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Offline Ed

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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #135 on: May 28, 2017, 02:35:55 PM »
Stew- the "door" was open yesterday as I was walking by, your interior space is coming along nicely and is quite elegant! I'm happy to hear that things are moving forward at long last...
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #136 on: June 02, 2017, 12:27:43 PM »
Quote from: Ed on May 28, 2017, 02:35:55 PM
Stew- the "door" was open yesterday as I was walking by, your interior space is coming along nicely and is quite elegant! I'm happy to hear that things are moving forward at long last...

Hi,

Thanks Ed, the craftsmen are finishing installation of the floor today and will grout it tomorrow. The floor uses three colours of stone. This iPhone photo makes the space look narrower than it is, although it's not exactly a ballroom. The structure on the left foreground is the bar. The new storefront goes on this coming week. Good progress on the walls and ceiling, but wallpaper, mirrors, tile on the back wall, sconces still to come.
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« Reply #137 on: June 02, 2017, 01:10:14 PM »
I should add that the stone was selected and cut to our specifications on Long Island. It isn't a simple pattern - we're lucky to have many talented craftspeople in the area.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #138 on: June 02, 2017, 02:10:22 PM »
Holy wow, Stew! I love the coffered ceilings.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #139 on: June 02, 2017, 02:36:39 PM »
Beautiful floor.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #140 on: June 02, 2017, 02:53:43 PM »
Looking nice, Stew do you have idea on the date? Soft opening or grand opening? Or rough estimate fall/winter 2017?
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #141 on: June 02, 2017, 03:08:13 PM »
Quote from: jackinjh on June 02, 2017, 02:53:43 PM
Looking nice, Stew do you have idea on the date? Soft opening or grand opening? Or rough estimate fall/winter 2017?

Hi,

The space should be completed within six weeks, probably sooner. At that point, there will still be a fair bit of work to do before we receive any guests. When we do, we're not going to rush it. I'm planning on a very gradual soft opening. I won't fully book the restaurant (assuming demand, of course) until staff and food are ready for it.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #142 on: June 02, 2017, 04:53:06 PM »
Looks lovely!

and... I think you can assume demand  :)
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #143 on: June 02, 2017, 07:16:57 PM »
Thanks amsci, Cassat and Shelby2 for your comments.

I'm looking forward to the new storefront next week. The front will be flush (as the building was originally designed, with no overhanging big box "advertisement"), and there will be a wider entrance for everyone's benefit, including wheelchair users.

Very, very happy with our interior designer and lighting designer (both from the theatre world - the lighting is going to be great), and the labourers, carpenters and trades specialists making this happen.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #144 on: June 02, 2017, 08:40:23 PM »
Very sophisticated, impressive!
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« Reply #145 on: June 02, 2017, 10:22:16 PM »
I'll be at the restaurant on Sunday afternoon if any design students, or people who are just interested, want to drop by.

Will post tomorrow when I'll be there. If the craftsmen who will be doing the grouting on the floor tomorrow tell me that the floor needs more set time, I'll do this next weekend, by which time the new storefront will be up.

Once we open, if there's interest, it might be interesting to host a session involving our contractor and designers about what is involved in doing a project like this.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #146 on: June 03, 2017, 04:24:10 PM »
What a transformation! We were not fans of the previous tenant and never went there during their tenure, but we loved the place before that, Mehfil, and I still remember what that looked like. You would never guess it is the same space.

Very much looking forward to this! We've only lived in JH 5.5 years, and one of the things we loved when we moved in was having Mehfil so close by--we are on 76 St--then they closed, alas.

Will love having Swim Two Birds nearby. One wish: I hope your menu will include at least some simple preparations without heavy, complicated, spicy sauces. We both need to be careful with our diets for health reasons, and that can be challenging vis-a-vis the cuisines featured in this neighborhood. We love Indian food and Thai food and Peruvian food, etc., but we cannot eat these foods all the time. When you are trying to cut down on fat and carbs--it's hard around here.

In some restaurants, it's difficult to find anything light to eat.  Everything seems to come with a cream-based sauce, or a sugary sauce, or is, to my mind, overly complicated.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to your opening.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #147 on: June 03, 2017, 06:25:32 PM »
the attention to detail you've been touting since emerging on the board is clearly paying off, Stew - the interior looks absolutely wonderful.
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« Reply #148 on: June 03, 2017, 08:41:08 PM »
Hi ljr,

Jackson Heights is well served by Asian and South American restaurants and we will not be competing with them. My background is in French technique, and we will be serving contemporary American food.

That said, I hope to go to South America in the next year to learn about some interesting developments in Latin cooking, but these are very different from the traditional Latin food offered here.

You will find that our menu is consistent with your desire to cut back on fat and carbs.
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Re: Status of Swim Two Birds Restaurant
« Reply #149 on: June 03, 2017, 08:57:43 PM »
Quote from: dssjh on June 03, 2017, 06:25:32 PM
the attention to detail you've been touting since emerging on the board is clearly paying off, Stew - the interior looks absolutely wonderful.

Thanks so much for your comment.
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