Lots of New Improvements

October proved to be a very busy month for us, and we didn't have time to make much progress with further renovations. However, the restaurant industry is traditionally slower in November through February, and November afforded us a chance to tackle a large number of additional projects. Among other things, we got the following projects done:

- Cleaned and organized the back storage room.
- Ran a new condensation drainage line in the walk-in, so the floor stays dry.
- Braced the produce shelves in the walk-in.
- Fixed the shower in the staff washroom.
- Added several more cameras to our video surveillance system.
- Installed new lights in the pizza station.
- Bought a couple thousand dollars of additional new dishes, so we can handle larger groups and parties.
- Changed some of our propane feed lines.
- Changed the seals in the dishwasher.
- Installed an extra microwave.
- Built a lid organizer, because we always have dozens of container lids floating around the kitchen.
- Installed a couple of new paper towel dispensers in the kitchen.
- Installed a lot of white Christmas lights and garland throughout the restaurant dining room. Most of those will come down after Christmas, but a few strings are going to be left up permanently because they enhance the normal day-to-day lighting.
- Installed a second open sign in the north portion of our front windows (plus white lights), so it is more obvious when the restaurant is open.
- Added more floor mats in the front entry, so none of our customers slip when the weather is inclement and the entryway gets wet.
- Built a movable temporary stage, for special events like Improv nights and Acoustic shows. Storage for these stage pieces is going to be a problem, but we think that we can make them look like extra bookshelves and stand them up in the back hallway when they aren't in use.
- More improvements to the lighting restaurant lighting.

We also started on a few other projects which aren't quite finished yet. Once those are done, it's going to feel strange to have our "never ending" list of projects whittled down to nothing.