Anyone else in NYC restaurant business noticing way more equipment breakdowns lately?
I work for a commercial kitchen repair company in NYC, just genuinely curious if others are seeing this.
The last 2 months have been insane. We're getting easily 2-3x more service calls than usual. Walk-ins dying, ice machines acting up, ovens failing mid-shift. It's not just one type of equipment either it's everything.
At first I thought maybe it's just us getting busier, but I've talked to a few other techs and they're saying the same thing.
Anyone else noticing this? Restaurant owners, kitchen managers, other repair guys? What's going on? Is it:
Old equipment finally giving up post-pandemic?
Supply chain forcing cheaper parts?
Something with power fluctuations?
Or am I just imagining things?
Posted Feb 20, 2026, 4:27 PM UTC
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