without being chased. That was the whole pitch. We quoted the work, set a recurring schedule, and now it happens without anyone at the store having to think about it.

The Scope Of Work

What We Clean At Longhorn Steakhouse In Bourbonnais

The account covers two services on two different schedules:

• Recurring commercial pressure washing of the entry walkways, the sidewalk along the front of the building, and the concrete dumpster pad and enclosure area.
• Monthly commercial window cleaning on the exterior glass, including the entry doors and the frames and sills that collect road film off Route 50.

The walkway work uses hot water and a surface cleaner rather than a bare wand. A surface cleaner spins the flow at a fixed height so the concrete comes out one even color instead of covered in wand stripes. Heat matters at a steakhouse. Cold water pushes grease around and leaves a shadow. Hot water breaks the grease down so it lifts off the pad and out of the concrete pores.

Around the dumpster we degrease first, then rinse, then treat the area so the smell goes with the stain. Wastewater gets controlled and kept out of the storm drain, which is the part most price shoppers never ask about until a village inspector does.

Why It Matters

Why Restaurant Walkways And Dumpster Pads Need A Set Schedule

Grease, soda spills, gum and bird droppings build up on a restaurant sidewalk faster than on almost any other commercial surface. Left alone, three things happen. The concrete turns dark and blotchy near the doors. The surface gets slick when it rains, which is a real liability at an entrance. And the dumpster area starts drawing flies and rodents because there is food residue baked into the pad.

A scheduled cleaning keeps all three from ever becoming a problem. It also protects the concrete itself. Grease and acid from food waste eat into the surface over time, and replacing a dumpster pad costs many times what years of cleaning costs.

There is a customer side to it too. People decide what they think of a restaurant in the parking lot, before they ever taste the food. Clean glass and clean concrete at the door tell them the kitchen is run the same way.

Monthly Glass

What Monthly Commercial Window Cleaning Actually Does

Route 50 is a heavy traffic corridor. Glass on that stretch picks up road film, brake dust and salt spray all year, and it gets worse from November through March. That film is not something a staff member with a squeegee and a bottle of blue cleaner can stay ahead of. It needs to come off with the right solution and the right water.

Monthly service keeps the glass in a maintenance cycle instead of a rescue cycle. Each visit is faster and cheaper than a heavy restoration clean, and the windows never reach the point where hard water spotting etches into the glass permanently.

Service Area

Commercial Pressure Washing In Bradley And Bourbonnais, IL

We run commercial routes through Bourbonnais and Bradley every week, which is why adding a stop on Route 50 was easy for us to schedule. Businesses we clean for in this area include restaurants, retail strips, banks, apartment buildings, medical and dental offices, gas stations, car dealerships and property management companies.

The most common commercial jobs we quote here are sidewalk and entryway cleaning, dumpster pad degreasing, drive-thru lane cleaning, building washing, awning cleaning, rust and irrigation stain removal, and recurring window cleaning. You can see the full commercial lineup on our commercial cleaning page, or read more about how we work in Bourbonnais and Bradley.

Getting Started

How To Set Up A Commercial Account With Us

The process is short:

• Send us your address. We measure the concrete and glass from satellite imagery, so most quotes go out without an appointment.
• We walk the property with you if the site has anything unusual, like a shared dumpster corral or a drive-thru with drainage issues.
• You pick a frequency. Monthly, quarterly, and twice yearly are the three we set up most often.
• We put you on the route and show up. You get before and after photos after every visit.

We are licensed and insured, we carry a certificate of insurance for property managers who need one on file, and we can invoice monthly on net terms for commercial accounts.

Thanks to the team at Longhorn Steakhouse for trusting a local company with the property. If you are a Chamber member or a business owner in the county who wants a real number on your building, call us at (815) 650-0397.