It's looking like October

After a lot of frustration, some exhilaration. It's looking like an October opening, but still to be determined when in October. Wednesday we shop for kitchen equipment. Tomorrow, before we go to the Jenny & Francois trade tasting, we make paint decisions. Dishes have been purchased. Can't wait to show you the amazing communal table. The two-tops look awesome as well. It's coming together.

Le Chateaubriand

A lot of activity

Lots of meetings this week. If we keep attacking tasks every day we will reach, and cross, the goal line, right? It is feeling a bit like American football. Just keep pushing. Get a first down. Push some more. A serious ground game. A lot of churning. Ridiculous push back. Short, crisp passes. No time for a hail Mary yet. The job our friend Randy is doing with the tables is astounding. The countertop delivered today. Lights, fans will hit next week. In two, three weeks time, it will feel like a dream being realized.

if it was easy...

...it wouldn't be worth doing. But how many obstacles do we need to overcome to get this damn thing open? I want to see A LOT OF PROGRESS this week!

Insomnia

There is both too much, and too little, on my mind. Juggling many things at once is, of course, the nature of what we're doing. But what should be simple isn't, and what should be hard is, well, often hard.  Vision, sure, but execution.

The city should make it easier for new businesses to open -- especially these days.

The Big Push

The Big Push is on. We have much to do over the next weeks to get everything in place and, yes, finally, open. The process has taken far longer than we thought. Before we could pull permits for the core work, we had to apply for, and wait to get, the proper Certificate of Occupancy. I now have a new understanding of the word glacial. At last, we are officially classified as an eating & drinking establishment, and are making swift progress in making Thirstbar materialize as such. We're working with our chef and the food menu is starting to come together.

Le Baratin

the key

Okay, sometimes it seems like we're taking on too much. Other times it feels freakin' exciting to be a part of this project! The conversation, though, must manifest itself in reality. As the cliche goes, talk is cheap. We've begun in earnest the search for a chef to help us realize our vision. Meetings will happen over the next few weeks. I hope we will soon find someone. The person we choose we must implicitly trust.

in progress...

This blog will document our process opening Thirstbar. We hope to create a comfortable place for people who love to drink traditional and natural wines, and eat seasonal, deceptively simple food. Kermit Lynch remains the primary inspiration on the wine side; Alice Waters for the food.

There's a LOT of work ahead, but we're trying to embrace the steps, the process. One lives only once, right? And if we don't do this now, when?