The Red Room Carrot Cake

Here's what we'll be offering as our Homemade Carrot Cake. Stop by and we'll fix you a piece.

They're pouring concrete

They were pouring the concrete today at the location....inside and outside.

Construction Photos for 7/23

Moving right along...the outside is ready to be painted. The bar is completely framed out. Gregg and Pete have decided on a really nice red granite top for the bar. It should look quite sharp and tie together the ambiance. This week and next we're going to start seeing the sheet rock installed and additional infrastructure completed.

Gregg, Pete, and I are getting together on Friday to do menu pricing so that we can get it over to the design people. We'll also be submitting our smallware, silverware, and plate orders.

I've also have to start touching base with the vendors so that I can streamline and develop our delivery system.

That's all for now. Ciao! KP

Construction update for 7/15

Electrical is in. Audio/Visual is just about done. We're going to have to make one adjustment with the A/V so that an upcoming inspection is passed. We're assured that it's nothing too major...but everything that we have to readjust just pushes the opening date back a little farther. The inside bar has been framed out, plumbing run and wired. The Security/Alarm people were there this afternoon hopefully we won't have any issues with that.

On the operational side, we continue to fine tune all of our equipment orders. Looks like we might fire those off next week if all goes well with the build so that they arrive at the location when some of the dust settles and the place can be secured. I am working diligently at home compiling costing spreadsheets for the menu items, closing procedures, staff schedules, employee rules & regulations, vendor lists, prep schedules, and standardized recipes. It's crunch time and all this stuff has to be done by opening. We still have to conduct interviews for the staff and a number of other things too. The contractors still seem to believe that they can be finished with the project in two weeks...which means we might be good to go as soon as three weeks.

Red Room Steak Salad

In the mood for something grilled, quick, with a zesty kick?

Try the Red Room Steak Salad when you drop by. You get two perfectly grilled petite sirloins, fresh beefsteak tomato, red onion and loads of blue cheese with a Homemade Balsamic Vinaigrette. Definitely a nice lunch item for our high protein, low-carb customers.

Drop in and grab a cold one, get a bite, and check out some of the game. We'll see you soon.

7/9/08 Quick Update on the RR

Hello everyone,

Not much to report on today. The electrical is moving at a good pace. Pete says that it should be good to go by Monday. The inside pictures illustrate the progress the wiring has made from the inside picture of a week ago. They also had a small army of people out there this afternoon with a bulldozer clearing out the front lawn area. I believe that they will also be working on the adjoining lot that we'll be using for parking. I guess that's it for now. I've got to find out about the serving vessels that we ordered last week so that we make sure we have plenty of time to take ownership of them prior to opening. All the small wares, serving vessels, glasses, silver ware and odds/ends have to arrive before opening but not too early as there is no place to store them in the interim....except my garage...but I really don't want to move them twice.

Take care. KP

Pics from Thursday 7/3

New pics are here. We met with the kitchen designer this morning. We're having to incorporate a small change to the line setup so that the griddle and grill a placed within the inspectors guidelines for the vent system. It basically just meant that we swapped the location for the griddle and grill with the pannini press and gyro machine. No big deal. We also met with the electrician to finalize the plans for the wiring of the POS system, bar lighting, and kitchen equipment that requires a dedicated circuit. We also purchased the wine glasses and some other odds and ends to start the dish and small ware process. The rest of the dishware was ordered and hopefully we'll be able to pick that up early next week. As you can see also the railing for the deck was completed. In the corner of one of the pictures is our other generous benefactor Pete Petrakis inspecting the integrity of the craftsmanship. Proceed. I also got another picture of the inside of the restroom and office area that is enclosed in the encapsulated area behind the deck. More inspections next week...still apparently on schedule.

Construction IV

As you can see from the pictures, the deck area and area behind the deck, are in the later stages. The bathrooms and small office will occupy the area that now has walls behind the deck. The fellas were working inside the other area so I stayed out of their way and just shot the outside. I'll venture in there later this week. I've also included a picture of yours truly just to make my identity known and also prove that the pictures aren't someone else's project. ;] Roughly one month to go. KP