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Changing HVAC Ducts
August
The space we had leased already had a HVAC duct as seen in the photo below: 
This duct does not look good and does not get enough air to make the room nicely cool/warm. So we changed to a new spiral hard duct.
This duct guy is very nice and looks very energetic, but he says he got a cancer last year and recommended to have vegan diet. Will be our future customer! 
This is the installation for the bathroom duct. Making a hole on the roof. (The hole looks too big! Will it be all right???) One of them says he has a fear of heights!
These two, Ken, the general contractor and Akira, the owner, were talking closely about the construction while the other two were working. It is better to talk face-to-face than telephone conversation. Communication is very very important since people from many different fields are working.
August
The best vegan / vegetarian restaurant, VegiLicious is facing a public hearing to request a special permit (coastal development permit) from Huntington Beach, California.
Watch Akira's impressions from the meeting!
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July
Thanks Ken(Our general contractor)! He is organizing the whole construction team and discussed our plan with the landlord, Huntington Harbour mall.
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Sign is up!
July
Our restaurant sign is up now.
We went to see the construction the other day, and someone was installing the sign by chance. We were able to see almost the whole process of the sign installation.
This gentleman looked to be having fun when he was doing the work maybe because we were looking. He says this material will last 20 years!
It is the sign company’s idea to make it 3D. It was good to see the whole process of manufacturing. He said this logo was great, which made us very happy! 
We were looking at the finished sign with pleasure feeling some more clear images of opening the restaurant.
Construction Starts!
July
We finally got the city’s approval for construction, which we had been waiting for a long long time, last week! The construction started from cutting concrete. Since it would make a lot of noise, the contractors worked at night after neighbor shops closed.
These holes are for plumbing. Pipes are going to be in under the kitchen and the bathrooms. 4 plumbers worked for this.
It seems that they were going to install pipes in the wall and above the ceiling, which should be a hard work!
The city’s inspector came and checked 3 days consecutively. We were surpeised that for every step they inspect the work and we have to pass. Or we would not be able to move on to next step. Here is the check list. All the items must be checked on to pass.
Good work please, Ken!
July
We finally received an approval for the construction of our first Vegan Restaurant in Huntington Beach!
A GREEN LIGHT!!
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July
We have been waiting our floor plan to get approved from the city of Huntington Beach for a quite while. Thanks to the supporters voices(you), we had a surprise phone call.
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June
Have you wondered how all of those restaurant floors and walls are decorated?
Watch our latest episode of Akira's Adventures: How to build a vegan restaurant!
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June
Building the best vegan restaurant is not always an easy road.
See a part of Akira's life as a restaurant owner.
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