2nd week Flipside reno

Back in Toronto again to help with the cafe. As all the furniture is out and there is no internet any computer work has to be done in a neighboring cafe. There are a number of them in the Distillery District.

The Distillery District, as a destination, was developed by the same company that built the surrounding condo buildings. That company continues to manage the area and exerts considerable control over the kinds of businesses and what can be done to the buildings.

It is entirely pedestrian with parking lots surrounding and industrial looking art scattered around. These rainy day photos do not do it justice.

There are lots or art galleries, a theatre, retail and restaurants.

Flipside is at #12 Case Goods Lane with a Millinery shop beside, in #10, and Artscape studios across the lane.

Down there, on the left,

is the door. No official sign yet

but signs in the windows for those who stop by looking for the cafe that was in this location before.

When I got there on Monday the serving area had been demolished and the previously painted floor ground down to its original cement.

A mess of wiring and plumbing in the serving area and also in the kitchen. I took no pictures of the kitchen as it was full of everything we had moved in there last week to clear the floor for the grinding. The cement guys were supposed to seal it to protect the equipment in there; dishwasher, frigs, freezer, oven, but they didn't and it was covered with cement dust.

This is a panoramic shot of the front wall. The blinds are down on the windows and door, making it quite dark. Chris plans on putting seating/storage benches along the front wall.

I left on Thursday with Taylor and Jill cleaning out the kitchen, cleaning the appliances and washing the kitchen floor ready for me to paint it next week. Chris and I had spent all of Wednesday traipsing around restaurant supply stores and ended up buying a 60" stainless steel prep table (to house the espresso and fancy coffee machine) as well as a wine frig and a beer frig.