Here's a couple pictures of people at work trying to make a restaurant happen in a timely fashion...You have first a shot of Jeff Tomsic (the third fellow on the right) trying to make sense of the kitchen with the guys who are going to be helping him with that project. Jeff has been an absolutely invaluable help with this kitchen set-up, and we will be indebted to him forever for his advice and help. He definitely can talk the talk and get the job done.
The next two pictures are of Roy and Kevin putting the tables together...Roy being another invaluable individual whom we could not do without. The last picture shows Holly - Kevin's soon-to-be Sous Chef - putting in a little extra duty as a painter. She's applying a couple coats of polyurethane on the bar and seemingly loving it. We can't wait til she is able to start her real job though!!
Tomorrow it is possible that Jay Jacobs will be putting in the counter tops and the bar top,which will be very exciting. Everything else that should be happening in the building should be happening this week and we should ALL be able to move in this weekend...but how many times have we said that? I feel so naive in thinking we could open in March, in April...oh how silly. But who ever would have thought it would be...Memorial Day Weekend??? Aaaaaaaggghh...can that be true? Well it won't be any earlier, that is certain, and one day is as good as the next, as far as we are concerned. Early June, by any account, is looking more and more realistic...Didn't I say late spring at one point? or was that early winter? Anyway, my new favorite saying - "It is what it is". What ever happens, we have a boatload of things to do before we can open our doors to the dining public, regardless of when the electricians get finished or the HVAC gets tested...like, where are we going to put the glassware for the bar? How are we going to pick up the food? What is the best way to arrange the tables? Who is going to process the credit cards and pick up the trash and hook up the phone lines? And the biggest question? what's going to be on the menu, Kevin?? We all want to know.
Tomorrow it is possible that Jay Jacobs will be putting in the counter tops and the bar top,which will be very exciting. Everything else that should be happening in the building should be happening this week and we should ALL be able to move in this weekend...but how many times have we said that? I feel so naive in thinking we could open in March, in April...oh how silly. But who ever would have thought it would be...Memorial Day Weekend??? Aaaaaaaggghh...can that be true? Well it won't be any earlier, that is certain, and one day is as good as the next, as far as we are concerned. Early June, by any account, is looking more and more realistic...Didn't I say late spring at one point? or was that early winter? Anyway, my new favorite saying - "It is what it is". What ever happens, we have a boatload of things to do before we can open our doors to the dining public, regardless of when the electricians get finished or the HVAC gets tested...like, where are we going to put the glassware for the bar? How are we going to pick up the food? What is the best way to arrange the tables? Who is going to process the credit cards and pick up the trash and hook up the phone lines? And the biggest question? what's going to be on the menu, Kevin?? We all want to know.
