There is so much that must be said when running a restaurant, from the infinitely variable interchanges with guests to the more precise notifications legally required: “Please inform the waitstaff before ordering if you have a food allergy” “Warning: consuming raw or undercooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs increases your risk of foodborne illness” [...]
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Window
Pictures of the window, because you asked. Sorry for the lack of photos lately – Johanna and Ry haven’t been in for a bit, and we didn’t want to sear your eyes shut with our own amateurish attempts. All these are from Johanna. The window is a little over 10′ high by 12′ wide, with [...]
Skylight
Our friend in the park this morning: “So, the place is a wreck, you have no money, and you are wondering what you got yourself into, right?” That’s the voice of 25 years of experience in architecture and construction. Last week, the crew mutinied (Ben’s word) and asked if they could rip down the drop [...]
Floor!
We have a floor again! The concrete got poured today – about 100 sacks worth. Two mixers were broken in the process, so by the end of the day, the concrete was getting mixed by hand, in a wheelbarrow. Now we have to dance around it for 48-72 hours – longer for the big patch [...]
Plans
We got final blueprints from Campbell for the building permit application today. Seeing them is a bit like the proverbial platonic backrub – awfully nice, but you can’t help thinking that there’s potentially something more exciting out there. The building permit drawings show the bones of everything – plumbing, electrics, gas, the holes in the [...]
Kitchen plans
Al sent us the final paper layout for the kitchen today. In some ways, this was the easy part of designing the kitchen, because it’s all about figuring out how to make things work. It’s thoughtful and interesting and playful in the number of “what ifs” involved. What if we have two pick-up points for [...]
