YABBA-DABBA-DOO

Well, it is official. We FINALLY received our liquor license from the state, which took forever for no other reason than it was a state thing. Big government, boy, you've gotta love it! That being said a HUGE thank you to the Byram Town Council for getting together and approving that for us last night. Again, I can't say enough about working with Byram, they have really been great to work with. So if Doris and Jill, you are reading, this..Thank You!
Things are going at full steam right now. Gas line is being put in the kitchen, the hood is in its final stage of installation, our service techs from "Service Plus" have been out to deal with our equipment. Rich, our Plumber from "Reliable Plumbing" has just about finished all of the plumbing work. John, from "Crossroads Construction" is doing his finishing work on both the inside and outside. And John from "DeJohn Equipment Co." in Hopatcong who is putting in our septic, and been put through more than any one man should ever be put through for what should have been a straight-forward installation, is getting a wee bit closer to finishing. I thank all of them for working hard to try and get this whole thing going. So right now it seems the OFFICIAL PUBLIC OPENING IS APRIL 22!!!!!
Last night was "Project Self-Sufficiency" Taste of Talent at Perona Farms. And as always it was a blast and a well run event. These things are just loads of fun. It gives us the opportunity to talk with all of you who attend and see you all outside of the restaurant, as well as giving us time to meet with the other chef's, both local and not so local. So its a fun time for us to kind of just shoot the shit about biz and what not. For us it was also our public debut with Salt, giving us the opportunity to talk to everyone about our "New Thing" and introduce Tony, our new chef and Jennifer our Manager. It really went well and got us real excited to get this thing open! It was also a great time for us to talk about our "Industry Night" to everyone in the "Industry". For those of you in the biz, these are really going top be fun nights, hope to see you all there. So stay tuned for info on that. Another idea that came up and could be lots of fun is "Top Chef Nights" Every Wed. at 10 to get together have a few drinks and cheer and jeer at these guys. Could be lot's of fun.
One last thing, I was in last week talking with Frank and John over at "Cycle Works" down the street a little ways in Byram..Great guys, and what a biz, really really cool. They are interested in working at some level with us as far as a biking group, or just a place to gather after a ride. So if anyone is interested let us know. Running season is also upon us with lot's of organized runs all over the place. We'd really like to put together a group of people, at all levels, just for the camaraderie of running together and then gathering together for fun times. Shoot us an e-mail if you're interested.
Well that's the update for today.....
b.