I can now say to all those people who told me things were
going to get busy soon (and you’ve been saying this for nine months) that
things are CRAZY busy now. We are
around a month out from opening and so are making decisions left and right.
Here is a roundup.
iPads
Instead of cash registers we will use ipads. This should allow
us flexibility in how many order stations we have open, where the order
stations are, and possibly even (during slow times) going out to tables to take
orders. At busy times we could possibly open a window that is credit card only.
We have to get it up and running to be sure but there seems to be a lot of
flexibility to the system.
Staff
We are finishing up interviews and creating our team! So
many great neighborhood young people have shown interest.
Buying Stuff
Identifying and filling out account applications with all our vendors.
Waste Oil
I met with Richard Elmquist from Community Homestead who
will be collecting our waste oil. He is aiming to convert all of his cars to
run on vegetable oil. He will also use the oil to heat the greenhouse in the
winter. His farm is a community in which people live and work together so that individuals with developmental and other disabilities can reach their fullest human potential.
Uniforms
Over 200 aprons that will be screen printed
with our logo for uniforms.
Construction
We are making decisions weekly on things like colors, kitchen doors, and where all the electrical sockets go.
Liquor License
All the forms are in! Business Licensing downtown has been great! Our Public hearing for our beer
and wine license will be on Monday, June
3 at 1:30.
You are welcome to email support to License Inspector Mohamed
Ismail at: Mohamed.ismail@minneapolismn.gov.
Be sure to include your address. And refer to Sandcastle. Or show up to City Hall, Room 317 to show your support
for our application.
Here are the
details for the public hearing in one place:
Monday, June 3 at
1:30, City Hall, Room 317
We plan to announce our opening date on Memorial Weekend. We want to be sure that construction will be completed as planned. We had to push the date back once already as the building was sinking and some of
the structural integrity was off. We were able to fix this rather easily however the city
inspector required an engineer to come out to evaluate it …… submit their
appraisal of the integrity …… which then
needed to be reviewed …. and then
approved for us to move forward. Whew!
But back on track now!