How fast can you get to Alameda from San Ramon?

We come over on 580 through Oakland and take the Posey Tube, about 35 to 40 minutes outside commute hours. We often pair Alameda with stops in Oakland or San Leandro on the same run, so booking morning slots usually gets you same-day or next-day service.

Do you really take Friday night calls from bars?

Yes. A dead back-bar cooler on a Friday costs a bar more than the repair does. Call and we will triage over the phone, and if the unit can be saved that night, we come. Commercial work runs through Bay Area Refrigeration Service, our commercial division.

What warranty do I get on a Perlick repair?

Repairs carry a 1-year warranty. If we install a new unit, you get 10 years on parts and 10 years on labor. Every job starts with a written quote, and the $75 diagnostic is waived when you go ahead with the repair.

PERLICK · ALAMEDA

Service · All Perlick Models

Perlick Commercial Refrigeration Repair · Alameda, CA

Perlick back-bar repair for Alameda bars, from Park Street to Alameda Point.

$75 diagnostic (waived with repair)
Same or next-day best effort
CSLB #1136642

Call (925) 999-4095

Perlick in Alameda

Perlick commercial service.

Alameda packs a lot of taps onto one island. The bar rooms along Park Street, the Webster Street strip, and the taprooms out at Alameda Point all run on back-bar refrigeration, and most of it is Perlick. A BBS84 that creeps from 36 to 44 degrees on a Friday night means warm bottles, foamy pours, and a till that stops ringing. We answer the phone on Friday nights, and commercial calls like these run through our division, Bay Area Refrigeration Service.

I like working in Alameda because the failures are predictable. Salt air corrodes condenser fins faster than inland, and older Victorian-era commercial buildings feed these units dirty power that kills start relays. I bring the common Perlick parts on the truck, so a lot of island calls close in one visit. Diagnostic is $75 and we waive it when you approve the repair, with a written quote before any work starts.

Common repairs we do

What we close on the truck.

BBS series back-bar cooler losing temp during service. The usual cause in Alameda bars is a condenser coil packed with bar dust and lint. The compressor runs hot, thermal overload trips, and the cabinet climbs ten degrees mid-rush. I clean the coil, check amp draw, and replace the overload or start relay if the compressor took damage.
Foamy beer from a Perlick direct-draw dispenser. When a DS or DD series kegerator pours foam, the first suspect is product temperature, not the 630SS faucet. An iced evaporator or a weak fan motor lets the keg warm past 38 degrees and every pour turns to head. I fix the refrigeration side first, then verify the faucet and line balance.
FR24 glass froster not frosting glassware. Frosters run a very cold coil, so any refrigerant loss shows up fast. If glasses come out wet instead of frosted, I leak-check the system, repair, and recharge. I hold EPA Section 608 Universal certification, so recovery and charging are done by the book.

Models we service

Perlick product lines.

Tobin Ellis Signature bar
Glass washers
Undercounter refrigeration
Beer dispensing systems
Back-bar refrigeration

Pricing and warranty

What it costs. What we stand behind.

$75

Diagnostic visit. Waived when you book the repair with us.
Written

90 days on consumables, 1 year on major parts, 2 years on sealed-system rebuilds. Quoted in writing before work starts.
CSLB

#1136642. Bonded and insured. We file warranty paperwork when applicable.

Recent work

Perlick jobs we have closed.

Oakland, CA · Bar refrigeration suite (Perlick, Hoshizaki, kegerator + back-bar)

Viridian Bar Oakland: Full Refrigeration Service Across the House

Multiple units across the bar were losing temperature, cycling hard, or pulling well over rated amp draw. Service had been deferred while the bar grew busier and the cocktail program expanded.
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FAQ

Perlick in Alameda questions, answered.

How fast can you get to Alameda from San Ramon?

We come over on 580 through Oakland and take the Posey Tube, about 35 to 40 minutes outside commute hours. We often pair Alameda with stops in Oakland or San Leandro on the same run, so booking morning slots usually gets you same-day or next-day service.
Do you really take Friday night calls from bars?

Yes. A dead back-bar cooler on a Friday costs a bar more than the repair does. Call and we will triage over the phone, and if the unit can be saved that night, we come. Commercial work runs through Bay Area Refrigeration Service, our commercial division.
What warranty do I get on a Perlick repair?

Repairs carry a 1-year warranty. If we install a new unit, you get 10 years on parts and 10 years on labor. Every job starts with a written quote, and the $75 diagnostic is waived when you go ahead with the repair.

Need Perlick service in Alameda?

Tell us what is broken. We will quote it.

Call (925) 999-4095