I will be submitting all of the required information to the Durham county health department in the morning. At that point the permits can be issued from the city. Final selection of a contractor to build the restaurant will happen on Monday. Thank you all for your interest and support over the past few months……. […]
Well, we are currently in the final stages of the permitting process. I spent the day answering, what I hope to be some of the final questions before we receive our construction permits. I also met with some of the prospective contractors to work out the best schedule for building this beast. I am keeping […]
Today is the day we are supposed to submit construction plans to the city! The next step will be getting all construction parties together to discuss moving forward and setting a goal for an opening date. I will keep everyone updated.Last night the web site went live and within hours we got a reservation request! […]
Well, we signed the lease today and the official address is 107 west main street, downtown Durham!!!!! We are scheduled to submit our construction drawings on Tuesday the 25th. Keep you fingers crossed…….Â
Well I am sorry to report that there have been some delays getting all of the construction drawings finished. Last week I spent following up with all involved, to try and get things ready to submit to the city. The samples of furniture have arrived and the new chairs look great.This week I am in Florida, […]
Today was spent, putting a timeline together for the final pre construction plans. All the parties involved gave their estimate on how long it would take for their part of the project to complete. Why this is concerning to me, is that all the dates agreed upon for the next couple of weeks, are second […]
Today we picked furniture to for the restaurant and finalized it’s arrival date.We also finished the posters that will hang in the windows of the restaurant while construction is taking place. I hope this will peak interest as hammers are banging.I was supposed to have all of the final bids back from contractors on Friday. […]
Posted some pre construction pictures. I will keep adding to these as we make progress.The old Baldwin Department store is going to make a fabulous restaurant!Â
Today we spent some time going over areas of the construction drawings and measuring to confirm their accuracy. At this stage in the pre-construction process, everyone is concerned with not running into big fabrication problems as a result of being off by an inch or two. There are so many areas to look at and […]
