Beth, I wish you the very best, keep your GC in check and make sure you start to form relationships with your vendors!!! I'll be in Rancho Cucamongo this weekend...wish you were open!

Now I've started my own four month count down. Keep blogging so we that are right behind you can live vicariously through your success!! Almost finished with the design... so many "little" revisions... I just want to open!!!

steve, nice meeting you. hope your coffee venture is going well and on schedule.

Hi Stephen- I hope all is well. It sounds like you are getting pretty close to build out. Keep me updated on how your shop is going. Best of luck to you and your ventures!!!

Hey Stephen! Just wanted to touch base, and also had a couple more questions to ask you about your lending process (I'm about to venture out, and I'm nervous!) Drop me an email when you get a chance!

Jessie

Hey Stephen, how are you? Nice to see you here...I hope you get everything ready for you coffee shop. Keep in touch... have a great day, yaz

Because of people like Charles Lampard I'm a huge supportor of this site. Charles, thanks for the thread, i shared it with my wife and some how it brought tears of happiness to her. Your positive attitude and your vision is greatly shared by me! Thanks again and I look forward to sharing with you my success in the very near future!!

Stephen, You are righr to not ASSUME anything but do not make the mistake of settling for mediocre either. You will reap exactly what you what you envision. I have opened two stores in the last three years a drive through and a walk up and am in the process of opening my third a "come in and sit down" espresso cafe. Envision success. Learn all there is about espresso...how many chemical components make up the coffee bean how are they affected by water, temperature, pressure? At what temperature does the sugar in the different milks change how will this affect the espresso? What happens when hot espresso is poured over ice. What are the advantabes of toddy? It's a great business and coffee drinkers are the best. Envision success and have a great time getting there.

Just a quick update, the lease is almost complete, the design is 90% done and construction must start on Sept 14th! So much do and accomplish in 100+ days!!! More to come...........

Thanks Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Best of luck with your future coffee house!

I am actually living in Mexico right now.I will be back in a few months and will let you know the status of Java Girl then.

How about a report on how your shop is going.