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Archive for December, 2007

Raising the Bar

Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2007 | 4 Comments »

Planning the restaurant design is starting to feel like throwing a party. A half hour before the party starts, you get nervous and start to wonder if anyone will come. But, you have to plan for a crowd. I feel that way about the restaurant. I don’t want to be presumptuous – but the customers [...]

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Choices in the Kitchen

Posted in The New Restaurant, tagged , , , , on December 12, 2007 | No Comments »

After I finished dinner service the other night I opened an email from my kitchen designer, Mark Stech-Novak. It was my kitchen and bar design. It was really exciting and I couldn’t wait to talk with him in the morning and walk through it together. He’s in California – so I had a pretty long [...]

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Digesting Everything

Posted in The New Restaurant, tagged , , , , , on December 5, 2007 | No Comments »

Yesterday we had another meeting at the site for the new restaurant. There is a real air of excitement. Yet, I feel nervous too. There are so many possibilities. And dreams. And we’re balancing those against what is possible in terms of budget, timing, structural necessities, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

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