But it soon reappeared, better than ever, with a lovely new curb where there used to be a driveway cut-away.

For the record, a lot of vital underground activity was pegged for the excavated area between the Deli and Next Door—utility lines, huge cement rainwater run off retention tanks, and red tubing for the warm water from our refrigeration system as part of our “green” snow melt system! Isn’t that putting the heat we automatically generate to practical use?

All that work was the reason that the side doors had to be closed temporarily and staff and guests had to use front doors only!