I want to be open by this time next week
Good afternoon! Happy Saturday! I miss getting to say good morning, I need to start writing these earlier again. I’m drinking an aeropress americano with beans from Bandit coffee roasters and listening to Luxury Elite’s “World Class” album, the maybe best album by a definitely excellent vaporwave artist. I’m writing this on my phone at the shop, working on tying up the smaller construction projects now, and then moving on to the finishing visual touches later this weekend. After that it’s approval with the city and equipment installations.
If you follow my personal account @elias.tetherball
You’ll know the compromises we made around the sink area to get an above ground grease trap in post-concrete. It’s still pretty ridiculous we even have one imo, especially at this size, but we’re making it work. I’d like to cover that with some sealed plywood, and do the same on an overhang shelf in the bathroom. I also need to patch another hole in the ceiling area that our contractor opened up doing electric.
Visual touch ups are the main focus today/tomorrow
We have paintings and menus in progress at home, I’m re-cutting some ceiling panels at the shop to be more aesthetically pleasing. Then I’ve gotta start washing all this dust off the walls from construction and seeing how clean I can get this place. i may want to do some plastic quarter round in certain floor areas, and who knows what else if it’s not up to standard. So far though, it’s mostly a very visually pleasing and sound build.
So then what NEEDS to be done before we open?
Really it’s just a couple more city inspections and we’re golden, assuming everything is done right. We should have the product and and equipment needed to run our soft open menu by Monday or Tuesday. Maybe a day or two of testing would be a sound investment. Idk, this whole thing is full of surprises, but I’d like to say we’re very close. If we are, then I’ll either soft open for the weekend on Friday or Saturday. That is not a concrete announcement, but it is my ideal announcement. When it’s time, you’ll know.
looking forward to meeting everyone who’s been following along on here, back to work, have a great day! - Elias
