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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Squeah Updated Kitchen Ready for New Year

Late Friday Dec. 23rd we were finishing up the clean-up and organization of the Squeah kitchen. On Dec. 1st we completely stripped everything out of the kitch in order to tile the floor and install a few more pieces of stainless steel components to replace some of our older wooden cabinetry.

Many thanks to the fine work of Nico, Rene, & Ty from Vladisco for the tiling, Bill & Lee from Vancouver Stainless, handy-work of Glen Warkentin, white tornadoes Natasha Neufeld & Sarah Giesbrecht, and others who helped us out along the way. Special thanks to the tireless work and expertise of Dan Friesen who spearheaded the renovation.

Here are some pictures of our new kitchen, open for business again on Tues., Dec. 27th.

Anti-fracture membrane in place, tiling begins

Kitchen stripped out of all equipment

Ty & Rene start tiling in the dish pit

Dish pit tiling almost complete

Dan deals with a one of the areas of rot that was found

Almost halfway done the tiling (baking area view)

Halfway point

Tilers putting on epoxy grout ("it's like grouting with bubble gum")

The dining room area where the contents of the kitchen was stored and cleaned


Tiling the cooler floor

Vancouver Stainless installing the new SS serving windows

Natasha cleaning the new serving counters

Sarah polishing up the steam table covers

Dan trimming off shelving legs

New floor and SS serving windows

New floor with dish pit and cooking area

New floor in workstation area

New floor and SS counter in baking area

Monday, December 12, 2011

Squeah Kitchen Renovations - Dec. 2011

The Squeah kitchen is closed down from Dec. 1-24 as we put in a new tile floor and install some additional stainless steel (baking counters and serving windows). Reid is spending a lot of time cleaning equipment since it has all been pulled out of the kitch and is sitting fully accessible on the dining room floor. <fun, fun, fun> We are planning on having everythign put back together by Christmas, and will be open Dec. 27 for the post-christmas/pre-New Years groups & Summer Staff Reunion Dec. 30-Jan. 1.

Grouting in progress