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Vancouver Revisited

My Vancouver get-away wraps up today with a final stop at Wicked Café.  This is where it all started for me (and credo) four or five years ago.  At that time we were seriously thinking of following our dream of opening a café, but only if we could match the service, vibe and product of [...]

Opening thoughts…

 
Lots of interesting tidbits in the last few weeks so let’s run through the transition from construction to opening…
 

What have we done? – The final piece of the construction puzzle was put into place with the installation of the quartz countertop.  Add some artwork, tables and chairs and, lo and behold, a café is born.  [...]

The floors are ruined…

 
 
Back in the dark days of winter we used to stare out on the snowy parking lot that is Churchill Square and dread the day’s sales reports.  Doom and gloom were upon us and nothing good could ever come of such a dreary… And then the sun would come out, the weather would warm and [...]

“No Peeking!” - the inaugural credo blogfest

No peeking!  The admonition came via text after a confession that I had sneaked a look prior to the completion of another significant stage of construction.
 
I should know better.  The last time I was banished from my café came after the drywall was finished.  I was not to go back until the final paint colours [...]