Late Nite Produce Shopping
First of all, I totally lied when I said we weren’t going to sand down and finish the hardwood in the back room — that is, in fact, exactly what we ended up doing. …
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So close we can taste it . . .
We’re almost done! I know we are. Andrew and I did some heavy duty cleaning on Tuesday night or so, with much appreciated help from Katherine and others, and suddenly we realized that …
Read More →employees
Two weeks ago, we hired our first employee, Beth Topczewski. This week, we hired Rebecca Rothschild, who had been helping out for free anyway. We had initially planned not to hire anyone until the store …
Read More →On hardwood floors, and covering them
Our store, like most older buildings in Hyde Park, has a beautiful, 80-year-old hardwood floor. It is in pretty good condition. Unfortunately, like many older buildings in Hyde Park, our beautiful hardwood floor …
Read More →plumbing redux
We have been trying to get a mop sink, replacement toilet, and replacement sink for 4 weeks. On monday, they finally got installed. This pleases us greatly, but the whole effort cost us nearly $5000. …
Read More →Why it’s hard to predict an opening date
The number one question we get (after “Why exactly are you opening a produce store?”, of course) is “When are you going to open?” Believe me, I wish we knew, but there are too …
Read More →Making news public
We should have had a blog from the beginning. We will try to catch up with the last 6 weeks of news.
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