Transcend Garneau (T2)

Let the fun begin!  This week we finally received a key to our new coffee bar.  Before this week there wasn't a front door, so there wasn't much point.  The door, pictured below, is a very nice door, albeit still without a handle.  The space is still being worked on by the landlord's builders, but I think it is safe to say that we are now truly in a position to start to do our own improvements.  As you can see, the space has a ton of raw potential, or as our designer Kimberly (Murphy) Bradley says, "the space has great bones".  We are slowly starting to get excited about the prospect.  It is still months off, in terms of an actual opening date, and in between now and then I am going to Ethiopia for a couple of weeks and probably Central America too.  Needless to say, we have some great people lined up to work at Transcend Garneau, with Chuck Elves as Manager, and Troy Archie (giving up nursing) to come back and work for us as the assistant manager.  We are totally stoked to be part of a landmark building like the Garneau Theatre building which is now a historical site in Edmonton.



As you can see from the photos, the original brick wall will be a great feature, and what is not visible is the terrazzo flooring.  We will keep you updated on our progress (a journal of sorts).  This year is poised to be an exciting year for Transcend Coffee, as we are working on new packaging, a new website, new coffees, new origins in terms of Direct Trade and of course the new coffee bar.  We may even have a few more tricks up our sleeve, so stay tuned.