As we look at a pic of chef Jason standing by the stained glass windows that probably came from a church, let's pray that we are open by Christmas. That's our ideal timeframe, and while hardly anything has been ideal up to this point, we've got a lot of reasons to be positive these days.
The kitchen, brewery and bathrooms are just about all tiled and ready for the finishing touches. Our new glycol cooling system for the brewery is on the roof and it will piped to the tanks this week. We got our gas meter last week so we can fire up the boiler and plug in our kitchen appliances. Yesterday on Saturday there were about 10 guys working on various tasks and Bogdan, the hardest worker on the site was making rooftop connections today as many of you enjoyed brunch.
The installation of the bar is underway as we replace the old floor where it will sit and lay quarry tile. The beer lines are half run in the serving cooler and will pop up through the floor to the new bar in about two weeks. The long awaited storefront will also start appearing in the next two weeks.
On the operations side, we are pretty settled on the food menu and are starting to order, glasses, mugs, plates and growlers. Our point-of-sale system is about half programmed and all the network and A/V cabling has been pulled through the walls. We'll start posting for jobs later this week on the main page.