Last updated on: April 24, 2026

How Custom Flags Can Attract Customers to Your New Outdoor Dining

With restaurants reopening across the country, establishments can breathe a sigh of relief as they have the opportunity to earn more business in this extremely difficult climate. Many restaurants have begun offering or expanding outside dining options, acknowledging that coronavirus has a much more difficult time spreading in open air than indoors. With the warm summer weather also attracting many diners to outdoor settings, there is some pressure on restaurants to attract potential customers by standing out amongst competitors. While there are many ways to do so, custom flags stand out as an excellent method for driving new business to your location in a cost-effective manner. In this article, Fly Me Flag discusses how custom flags can be used to help attract customers to your new outdoor dining.

Draw Attention to Your Business

Custom flags are used by business for a reason— they can be incredibly eye catching. While attractive and clean storefronts can be effective at attracting customers, they rely on potential customers getting close enough to acknowledge it. Custom flags can be extremely beneficial for drawing attention as foot traffic approaches your restaurant, even from a distance. From there, a quality custom flag can spark interest in your offerings and encourage customers to sit down and enjoy a meal. Standing out is a plus for any business, and this is particularly true for restaurants wanting to prove why customers should stop there as opposed to the numerous competitors in the immediate area.

Displays Your Business’s Originality

Businesses are attempting to show how they are different, which can be difficult in some areas where most restaurants are offering similar offerings as one another. Custom flags give your business the ability to show what exactly is different about your place versus the competition in the immediate effort. Maybe the restaurant a few places down offers outdoor dining options as well, but you stand to attract more customers if you can display what you offer in an effective and eye grabbing way. Custom flags can very easily show the personality your business, while doing so in a way that not many businesses are capitalizing on.

Increase Brand Awareness

While some customers will be drawn to your outdoor dining the second that they see your custom flag, there will certainly be some foot traffic that sees your sign but do not stop. In business, that is expected, but it is important to realize that they are not lost causes in the long run. This is because one of the ways that custom flags can attract customers over time is by increasing brand awareness. Potential customers will remember the messaging of your flag and it may influence them to stop the next time that they are in the area. Cultivating brand awareness is an effective long-term strategy for leading more customers to your outdoor dining offerings over time. People passing by will remember your branding, perhaps spread awareness of it through word of mouth, and you have then created an excellent business pipeline by simply investing in an attractive custom flag.

About the Author
Stacey Stewart

Stacey Stewart

Stacey Stewart is the co-owner of Fly Me Flag, a family-run, woman-owned flag company based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, specializing in commercial and residential flagpole installation, maintenance, and American-made flags. Since taking ownership in 2017, Stacey has helped grow the business into a trusted partner to organizations, municipalities, and homeowners across Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and beyond. 

A flag industry leader, she serves on the Board of Directors of the National Independent Flag Dealers Association. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and a Master of Public Health from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.