I just wanted to post real quick that we are extremely busy right now, and therefore I won't read, and thus respond to, email or any other form of electronic communication. If you need to get in touch with us, please call 845-883-0866.
Thank you.
Dirk
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Menu ...
I have been asked a few times already, so here it is, the menu (for this weekend):
Haus Burger
Local grass-fed 8 oz burger on haus-made pretzel bun, with local baby salad greens
Curry Wurst
Smoked spicy beef sausage with haus-made curry-catsup on a pretzel bun, with local baby salad greens
Portobella Paprikash (vegetarian)
Grilled portobella marinated in spicy Hungarian paprika sauce, served on pretzel bun, with local baby salad greens, picked beets, and cooling haus-made blue cheese dill dressing
Weiss wurst
Fresh pork sausage softly seasoned, with a sweet mustard potato salad and asparagus
Elia's Famous Hot Dogs
A double-sized dog on our haus-made pretzel bun
Fresh hand-cut Fries
It is 1am, the Dirkster is tired, but I want to thank Heidi of Hi-Ho Market in Gardiner for spending her after-hours at Gunk Haus, helping out with all these little things that need to be done.
We also had our first employee here today, Ryan, our daytime dish washer, who simply went berserk cleaning the beer hall. He is great, he works independently, he's thorough, and in general just pleasant to work with.
Dirk
Haus Burger
Local grass-fed 8 oz burger on haus-made pretzel bun, with local baby salad greens
Curry Wurst
Smoked spicy beef sausage with haus-made curry-catsup on a pretzel bun, with local baby salad greens
Portobella Paprikash (vegetarian)
Grilled portobella marinated in spicy Hungarian paprika sauce, served on pretzel bun, with local baby salad greens, picked beets, and cooling haus-made blue cheese dill dressing
Weiss wurst
Fresh pork sausage softly seasoned, with a sweet mustard potato salad and asparagus
Elia's Famous Hot Dogs
A double-sized dog on our haus-made pretzel bun
Fresh hand-cut Fries
It is 1am, the Dirkster is tired, but I want to thank Heidi of Hi-Ho Market in Gardiner for spending her after-hours at Gunk Haus, helping out with all these little things that need to be done.
We also had our first employee here today, Ryan, our daytime dish washer, who simply went berserk cleaning the beer hall. He is great, he works independently, he's thorough, and in general just pleasant to work with.
Dirk
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Taking Reservations ...
Here is our game plan:
We will throw our doors open Saturday, May 29, all comers taken. We'll be open Saturday through Monday (Memorial Day) at our regular hours (11am - 11pm Sat, 11am - 10pm Sun and Mon). We are closed on Tuesday. Wednesday June 2nd through Monday June 7th, we'll be open for dinner and by reservation only. And starting on Wednesday June 9th we'll be open on our regular schedule (11am - 10pm, Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu; 11am - 11pm, Fri, Sat; we're closed on Tuesdays).
We will only have four items on the menu for Memorial Day weekend, and a limited beer selection (I just haven't had time to setup the walk-in cooler, and the tap system). Starting next week, we will slowly add menu items, and take time to train the staff, and after that we are in business.
OK, folks, it's 12:30am, and I haven't brushed my teeth yet, so here's the day in pictures and few words:
One 12000 BTU portable A/C does not cool the bar room on the hottest of days. Note to self, need to get a second unit (we'll try to squeeze by with portable A/Cs until we have to money to install ductless A/C).
Dutch door to the wait station, newly installed, swings both ways.
Ice maker, charged and making ice (very important for a restaurant!).
Door to the wait station (from the beer hall), swings both ways.
Who wouldn't want to have these guys as there best friends?! Good food, good beer, good atmosphere (oh, and the mirror is what this picture is all about).
Dirk
We will throw our doors open Saturday, May 29, all comers taken. We'll be open Saturday through Monday (Memorial Day) at our regular hours (11am - 11pm Sat, 11am - 10pm Sun and Mon). We are closed on Tuesday. Wednesday June 2nd through Monday June 7th, we'll be open for dinner and by reservation only. And starting on Wednesday June 9th we'll be open on our regular schedule (11am - 10pm, Sun, Mon, Wed, Thu; 11am - 11pm, Fri, Sat; we're closed on Tuesdays).
We will only have four items on the menu for Memorial Day weekend, and a limited beer selection (I just haven't had time to setup the walk-in cooler, and the tap system). Starting next week, we will slowly add menu items, and take time to train the staff, and after that we are in business.
OK, folks, it's 12:30am, and I haven't brushed my teeth yet, so here's the day in pictures and few words:
One 12000 BTU portable A/C does not cool the bar room on the hottest of days. Note to self, need to get a second unit (we'll try to squeeze by with portable A/Cs until we have to money to install ductless A/C).
Dutch door to the wait station, newly installed, swings both ways.
Ice maker, charged and making ice (very important for a restaurant!).
Door to the wait station (from the beer hall), swings both ways.
Who wouldn't want to have these guys as there best friends?! Good food, good beer, good atmosphere (oh, and the mirror is what this picture is all about).
Dirk
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Stenography ...
The days are getting longer, so I will keep this post brief. It is 11am, and I am only starting to write this post. Too much is going on right now. I was up last night at around 3am cutting mirrors for the bathrooms (in the last seven days I haven't had a single night where I wasn't up for at least two hours).
I was largely straightening things up in the Stube (our private dining room), so we could move stuff there from the beer hall.
We received our last piece of major equipment for the time being, a counter-high refrigerator, with shelving, for the kitchen.
It is quite long and wide, which meant I had to make space to get through the bar and the wait station to get into the kitchen.
Jeff was by to put in the new solenoid valve (actually he was by for something else, but he did this instead).
Jack was by while I was out, so I don't know what to report, but I'm sure it was something good.
My afternoon was filled with talking to our accountants, shopping, and more shopping.
And now I'm seriously tired. Good night.
Dirk
I was largely straightening things up in the Stube (our private dining room), so we could move stuff there from the beer hall.
We received our last piece of major equipment for the time being, a counter-high refrigerator, with shelving, for the kitchen.
It is quite long and wide, which meant I had to make space to get through the bar and the wait station to get into the kitchen.
Jeff was by to put in the new solenoid valve (actually he was by for something else, but he did this instead).
Jack was by while I was out, so I don't know what to report, but I'm sure it was something good.
My afternoon was filled with talking to our accountants, shopping, and more shopping.
And now I'm seriously tired. Good night.
Dirk
Monday, May 24, 2010
Counting Down The Days ...
Five more days, I think, and still so much to do, although most of it will be cleaning. But things are shaping up. I spent most of the day connecting all the phone lines in the bar and kitchen (or at least the ones we need for opening), as well as internet connection (the credit card machine uses the internet instead of a phone line to dial out).
Aside from that we hired a waitress, a bartender, and a second dishwasher.
E! was busy coordinating with staff regarding scheduling, talking to vendors, and I don't know what.
I woke up at 4am this morning and continued working on the Gunk Haus Facebook page, filling in opening hours, address and such, when I noticed that Google Maps does not produce the correct location for our address, off by a good two miles. Mapquest is off by maybe 100 feet, Yahoo Maps by about 500 feet. Unfortunately Facebook uses Google to provide a map link to the address.
Dirk
Aside from that we hired a waitress, a bartender, and a second dishwasher.
E! was busy coordinating with staff regarding scheduling, talking to vendors, and I don't know what.
I woke up at 4am this morning and continued working on the Gunk Haus Facebook page, filling in opening hours, address and such, when I noticed that Google Maps does not produce the correct location for our address, off by a good two miles. Mapquest is off by maybe 100 feet, Yahoo Maps by about 500 feet. Unfortunately Facebook uses Google to provide a map link to the address.
Dirk
Diaper Drive ...
I had meant to mention it for a while now, but always forget, so I'll make this its own post.
We would like Gunk Haus to be a family friendly restaurant, and therefore stock the essential baby changing items in one of the bathrooms (in case you Moms and Dads forgot them at home).
The tricky part here is that they don't sell diapers in a multi-size pack, covering size ranges from little munchkin, to starting-to-crawl munchkin, to can-reach-the-TV-remote munchkin, to ... you get the idea.
Therefore, if your munchkin moved up the diaper ladder, and you're stuck with a year's supply of diapers that don't fit anymore, drop a few (five or so) off at Gunk Haus, so we can help out other Moms and Dads in need.
Thank you.
Dirk
We would like Gunk Haus to be a family friendly restaurant, and therefore stock the essential baby changing items in one of the bathrooms (in case you Moms and Dads forgot them at home).
The tricky part here is that they don't sell diapers in a multi-size pack, covering size ranges from little munchkin, to starting-to-crawl munchkin, to can-reach-the-TV-remote munchkin, to ... you get the idea.
Therefore, if your munchkin moved up the diaper ladder, and you're stuck with a year's supply of diapers that don't fit anymore, drop a few (five or so) off at Gunk Haus, so we can help out other Moms and Dads in need.
Thank you.
Dirk
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Overspray ...
We are blessed with a great neighborhood and great neighbors. They bring us cookies and muffins, they plow us out in the winter, and they spray-paint our table bases, which is what our neighbors James and Scott did today. It took them two hours start to finish what would have taken me an entire day to do with a brush.
And the Jack was back, finishing the banquette in the beer hall. I hate to brag, but this place is looking awesome.
We stopped by our friend Jerry's to have a look at the sign, which will adorn the building fairly soon.
Dirk
And the Jack was back, finishing the banquette in the beer hall. I hate to brag, but this place is looking awesome.
We stopped by our friend Jerry's to have a look at the sign, which will adorn the building fairly soon.
Dirk
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