Culinary Quest

Extremely hot! Especially working under a tin roof with no air conditioning. Fortunately, my crew is doing most of the hard work. I'm primarily supervising and running out to get supplies.
We're still working on removing the 8" thick concrete ceiling over the old mechanical room. We're only about 1/3 of the way done with this task. After lunch today, I came up with a new way of dealing with it and we should have it removed by Friday.

We've also put down the first portion of the entrance ramp. We hope to have it completed by Friday as well.

The plumber has finally managed to get the trenching guy lined up and we should be in business tomorrow morning. Hopefully, we'll have the new water line hooked up by 1:00 tomorrow.

One of the local beer distributers stopped by today and gave me a case of sample products to evaluate (beers, flavored waters, Red Bull, etc.). I also got a golf shirt and a stupid looking Guinness hat.

I've placed my order for a hood/fire supression system today. It should be here the week after I get back from Ireland. While I was at the restaurant supply store I also picked up a 3 compartment sink for the bar.

Overall, I think that it was a fairly productive day.

I forgot to mention that my friends, the Halls, came out this past weekend. We toured a few of the local wineries. They also got a good look at the future restaurant. Nancy is going to help with the interior decorating. Now she has a better idea of what to look for when we head to Ireland at the end of the month. Stan was our wine expert and driver for the wine tour.