AUTHORIZED DEALER
ALTO-HARTLEY IS A DEALER/DISTRIBUTOR FOR MORE THAN 500 U.S. MANUFACTURERS OF COMMERCIAL FOOD-SERVICE EQUIPMENT.
Who We Are
Based out of Washington, D.C. and serving Virginia and Maryland, Alto-Hartley is a dealer/distributor of more than 500 manufacturers of commercial kitchen equipment.
What We Do
Our clients benefit from culinary expertise, comprehensive customer service, and the equipment needed to fuel a successful foodservice operation.
How We Do It
Highly skilled in installation, we apply extensive product knowledge and project management experience to get the job done right, on time, and within budget.
from the blog
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October 06, 2026
Equipment
Most commercial kitchen projects do not fail within a phase. They fail at the handoff between two of them. Mid-build, a prep sink moves four feet to clear a column. The revised drawing reaches the general contractor, but the fabrication shop is still working from the old one, so the custom [...] Read More
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September 04, 2026
Restaurant Equipment
Price is the easiest thing to compare and the least reliable predictor of how a kitchen project will go. Consider the operator who selects a supplier based on a low equipment quote, only to learn on delivery day that receiving, uncrating, and utility connections were never included i [...] Read More
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August 20, 2026
Restaurant Equipment
Forty years of foodservice projects produce one durable conclusion: equipment changes faster than the buildings that hold it. A facilities director opens a mechanical room built in the 1990s and finds ventilation sized for a menu the operation dropped years ago. The kitchen still [...] Read More