After Seven months of planning, cajoling, and endless compromising my plan has been approved by the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety and the County Health Department. Almost a full year after my decision to build a restaurant in this space I now have permission to do that. The best part of that is I am now in charge of my project! Not the engineer, not the plan checker, not the draughtsperson. ME.

The first thing I am going to do is dig some trenches in the floor and start putting in my drains! Yes I have permission to dig a hole.

Between the engineer, planner, blueprints,  and all of the city fees I have spent $24,000. Add to that the application for the beer and wine license, and the application to stay open later, and I have spent $54,000!

You see why I am getting a little cranky.