The soft launch of the SCG Westlake store is coming up fast! In fact, it is only four short days way, as we will be open for business on Tuesday, July 15th. With the opening coming up soon, we wanted to give to you one last preview at the store before it opens so you can check on our progress. Since our first visit to the store, Gail and her team have been busy building many of the cabinets, shelving and display cases, and transferring them to them to the store. Most of them are nearly completed, and just need a few finishing touches like doors or steel plates on the ends. These displays and shelving will line the back walls and surround the pillar in the center of the store. We also have wooden boxes to create our coffee marketplace, which will hold an expanded selection of fresh, locally roasted coffee as well as blends from Lavazza. Gail is also in the process of reworking the existing event bar in the store, where we’ll host all our workshops and demos, to add a nice granite counter top. The front of the bar will be slightly different than the bars in our Bellevue and Portland stores, but we’ll leave that as a surprise for when you come visit. We can’t give our all secrets away! However, you can expect to find our signature metal gear on the red wall behind the bar. Of course we haven’t forgotten our glorious windows! The window facing the mall will feature a wall of sparkling, rainbow-colored Monin syrup bottles, while there will be shiny machines on display in the street-side windows. If you’re in Seattle next week, you should come explore and play with all our fantastic gear yourself. Our doors open at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday the 15th. We also have a bunch of great stuff planned for our grand opening on the 19th, check back in next week for more details.
SCG Westlake Store Update #2
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