New season, new plans

We have been planning and having a bit of a think about the cafe. We have had people striding around with drills and wrenches, looking at lights and scratching their heads. We have had "the suits" in- 4 today, at lunch time, in the half term. Do they not get the connection with the name on the door?? - and we have had the animated conversations which finish generally with me laughing hysterically saying "Yes, why not? We'll have three!"
It's all very exciting and good to go into a new season with a little project in hand, but also quite expensive! Jodie helps me by either putting things into simplistic language and when I'm going off an idea she prices it out in mugs of coffee or similar and tells me how long it will take to pay for itself, or she gets her stubborn look and says "well, we need it. Tell him, we need it. No argument. We just need it, and that's it" There is no come back from that.
We have hand dryers now. That work. All the time. No longer will the ladies have to sidle up to a machine on a wall, with dripping hands, and whack it with their elbow to ensure a blast of vaguely warm air that lasts for 3 seconds. It'll be quite dull really.
We are, at some point getting a new window for the kitchen, and at the same time, will be able to paint the kitchen, and I'm hoping some of the cafe. I am trying to get a date for this, but get asked to innumerable meetings instead that only end up deciding when the next meeting will be.
The biggest purchase of all will be our coffee machine.One could buy a new car for less. This is an Evolution machine, and should do pretty much everything. I was hoping it would take the coffee to the table, but apparently not. The best thing about it all is that we will be able to do two things at once. This sounds quite simple, but as these things run on pressure, it cannot draw milk, make it froth and also spit out hot coffee. The new one will. Half the queue therefore and happy customers. All has been arranged by my lovely coffee man, Richard Palmer. He has helped us from day one, and he provides some damn good coffee. I could write all day about Palmer and Palmer. I love them.
We are also adding new bits to our menu. We will do a proper preview thing nearer April when we will roll it out, but we are looking at proper plated salads, homemade (of course) hummus and some new and interesting specials for the boards- they are new too! Any ideas would be very welcome. Don't mention baked beans, or chicken nuggets though, eh?
We will also get a new freezer from which we can serve ice creams. This will mean building a small mdf box for it, to corale it between the vending machines. I have assured the Walls man that we will have a hot summer. If anyone can help me fulfill this promise I'd love to hear from you.
So it's all going on with us, any ideas you have regarding menus, or comments regarding changes please feel free to let us know.