Outdoor, LED, menu and window signs
Restaurant Signs in Los Angeles
8511 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley · Open daily 7 AM–10 PM
Free: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location, for business-sign requests. Extra rounds are billed.
What a restaurant sign has to do
Most people choose where to eat from the street or the parking lot, often after dark. Good restaurant signs do three jobs at once: they get you noticed from a moving car, they tell people on the sidewalk what you serve, and they make the room feel worth staying in.
For most places that means lit LED restaurant signs out front, hours and menu highlights on the glass, menu boards that read from the line and one thing guests want to photograph. We design it all as one set of custom restaurant signs, so the colors and the logo match on every piece.
Mockup first
See your restaurant sign before it's built
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Send a photo
A straight-on phone photo of the storefront from across the street. If you're open late, a night photo helps too.Who You
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Get your mockup
We place the sign on your photo at a proposed size, in your colors, lit or unlit. One round of changes is included.Who Us
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Show your landlord
We add dimensions, materials and lighting, so your landlord can check the sign against the center's sign criteria.Who You and your landlord
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Permit, build, install
We prepare the drawings and make the faces, cut letters and printed panels in Sun Valley. Our licensed sign-contractor partner files the city permit, installs the sign and connects lit signs to power.Who Us and our licensed partner
A phone photo is enough. No payment details.
See letter and material samples at the shopWhat a restaurant usually needs
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A lit sign out front
Channel letters or a lightbox keep your name readable after dark, when dinner traffic is heaviest. Ask for a night view: your mockup can show the sign lit.See channel letter signs -
Hours and menu on the glass
Hours, phone, delivery apps and a few menu highlights in cut or printed vinyl. In the City of LA, window signs can cover up to 10% of the window area.See window graphics -
Menu boards
Restaurant menu signs printed on aluminum, acrylic or PVC, sized to read from the line. A lit menu board is a lightbox with a printed face you can swap when prices change.Ask about menu boards -
A sign for the sidewalk
A blade sign sticks out from the wall, so people walking by see you before they reach your door. Two-sided, lit or unlit.Ask about a blade sign -
Something guests photograph
LED neon restaurant signs, a printed mural or a raised UV wall panel. It sets the mood, and it ends up in your guests' photos.See a restaurant wall we printed -
Sidewalk and opening-day print
A-frame inserts, grand-opening banners and flyers are printed by Angels Print, the print shop in the same building. Order them online or add them to your sign request.A-frame inserts and banners at angelsprint.com
Recommended restaurant signs
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Channel letters Individual 3D letters, lit from inside or behind.
See channel letters
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Lightbox signs An LED-lit cabinet with a printed face you can change later.
Ask about it
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Blade signs Two-sided signs that stick out from the wall for foot traffic.
Ask about it
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LED neon signs The look of glass neon in flexible LED on a cut acrylic backer.
Ask about it
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Window graphics Logos, hours and privacy film on glass.
See window graphics
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Storefront signs The main sign over your door, lit or unlit.
See storefront signs
Sign-type photos are illustrations, not our projects.
Channel letters, lightbox or blade sign?
| Feature | Channel letters | Lightbox (cabinet) | Blade sign |
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| Best for | Your name on the fascia, read from the street and the parking lot | A full logo, or a lit menu board | People walking by on a busy sidewalk |
| At night | Each letter glows on its own | The whole printed face glows | Lit or unlit, and read from both sides |
| Changing it later | New letters for a new name | Swap the printed face | Swap the faces |
| City of LA notes | A lit-sign permit, issued only to a C-10 or C-45 licensed contractor | The same lit-sign permit. A new face in an existing cabinet usually needs none. | At least 8 ft of clearance above the sidewalk, on a lot with at least 50 ft of street frontage |
City of LA notes are general information from the LADBS Sign Manual, not an approval. Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena have their own rules.
Opening date planning
Opening soon? Plan the timing first
The permanent sign usually takes the longest, because the city reviews it. The City of LA's own timelines:
- A Sign Pre-Inspection normally takes at least two weeks (LADBS).
- A regular plan check takes about 15 to 30 business days just to be assigned to an engineer (LADBS).
- Clearances from other departments can take months on some projects (LADBS).
So start the main sign as soon as the lease is signed. For opening day, window graphics and a temporary banner can carry your name. In the City of LA a temporary banner needs a permit too: it can stay up for 30 days, then comes down for 30, and 90 days a year at most.
Tell us your opening date, and we'll tell you plainly what can realistically be ready by then.
Sign, windows, A-frame insert and temporary banner in one request. No payment details.
LA permit notes
Sign permits for restaurants in Los Angeles
There's no single sign permit for a restaurant in California: each city writes its own sign rules. In the City of Los Angeles, LADBS issues sign permits, and permits for lit signs go only to a C-10 or C-45 licensed contractor. Our licensed sign-contractor partner files the permit, and we prepare the drawings. Your quote lists the installer's CSLB license number.
Restaurant signs in Hollywood can also fall under the Hollywood Signage Supplemental Use District, which overrides the general rules. Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena review signs their own way.
Which city reviews your sign and what it usually asks for. Information only, not an approval.
Read the Los Angeles sign permit guideCity of Los Angeles: when a sign needs a permit
Usually needs a permit
- A new sign
- Changes to an existing sign
- Lit (illuminated) signs The permit is issued to a C-10 or C-45 licensed contractor.
- Removing a sign
- Temporary signs and banners Up to 30 days at a time, 90 days a year at most.
Usually doesn't
- A new face or copy in an existing cabinet, with the cabinet left in place Useful when you take over a space with a working sign cabinet.
- Small unlit ground signs: 20 sq ft or less and under 6' 6"
From the LADBS Sign Manual, P/BC 2023-078. Rules change and sign districts can be stricter, so we confirm them for your address. Information, not an approval.
What we need for a quote
Free: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location, for business-sign requests. Extra rounds are billed. No payment details.
- A straight-on photo of the storefront, from across the street
- The address, so we know which city reviews the sign
- Rough width of the fascia or sign area
- Your logo file (AI, EPS, PDF or SVG if you have one)
- Your landlord's sign criteria, if you rent
- Your opening date
- Your menu, if you want menu boards or menu highlights on the glass
For lit signs, a night photo of the building helps too.
Send photos any time
Email hello@angelsprint.com with your business name in the subject.
Real work from our shop: a restaurant dining-room wall
Restaurant sign questions
Still deciding? Call (818) 806-9006 or text a photo and ask.
What signs does a new restaurant need?
Do restaurant signs need a permit in Los Angeles?
Can my sign be up by opening day?
Do you make neon restaurant signs?
Can you make menu boards?
Can I put up a banner for my grand opening?
Do restaurant signs in Hollywood follow different rules?
Who installs the sign?
See your restaurant sign on your building
Free: 1 mockup + 1 round of changes per location, for business-sign requests. Extra rounds are billed. No obligation to order.
8511 Lankershim Blvd, Sun Valley, CA 91352Open daily 7 AM to 10 PMGet directions