Only somebody who has ridden the store-opening-rollercoaster can understand the pain it causes us to have to put up this blog post after our last one. After three years of working through delay after delay, we were certain we’d be open by today.

So certain in fact, that two weeks ago we announced we’d be opening some day in August when the calendar read “1X.” Back then – which now seems like eons ago – we were excited because we were only a few days work away from being ready to open. Maybe we’ll share the full story with you after we open, but we’ll just let you know in vague terms that two weekends ago we were dealt a few hard blows by the restaurant gods. We kinda feel like Rocky right now being knocked down by Apollo but we know that Rocky kicks some ass in the 15th round.

One of those blows was the lack of a sprinkler permit that we were under the impression wasn’t necessary. After speaking with the Mike the Sprinkler Man, we found out the permit will take another 2-3 weeks and we cannot get our Certificate of Occupancy to operate until we get it. The sad reality is that though we’ll be operational this weekend because everything else in line, we won’t be allowed to sell anything. We are crushed by the news of yet another delay and because of this last pushback we are going to refrain from setting any sort of firm-date.

On the positive side, Mikey has been a soldier throughout this recent ordeal and has become our de facto contractor and constructor. He took on the project of building the pad for our walk-in box as well as assembling the walk-in box himself (after painting the whole store and the bench too). He also lined the walls with red tile so our walls are completed. Here are some pictures of the completed projects (and the countertop is being installed today, which was supposed to be the final piece of the puzzle). Thanks for the hard work and late nights, Mike.



And to our fans, please accept our humble apology for possibly getting your hopes up and having to break this delay news to you. We swear, you’ll get your calzones.

Hey everyone,

Thanks for following our progress over the last (gasp!) three years. We are finally going to commit to an opening date…sort of. Our ever optimistic manager, Mike, insists that we can be operational in 7-12 days and I tend to believe him. In fact, Jacquie and I will be in Philly with Mike this weekend buying the final supplies from the restaurant supply store and putting the finishing touches on the store’s interior (if you’re wondering where Scott is, well, he’s been off-shored temporarily but will be back for the Grand Opening). Since we really can’t say which day we’ll be open, let’s just say we’ll be selling our first calzone between August 10th and August 19th, hence the August 1x.

See you soon!

Thanks again,

The DP Dough Philly Team
Mike, Jacquie, Scott and Jason