Jason and Jacquie (I, in this case) went to Philadelphia this past weekend to help car-less Mikey run some errands, meet with potential day-shift managers, and check up on the store’s progress to report back to you!

I photoshopped most of the pictures here because I’m trying to learn more about CS4; and because a few of the pics turned out blurry :o) Don’t judge - it was dark and I didn’t have a tripod!! It’s hard to hold a heavy camera steady for long-exposures. Anyway, more about our store!

This is Jason and Mikey standing outside of the store. I imagine that in 40+ years our grandchildren will pull out this picture and it will look weathered and faded like it does here.

This is the right side of the store. The top is beige, the trim will be painted a dark gray, and the bottom part will be red. Our curved countertop will go on top of the platform in the middle of the store and there will be an eating counter all along the right side wall.

This is another shot of where the counter will be. This is basically what you will see as soon as you walk through our doors, finished of course.

These are our double-stacked convection ovens. They are so much bigger and taller than what they looked like in the original picture we posted. The ovens are really sick. They can be calibrated for any temp and any speed. The calzones will go the full trip from one end to the other but there’s a door in the middle where breadsticks can be thrown in for their shorter cook time.

Next is our freezer that’s in the prep-area. The freezer may be utilized in the future for pint sized ice creams (an idea we’re kicking around to deliver with the zones). Yum!

This is our built-in wrap-around bench that Mikey is in the midst of staining a dark brown.

Last but not least, our handicap-accessible bathroom!

And I leave you with the original version of the first picture because this is what you’ll see when you walk up to our store in the middle of August to get your yummy calzone - sans brown paper!

Since you’re getting this email, I assume you’ve been following our progress and may even be excited to see that we’re getting VERY close to opening. As we near the end of the beginning, we are starting to look for a reliable/organized/experienced/kick-a$$ person to help Mikey run the day-to-day of the store. In other words, we’re looking for a full-time manager. Instead of going to craigslist and looking for “strangers,” we thought we’d come to our trusted fans and ask if any of you have experience and are interested or know of anybody who might meet those criteria.

We are hoping to meet with people this Sunday so we can get started on the training by early August. Drop me an email or apply through our form on the website if you’re interested! We really look forward to hearing from you.

In the meantime, here are some more pics of how the store is coming along.

The walls that have been painted by Mikey himself:

Our built-in bench that wraps around half the store:

Our hot (bad pun intended) and brand-new conveyor ovens which will make your fresh, piping hot calzones in 5 minutes!

~Jacquie with the DP Dough Philly team