Can't Stop the Rain

So after laying concrete one day and painting the next to get this basement ready to open, it floods.

By flood, I mean when I walked into here this morning there was a solid 4 inches of water throughout the place. Awesome, just fucking great, was this the reason why this place hasn't been able to push forward yet? I mean, maybe that or it would at least explain why the basement was in the condition it was when I got here several weeks ago. Well, today should be a load of fun as we work to clean it back up again, dry it, and attempt to lay down another coat of paint. As far as stopping it from happening again, that is completely up in the air.

Besides that, 3 different companies are coming in to install the dish machines at the bars and kitchen, coffee machine (most important for me!!!) and some more metal flashing around all the walls. After today the kitchen should be 90% done and hopefully we can start getting in product next week. This basement deal is going to weigh heavily on my mind all day, though. It will put a major dent in the process of opening the doors to this place.

Oh well, what would opening a restaurant be without lots of bumps and BS to push through? Even a highly coordinated, well thought out concept like ours is not immune to the travails of opening...