Dust sets off fire alarms?

This is a picture of our space as of Thursday the 18th of Feb. Doesn't seem like much yet but the contractor had just started construction early that week. Funny story though, just earlier the same day I took this picture, I had come to the space at 9am for a standard food supplier meeting. Parked directly outside the space was a fire truck with its lights flashing. And in-front of the building was a large group of people I could only guess were employees from the offices above us. It goes without saying I was a little nervous, and the siren/beeping coming from inside our space wasn't relieving any stress. Thankfully when I got into the space I found out an abnormally large amount of dust in the air from all the cleaning was the cause of panic. Just want to also note our contractor was happily handing out free pens to all the firemen as they were exiting the space!

Lesson of the day: Dust can set off fire alarms, and if that happens, hand out free pens

Who could have predicted that we would become potato experts?

We are currently in the process of locking down the perfect potato for Saus pommes frites. So far we have experimented with Massachusetts Reba potatoes, Idaho Russets, and Yukon Golds. The Rebas were great because they come from a local farm and yielded delicious frites, alas are too small. The traditional Russets work well, but we want to be as locally focused as possible. The next phase of experimentation is with Maine russets, but we have been hearing that the potatoes are too wet due to the nature of the soil there and would therefore make it difficult to create a crispy exterior for our thick cut frites...we'll see.

33 Union Street gets a face lift

Kind of... Not really... Ok, the interior of Saus might look slightly worse for the wear.

As you may have seen on Facebook, Renee, Greg and I tested paint samples. Or more accurately, we all went to a paint store and debated, considered and finally chose 5 different colors to try on our walls. A brightish blue, a lighter blue, an orangey yellow, a lighter yellow, and a neutralish olive green. Then my artistic side took over and I went crazy on our walls.

After painting all the colors in natural light, I moved to the back of the store and painted them in artificial light. We then discussed which colors we liked and which ones we hated. We kept in mind that the color we choose has to enhance our space, match our furniture/overall decor and be consistent with our branding.

We may not have fallen in love with a color yet, but we did make progress on deciding which direction we want to experiment in next. And I wrote SAUS on the wall really big.

Day successful.