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Tag Archives: Renovation Diary
TWR…Almost There!
Just one day to go… Final stacking and unpacking The workmen deciding on where the table gets fixed to the floor….must be Irish!! Starting to stock the kitchen Last bit of service training The candle holders arriving, painful taking all the stickers off. The light levels being checked. Go Grant! The hording coming down….yippee! Our [...]
TWR – Bar Nears Completion
OK the bar is almost finished, but we have another restaurant to push on with. I feel sorry for the workmen they are giving it their all. Hopeful by next Friday they will be all but finished. I am very thankful for their hard work and determination. We’d better get in the kitchen and cook [...]
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Spice Temple Melbourne – First Wagyu arrives!
Can’t believe it! Right in the middle of the mayhem yesterday 2 tonnes of Wagyu arrived. The only way we could get in to Spice Temple was to cut the roof of the Wagyu room and make the rails shorter. Whoops! That means we have to break the quarters when they come in from now [...]
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TWR – Chandelier is Go!
Yippee! The chandeliers are almost up, the furniture is being set out and the kitchenette is promised by the weekend. The deliveries are all coming in and the bar staff start unpacking today. We should now be right for food and drink training Monday and Tuesday. Looks like we may make our Wednesday opening after all. The [...]
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TWR – Almost There…
We were really hoping to be in the bar setting up and in the kitchenette prepping. As you can see from the pictures it really isn’t looking likely. It is all the detail and cleaning that is driving us crazy. Let’s hope tomorrow we get these appliances wired in, get the furniture placed and get [...]
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TWR & The Talis Sterns effect
The Talis effect was in full force last night. At the start of the day yesterday it was raw emotion, clearly we were going nowhere. Things were just not happening as they should have been, all the bar detailing seemed miles away. When were those chandeliers going up? The kitchens, problems not just in Spice, which was a [...]
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A few small hiccups
Walking into The Waiting Room and Spice Temple Monday afternoon did not fill me with confidence. We are a long way behind where I expected to be after feeling so confident on Thursday. The bar is in no way going to be ready for the staff to start cleaning down and stacking the bars. Plan B; we [...]
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20 days until the Spice Temple doors open!
Hot on the heels of The Waiting Room is Spice Temple, and it needs to be as it is slated to open 10 days after TWR. The carpet is going down, the kitchen is going in and should be finished by next Sunday. The furniture has all arrived and the lighting will be put in [...]
TWR – Update!
The bar is looking amazing! The carpet is down but covered. The furniture is coming in Monday or Tuesday and the staff will start on Monday to unpack and fill the bars. The kitchen and bars will be finished by Sunday night. The amazing 7 metrE front doors are up and are just about to [...]
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