Showing posts with label Gotham Forest Products. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gotham Forest Products. Show all posts

Monday, November 30, 2009

Floor Done

After much delay our floor problems have been solved thanks to Andy and the good people at Hoffman Floor Coverings based out of Long Island. We highly recommend their services for any size job.

Our new counter is being manufactured as we speak following a fallout with the nobs at Gotham Forest Products. Do not, I repeat, do not use Gotham for any job.

We will instead be using a red oak for our counter. As for projected start date. Owner Chris is taking his food prep/safety test this Tuesday. So we are shooting for end of this month as the earliest.

We are sprinting towards the finish line now. We can use all the encouragement we can get!

Thanks for your support.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Counterdown with a Dewars neat

So a while back we contacted Gotham Forest Products to maybe, possibly do some counter/shelving work at the del del. Fast forward and we have cemented our idea and are ready to move forward. We will be using a reclaimed heart pine (yellow pine) for our checkout counter and small bar style seating area towards the back, interior entrance. 


Question: What is Antique Heart Pine??

Answer: Heart-pine is generally considered to be recycled timber from first generation trees (circa 1600s pilgrims and shit). Most of the trees were long leaf pines, many as old as 300+ years. There were probably some other pine species mixed in, but the predominate tree was the long leaf pine. There were approximately 80,000,000 acres of these trees and almost all were gone by 1900. This wood was the primary building material for homes and factories. It is now being recycled as heart pine. Most structures built after 1900 were from second generation trees and do not exhibit the tights rings associated with the first generation timber.

Part Owner Chris Demarco, taking care of business.