Where we Started
Our First Official Key!
Our decorator extraordinaire hard at work!
The main dining room and bar area on day one
Side dining area on day one
Our coffee station has had many renditions over the past year as we decided on the look we wanted
Our porch is our favorite place
Side bar on day one
Our first retail shelf was installed!
Our first menus, we added our carpet and tried hard to make our space cozy
Out with the old...Big Bertha held in there for a long time
In with the new! Who knew how hard it would be to move big appliances into a kitchen
Cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning....
Staff landscaping day!
Staff landscaping day!
Staff landscaping day!
Giving our outdoor furniture a little makeover
Time to get started on our prep kitchen renovations!
New veggie rinse and hand sinks!
You would never know there used to be a walkway where this wall is now
All hands are always on deck to keep the cafe looking good!
If you don't love what you do and have fun doing it, it's not worth it! Catherine and Christina being goofy, likely in the wee hours of the morning.
Who knew our customer, Alex, went to art school? He tested his lettering skills with dry erase markers on our first sign
So...Much...Cleaning and rearranging
Handy Dandy doing what he does best!
All hands are always on deck! Even our Barista's jump in to help!
Let's not forget the back end administrative items that still have to get done
Our official logo, created by none other than our own Dan Vad, aka Handy Dandy
Our official sign!
Painting the hallway toward the bathrooms
Our first gift cards!
One of our 3 signs is installed!! Once again, by Dan the Man
You have to love and support your business partners and never forget why you do what you do
Our first rendition of our events board
Our second rendition of our events board
Funny, a year later and it doesn't look like this either. It is now our community events board where everyone can post their upcoming events, but I miss the lights!
When a cardinal appears it is a visitor from heaven. We miss you Guy!
The Great Bathroom Debacle of 2022. IYKYK
Getting new plumbing lines installed
Our first sanitation rating! Not too shabby as we navigated our way through the endless abyss of health codes