Setting up a wine bar in a building built in 1838 means that there is going to be a few things that need updating! (Ya think!) For the past week and a half we have had 4 to 6 plumbers at the wine bar every day. It appears that the plumbing hasn’t been updated, or repaired, since, like, the 1920’s…… so you can’t even begin to imagine what they discovered when they started ripping out floors to update! They couldn’t use a single inch of the old plumbing in the entire building, so for the past, almost-two-weeks they have been laying all new hot and cold lines, sewer lines, vent lines, drains, sink drains, you name it, throughout the bar area, the kitchen area, the prep room area, and both rest rooms. There must be miles of piping running through the floors in the place….. (seriously, there must be a couple football fields of piping.)
Anyway, today the plumbing inspector was there and looked, (in detail), at all the work that’s been done over the past two weeks by these guys and gave us the thumbs up…… WE PASSED INSPECTION! Yea!!!
So the plumbing is roughed in, the new HVAC ducts are in and drywalled, and the electrician was given the green light to start his portion of the job. (We’re expecting the electric is going to be in the same condition as the plumbing so we’re looking at a week and a half to two weeks for him to complete his job.)
We purchased, and picked up, our gas fireplace, (for those nights when you want to sit in our couches, or love seats, in front of the fireplace), and the gas lines have been run. Cable, computer lines, (WIFI), and phone lines have been run, and we’ve picked out the flooring. It’s moving a little slower than we’d like….. but it’s moving steady and we’re still shooting for an early September opening.
PS….. did you know that our historic town missed being the capital of the United States by one (1) vote? Yep.. Washington DC beat out Havre de Grace as the capital of the USA but just one vote!
Here are some more pictures of our progress!
