Well we finally receive the approval we need to build our vent shaft which will go up 5 stories high. It’s the drawbacks of opening up a restaurant under an apartment complex. The contractor needed to access the shaft space on every floor which means that he’ll needed to punch a hole through the wall. We had to get permission from the apartment owners first. After weeks of going back and forth and jumping through many hoops we’re good to go! Now it’s full steam ahead and the kitchen should be done in 3 weeks!
T2G Gets the Greenlight
April 16th, 2009T2G Gets More Color
April 16th, 2009So we finally added some more color to the place. I did a little modification to the original plan and I think this should be it for painting the place. The brown helped keep the green from burning your eyes off! I wish I could take some pictures of the bathroom but it’s dark in there and the flash really makes the room look weird. The contractor thought I loved green so much, he painted my office the same green. Now when I’m in my office I’ll be staring at a wall of green! So take a look and let me know what you guys think of the place.
We’re still on track to open in May. Keep your fingers crossed!
Thai 2 Go Gets Color
April 10th, 2009So this week, the restaurant was painted and tiled. Now I know what you are saying. This place is all green. It’s not supposed to be this way. There’s some brown in there but they haven’t painted it yet. Supposedly that’s going to happen tomorrow so stay tuned for the additional colors. You can see a little of the what the brown if you look careful enough. Please tell me what you think. I think you’ll either love it or hate it. LOL
First Pictures of the Restaurant
April 7th, 2009This is the front of the restaurant. Nothing much to see yet but our coming soon sign.
Paint
April 7th, 2009Color. Another very important part for creating an atmosphere that stimulates the senses and sort of preps the taste buds before the actual tasting. Mixing and matching color is very important because it will either bring in customers or chase them away.
I spent many days staring at colors and looking at various restaurants and noticing what kind of atmosphere each color scheme creates. Luckily I love to people watch so this was very easy for me. I then consulted my friends and family and was able to get the color I feel would be great for the restaurant.
Hopefully you will like it too.
Office
March 20th, 2009Construction is rolling along just find and I finally had a chance to take a look at kitchen. I also got a chance to see my office and man is it tiny! It’s like a little closet! I’m glad I’m not claustrophobic!
Tiles
March 19th, 2009Picking tiles is a very complicated thing to do. You want to pick something that will long time which means you’ll need to pick out something that will still be in trend for that long as well. Tiles come in so many different colors, shapes and sizes that one can get overwhelmed when staring at all of them. I spent half an hour staring at 2 tiles trying to figure out how these 2 shades are different. They looked so much alike!
Hello world!
March 13th, 2009Helloooo!
And thank you for visiting this site. I hope you’ll continue visiting this site to read about our trials and tribulations as we are in the process of opening up a Thai restaurant. So sit back, relax and enjoy reading about the adventures of Thai2Go!