125 Year Old Building Renovated in 1 Year Start to Finish | Opening Day

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I'll get the water cter you get the gate

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you know it's spring because the Sheep

are shedding their wool coats and we

just have clumps of wool everywhere and

see it all back there it's been a crazy

past few weeks every night last till

10:30 at night is when we get home from

the cafe trying to get this thing

finished up and open and now Josh can

officially say it for real for real

we're done for the most part not 100%

done but we are done we're done enough

to wear tomorrow is the day that we're

actually opening the doors to the public

wish us

luck we know nothing about restaurant

business you know we didn't know how to

build a house either and then we came

out and did it so speak for

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yourself that's Marty this is definitely

a cool project there's an old building

and you guys saw saw the way it looked

at first and I saw the diamond in a

rough and so did Aaron and uh we knew we

could turn it into what we did and it

was hard it was a a lot of layers of of

garbage and a lot of crap to deal with

and a lot of structural issues we had to

fix and a lot of unforeseen issues but

it's officially been brought back to

life yeah it looks great long story

short we've officially made it to the

end and thank you guys for sticking with

us I cannot promise you that we will not

drag you through another renovation

project because knowing Josh

actually got something got got put on

hold we got get this our house finished

up and done and then once that's done I

need to get my hands something else

right no more restaurants

though Island that's see Island stay

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a year of meticulous renovation

anticipation Peaks as Wild Roots Cafe

and Co sews its seeds within the

community the Romney Cafe on West Main

Street has undergone a stunning

transformation under its new owners I

know that it looks a little bit rough

right now a huge Improvement compared to

what it did look like it's not bad this

is a 100-year old building with a first

floor of around 2,000 square ft all the

ceiling came down once all the ceiling

came down it was two layers actually we

got through both layers we were for a

huge surprise it was uh steel beams

going across holding up uh wooden roof

Raptors with tongue and groove planking

on top it was a dream we were absolutely

thrilled so all of that is going to stay

we're going to of course be going back

through and like painting and staining

everything but the entire ceiling that

was original is going to be exposed in

here yes what was once the Romney

florist and Iron Works shop is now a

cafe which aspires to become a home

place for the community combining an

inviting atmosphere which brings the

building full circle to what it has been

throughout the years a welcoming space

we'll do this entire section all the way

around exposed brick and also that

entire front wall exposed brick exactly

the only thing I really care about is

the expressing machine goes right here

once we pull the wood panel wall down we

saw that there's existing three Windows

there that were actually blocked up with

a steel Lin over top so we pulled all

the block out of there and it completely

brighten this entire place up so we're

actually going to do the same thing on

the front side we're going to restore

the windows to the original size

stepping into Wild Roots today visitors

are greeted by rays of sunlight beaming

through the now exposed large Windows

previously hidden by layers of drywall

the removal of several layers of drop

ceiling shows off the building's

original wooden roof Rafters and Stately

Steel beams adding to the charm and

character of the 2,000t cafe we're

trying to just go through all the

possibili ities of everything that we

would want in a cafe and that this Cafe

is going to have so that we can make

sure that we get it right the first time

we are here today to start doing the

rough in on electrical now that all the

junction boxes are up we to go through

start pulling MC from box to box once

it's all pulled we'll tie everything

into the box then we're ready for

instulation oh this entire wall and that

wall right there oh my gosh it's not

that bad we hustle we get out here for

n9ine oh my

goodness okay so Josh is being a little

bit dramatic

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it's not you it's me I

know I'm where Plumbing starts tomorrow

the HVAC is going to be finished up on

Tuesday and then a week and a half from

now drywall starts it's going to be so

beautiful uh we still have to get the

entire outdoor seating area done so now

it's starting to all make sense and

really look good together but we're

still at the tip of the iceberg and I'm

so excited I'm glad you're happy she's

happy I'm happy but it is amazing M it's

looks good work out great the exterior

of the building has been completely

pressure washed we have a couple of

different blues and greens we're going

to put it all up on the side not sure

what the color I'm not going to lie we

don't know what we want go back and buy

three gallons of flat and try it again

then we'll find a winner that's what's

going to happen that's why I love

you on the side of the building where

Josh was doing all of the electrical

work the white paint came off of the

brick and it looks fantastic we're

leaving it we're leaving it's

unfortunately this entire thing wasn't

that way cuz we would leave it but I

might make Josh D brick right here don't

tell see it's not feasible you know but

it is feasible it definitely is you got

to do it right I my schedule doesn't

doesn't account for that luckily for me

I make your

schedule color number

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two all the windows are in inside with

the here in a front door is all

installed it looks so much better having

that taken care of today Josh is going

to continue working on the electrical

inside the cafe and I'm going to start

staining some boards for the trim that's

going to go around the interior of the

front door all the brick is done on the

interior and we're really narrowing in

on the last few things to get done in

here so it's kind of crunch time and

these little things like the stained

trim are going to help pull everything

together we're not done yet we got

everything coming in that's my think but

we're this close that close paint the

floors paint the bar install the

countertops and then bam we can start

putting everything in place and we are

opening Cafe it'll be fun they

head first big applian is here I think

that it is the bakery display case don't

have a pallet jack I don't think it has

wheels and I'm not even sure it's going

to fit through this door it was tough a

lot of boxes um they're actually a

little too big to come into the building

but we made them fit we tore that door

out um we got everything pulled in we

wrestled them all in t them all down so

much trash and debris but uh the pallet

jack was key 100% if we didn't have

pallet jack we be screwed but we had a p

Jack so we're fine um yeah all I got to

do now is uh put the door back together

breaking it all down put it back

together and uh we're finished not

quite all we have really left to do with

the service is drop the 600s down to tie

into the line side of the meter I got to

drive a couple ground rods and uh Bond

the building Steel on the inside and

we're done fito ready for inspection the

hardest part is going to be me on that

ladder all way up there pushing down

some 600s 600 copper went down to full

aluminum that's it we passed our

inspection we're officially official

with this document here obviously uh

Next Step we're waiting for the power

company to come through turn power on

and the big huge milestone my eyes is

the espresso machine is going to be here

the next day or so and once that's

installed I'm going to be caffeinated

baby I'm good to

go that's top notch top notch

step away from the espresso machine but

to have a highly successful day you get

a lot of work done look how good that

looks I know you want shot you

on

Josh

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JH it's magnificent I'm going to paint

the trim that goes around the floors the

same color as the walls the trim around

the doors and the door agreeable gray

the goal for today is to get off of

temporary lighting and get onto

permanent light lighting we have

permanent power here now we have track

lights up we start putting heads in

there and getting everything turned on

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grabbing go case grab goe two one

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up just stand right here and look at

that

it's great

right it looks like a real Cafe it is

this is the

last difficult piece to this Cafe simply

getting this oven onto the Jack and

getting it onto the other oven and then

like all the hard work is

done you good yeah and both to together

we're done yeah can't believe it we've

come such a far away I'm not C

faster

faster come on faster faster

FAS

yeah I was nerve-wracking it looks ugly

right here but I promise it's going to

look good Che of that old world charm

you know yeah now the bathroom's

romantic

come

here it's beautiful right there's really

not that much left be wiped up cleaned

up and we just punch his bad boy out

who's that the Glass Guy the glass guy

is here right in early we went Glass and

Metal fantastic well there we go our

first things checked off the list for

the

day leave

it if you don't then I think you

should come and K my

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happy looks great almost

complete this a this is a full

renovation down here oh yeah 100% yeah

but it was much more than that because

we're we've got major inspections yep

there's a lot of things that have to be

done I mean we're opening a restaurant

Cafe Restaurant our first time

yeah I'm excited me too

today we have the first major inspection

of this Cafe pool station bar went off

everything in here shut down exhaust fan

kicked on operating like it's supposed

to so we passed we got a verbal next

step is the health inspector but as of

now we got a thumbs up we're get to go

everything worked flawlessly that's a

what it looks wild what do you think

it's definitely wild it's a cool piece

oh it's definitely a cool piece the next

easiest step is going to be moving all

of the bar stools in very nice I'm not

going to lie do you like it yeah it's

defin a homey feeling oh my gosh look I

mean I'm not going to lie it pulls all

the colors together perfectly well

according to my schedule almost time to

open doors you believe it yeah I know

like it's

like right there it's

like it's no longer weeks away oh my

gosh I'm so excited you know it's uh

days way

so this is it it is officially opening

day at the cafe and we haven't posted

anywhere um I'm hoping everybody comes

all we have is a tiny little Dicky sign

that's going out front it's a little

nerve-wracking and uh we don't want a

huge crowd we want people to come all

out hopefully somebody shows up we're

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hoping uh-oh first car's pulling in and

there's people walking

up hi good morning

hi can someone run

this they went to far a huge success de

has food bumping out of the kitchen

Marley's brising it up killing it over

there and people are coming in they're

happy to see the place they're shocked

cuz a lot of people that came in they

saw the way it was Prior cuz a lot of

locals were coming in they a flower shop

originally and how we completely

transformed it there are a few things we

still haven't finished up Aaron still

hasn't pained the door we're still

missing a little bit of merch and

getting everything set up we do have all

the locals we have our coffee we have

our candles and our soap and we have

local music so everybody's coming in

here they're loving it day one so far is

a huge success

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um do you want uh americ

check 9:00 is the line coming in so it's

day two of us being open the first day

was Mayhem and uh we're expecting today

to be even worse everybody knows the

word is out yeah

so yeah appreciate it guys a you too

thank you you got red velvet cupcakes

carrot cake cookies cinnamon rolls

everything is you know fresh you want

something sweet I suggest the carrot

cake or the cinnamon roll oh the

cinnamon roll looks pretty pretty good

you ain't got to go wrong with that I

can't say that I'm surprised the

cinnamon rolls have gone as fast as they

have we sold out in less than an hour on

day one so we increased the amount for

day two and they're flying off the

shelves so to think that we haven't made

enough again is just crazy but people

have come they showed up for breakfast

then they stayed for lunch and then they

came back again today which is just nice

definitely a good

sign thank you'll you

again thank you so much thank you

can't myself you know you place an order

I

did um I got the uh sausage egg and

cheese on

picas it's amazing you want split

it coming to work and getting a great of

coffee and some breakfast

time we've successfully made it through

the breakfast crowd I was just catch

catching up with Deana who I've barely

had a chance to talk to because things

have been so nuts but we both agreed

that the entire crew has really done

amazing we've all gotten in the flow and

I think that we're all kind of starting

to feel like we got this and we can do

it yeah the flow of the C dist with

massive crows coming in it's a huge

learning curve with food going out

everybody loving it doing dishes doing

the whole Chang it's a it's been wild

the thing is that Diana has the food

unlock but when it comes to the

restaurant business the three of us are

completely learning on the Fly we're new

we have none of us have done this before

but we're we're pushing forward and

we're making it happen we got this the

feedback that we're getting is that

people love the menu the house salads

with the house made vinegarette the

house made ramp Ranch which is delicious

the ramps are local too by the way um

from the sandwiches they have the Moth

Man which is my favorite the turkey club

which is a huge hit today but the secret

to all these sandwiches is the housemade

Picasa that's baked daily pre the day

before baked in the morning ready to go

the fashi recipe is Dean's recipe you've

been perfecting for years now and uh

that's actually the secret to the

sandwich the meats are sliced daily so

everything's fresh but that bread can

make or break a sandwich and this one's

killing it so it's huge but the best

Steller today was the turkey club you

just never know my favorite is Moth Man

it's D Twist on the attack and then I

have a large U vanilla latte with flowy

and then it need

right

here their friendship evolved into a

business collaboration fueled by a

beautiful blending of strengths between

Josh and Aaron's strength in building

and renovating Indiana the brains and

the talent behind all the Kitchen

Creations look dad you made it

how was everything oh very good very

good her pastry

dough the pastry goes delicious good

luck to you all y thank you

congatulations

guys this is absolutely crazy we've been

slamming in here all day long had stop

had be opening day was the other day and

we didn't mention anything for the out

there and then some made a post and we

got slammed but today's worse and it's

been steady slam open to close yeah

we're not even closed yet no very

excited very excited good thing to

have this is the order

so down line

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I have an iced coffee for haly about 30

seconds we want to

get and it's at 34 to 36 right now so we

got down in real quick Go 25 we going to

make a little more course go

perfect 30 seconds that's really

important come here

good byebye nice meeting you guys you

too

awesome awesome everybody awesome

awesome I told her I told her I knew it

was going to be good I knew

ITT waiting I'm like day three it's in

the books I'm super proud how the entire

wild rots team performed today we're

going to go home get some rest tonight

tomorrow Saturday I'm anticipating a

huge day and I'm hoping we're ready

we'll

see loading us up I am I can't believe

the amount of candles and soap that

we've sold over the past couple days I

have a little bit of everything in here

I mean I've got like oh my goodness I've

got the Puli Sunrise I'm going to put

this on the Shelf some of

everything Mountain mint I think in here

this one is The Woodsman so this is the

new scent that I think I just put it

online I'm not

sure the Mother's Day candle this is

brand new if I'm going to put it on the

shelves in here but if you're not making

it into the store this is moonflower

it's Rose Amber and Agave it smells

absolutely amazing yeah that's that's an

amazing scent so Deanna and Jaden are in

there baking more bread getting

everything ready to go it's uh no day

getting started we're ready for it we're

ready

get a big

one I'm ready you guys ready to do this

couple minutes two people already pulled

in

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like maybe like 120 you cracked 120 12

yeah we're busy you

know most I've evered in my life order

by order it's that McDonald's guys you

know we don't don't make it put in the

show if we make it fresh coming in order

that's how we roll

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that is

photograph are you all

right how was day four

Josh it was

nuts crazy first day it was worse the

second day it was worse the third day

the fourth day was just nuts by worse

you mean better but better yeah the

sales it's like it was so jam imp packed

we had a line out the door for like two

and a half hours

straight it was VI oh we need a breath

we're hiding in the corner this is by

the meat

slicer it finally slowed down what time

is it do you know it's almost 2:00 so

we're about to

close that was tough that was really

tough I'm exhausted me too I didn't pick

up the camera a single

time couldn't I couldn't it was wild we

had two two people from Jersey came some

from Florida came some people that live

in Maryland but they're from Germany

Pittsburgh came wola Florida Florida

Florida and who else who more people

there are so many people

Pennsylvania North

Carolina

um so are we taking a nap when we get

home let's go home bu the house I don't

think I'm going today I don't think I

can I don't think do I can't do that day

CU I don't think

wow I lost my voice and like all

scratchy you know good times

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Memories We called in

reinforcements thank you you're welcome

you're hired are you going to put the

mugs away I'm going to say the project

was a huge success now we're done let's

get back to the build

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