Customers to Home Maid will soon be able to nosh on biscuits and French toast all day when the Federal Hill restaurant opens this spring.
Home Maid is opening at 1400 Key Highway, a space previously occupied by Grille on the Hill and the Sushi Place. The restaurant, owned by brothers Derrick and...
DATE: Wednesday, May 18, 2016
$95 pp Non-Refundable Ticket includes Bus & Show House Ticket
Flyer with pick-up info: ASID MD Trip – KIPs Bay Show house
First stop in NY – Show House After that you are on your own in the city. Meet back at the bus by 6 PM. Keep in mind that Wednesday is Matinee Day in NYC! For more information about the tour: www.kipsbayshowhouse.org
SAVE YOUR SPOT on this Exciting Trip! Limited Seats, Register by April 16th
Or if you wish to pay by check, please write the amount of $95.00 to ASID Maryland and mail to: Karen Osborne, 540 Baltimore Annapolis Blvd, Severna Park, MD 21146
Event Contact person: Karen Osborne karen@karenreneeinteriors.com
Surprise! There will be a 2016 Baltimore Symphony Show House!
While the show house is VERY late this year and doesn’t fit into our “normal” school semester timeline; I am willing to consider the idea of CCBC INTD participating. It is an amazing opportunity for students to participate in a REAL design project from concept to completion, add to your resume and portfolio, plus it publicizes our CCBC Interior Design Program so well! After touring the home and analyzing our ability to participate with in the timeline/ student interest, we will determine our involvement this year. Smaller spaces to be considered.
Any CCBC Interior Design Students (or alumni) interested MUST email Laura Kimball at lkimball@ccbcmd.edu by Wednesday 4/6 & please try to tour the house during the Designer open house times (listed below). You will need to commit to participating from April to mid-July. Project phases: Concept, Planning, Designing, Fundraising, Furniture/ Material Procurement, Construction, Furnishing & Decorating, Inventory, Presenting, Take-down, Repair & touch up.
“WENDOVER” 2016 BALTIMORE SYMPHONY DECORATORS’ SHOW HOUSE
(Time line: The Show House will be open to our guests from Sunday, June 5th until Sunday, June 26th (Tentative) Private Parties begin Tuesday, May 31st until Saturday, June 4th)
Designer’s Open House: (you will note CCBC INTD on the sign in)
Address: 205 Wendover Road Baltimore, MD 21218
This is a Single-Family Home in Guilford built in 1920s. It has 8 bedrooms, 4 full baths, 3 half baths and approximately 6,537 square feet living space.
Light City Baltimore at the Inner Harbor: March 28th-April 3rd
Spring Break Make and Take Workshops at AVAM: Thursday from 2pm-4pm
The Johns Hopkins Film Festival at Shriver Hall: Thursday at 730pm
The Illusionists – Live from Broadway at the Hippodrome: Thursday at 8pm
November Project Baltimore: Friday at 630am at Patterson Park, Wednesday at 530am & 630am at Rash Field
80’s Night at Art Show at Mount Vernon Marketplace: Friday from 7pm-11pm
Troeg-A Toga Party at AVAM: Friday from 8pm-11pm
Festival of Laughs with Mike Epps at Royal Farms Arena: Friday at 8pm
Datsik at Ram’s Head Live: Friday at 8pm
2016 Marching Ravens Tryouts at M&T Bank Stadium: Saturday at 9am
Riverside Garden Club: Saturday at 9am
Canton Waterfront Park Clean Up: Saturday from 10am-12pm
Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower Open House: Saturday from 11am-4pm
Baltimore Bike Swap & Social at Baltimore Bicycle Works: Saturday from 11am-4pm
NCAA Lacrosse – Drexel at Towson: Saturday at 12pm
Charlie Puth at Ram’s Head Live: Saturday at 730pm
Brit Floyd – The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show at The Lyric: Saturday at 8pm
Light Painting Lab at Baltimore Museum of Industry: Sunday from 1pm-3pm
Torrey Smith Charity Basketball Game at Royal Farms Arena: Sunday at 3pm
Canine…Feline…Drink Wine at Second Chance: Sunday from 3pm-6pm
Shakers Pigtown Opening Day Party: Monday from 10am-11pm
Minnesota Twins vs. Baltimore Orioles at Oriole Park at Camden Yards: Monday at 3pm
Farmers’ Markets
32nd Street Farmers’ Market in Waverly: Saturday from 7am-12pm
Hampden Farmers’ Market: Saturday from 9am-1pm
Whitelock Community Farm Market Stand: Saturday from 10am-1pm
Federal Hill Farmers Market at Light Street Presbyterian Church: Saturday from 130pm-4pm
Have a GREAT weekend!
Welcome to Mid-Week Five! Each week SouthBMore.com will showcase five homes in a certain category in South Baltimore.
Check out five homes at five different South Baltimore Peninsula neighborhoods around $350,000 featuring exposed brick, rooftop decks, parking pads, original details, and more.
644 Harvey Street
Federal Hill
Price: $349,900
Tax: $4,040
1,122 sq. ft.
-2 BD/2 BA
Off Street Parking: Potentially
1210 Hull Street
Locust Point
Price: $349,900
Tax: $6,490
1,527 sq. ft.
-3 BD/2.5 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
711 Sharp Street
Otterbein
Price: $349,900
Tax: $5,468
1,451 sq. ft.
-2 BD/1 BA
Off Street Parking: No
1506 South Charles Street
South Baltimore
Price: $364,900
Tax: $3,776
-2 BD/2.5 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
1517 Webster Street
Riverside
Price: $365,000
Tax: $6,485
1,262 sq. ft.
-3 BD/2 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
Last night, landscape architecture firm Mahan Rykiel Associates and The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore revealed its first concepts for a new Rash Field. In January, approximately 200 people met to offer ideas and feedback about the project and Mahan Rykiel, along with The Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, additionally commissioned an online survey about the future of Rash Field. The collective feedback received helped shape the plans which highlights beach volleyball, an anchor at Rash Field for the last 17 years, as well as with new sections of the space designed to diversify park uses.
In the plan, volleyball will get a seven-court setup, the same amount of courts currently in place, in a new section called The Sand Box on the western side of the park. The courts will be stacked with four courts closer to Key Hwy. and three courts closer to the Inner Harbor. Immediately east of The Sand Box is a large grassy area called The Lawn. With a length of 100 yards by 50 yards, The Lawn will be able to accommodate full-length soccer games and can be configured for social sports. The Rash Field operators plan to partner with local schools and sports leagues for programming at The Lawn. New soil technologies will additionally be used to improve drainage at Rash Field.
Adjacent to The Lawn to the north is The Game Allee. This will be an area for bocce ball, ping pong, and other yard activities. The existing bleachers adjacent to Key Hwy. will be broken up to add in new landscaping, as well as to create nooks called Reading Rooms for relaxing and reading. Richard Jones of Mahan Rykiel noted the bleachers will still have the same amount of stairs, which are used regularly by The November Project and patrons using the park to exercise.
Other sections include The Overlook and Wall, which will feature a small peg rock climbing wall, and the Play Lab & Cafe, which is located towards the northwestern section of the park where vendors and food trucks can potentially set up, as well as s space for a playground. Mahan Rykiel is also looking at changing up the existing pavilion for vendor use.
Throughout the park and surrounding The Lawn will be a running trail made of a gravel surface. Jones noted it will be the same style surface that is getting installed at Eager Park in East Baltimore. His team chose this surface after consulting with physicians at Johns Hopkins Hospital about the best running surfaces for a runner’s body.
The plan also includes a garden adjacent to the Rusty Scupper and garage, as well as the relocation of the Pride of Baltimore Memorial. Additionally, the facility’s bathrooms, which are often locked, will be renovated and a berm separating the park and Inner Harbor promenade will be removed and replaced with new landscaping and trees.
The plan was very well received by many in attendance but concerns were also shared in the Q & A session and during the work groups. Several in attendance, as well as all the work groups, noted the number of volleyball courts was not increased in the new plan. Baltimore Beach Volleyball estimates they have 2,500 weekly users, with a growing demand to expand. Concerns were also shared about the aging overhead lighting at the park, which is not in the plans to be replaced, though Mahan Rykiel noted that safe levels of lighting would be installed throughout the park. The users also wanted to make sure safety measures and maintenance continued at the park with the many new uses proposed. Many attendees also hoped to see a winter ice rink in the park.
Baltimore Beach Volleyball President Todd Webster told SouthBMore.com he was positive about the progress and happy to see the park get some “desperately needed attention.”
Webster has been planning a second venue, in addition to Rash Field, to meet the growing demand for volleyball. He did not disclose the location or timeline for the venue at this time.
Mahan Rykiel will take into consideration the feedback received and will present a plan to the Baltimore City Planning Department’s Urban Design & Architecture Review Panel (UDARP) in April. Feedback can also be submitted at rashfield.org.
The city has $4.5 million budgeted for the first round of improvements with an additional $4.5 million expected in upcoming years. Jones anticipated construction could take about 18 months and a groundbreaking is anticipated for the summer or fall of 2017 .
Mahan Rykiel’s work in Baltimore includes Pierce’s Park at Pier 5; East Baltimore’s Eager Park, which is now under construction; and, a master plan for Patterson Park. The firm is also currently working with the Downtown Partnership on a redevelopment of McKeldin Square adjacent to the Inner Harbor.
Also scheduled to get underway in the immediate area is the redevelopment of the Key Hwy. and Light St. intersection. The project is anticipated to start this fall and has an approximate 18-month construction timeline.
Renderings from the Mahan Rykiel Presentation
Home Maid, a popular Towson restaurant focusing on breakfast and brunch plates, is relocating to 1400 Key Hwy. in Federal Hill. Home Maid is owned and operated by brothers and Baltimore natives Derrick and Justin Faulcon.
While previously living in Los Angeles, the brothers were inspired by the city’s brunch scene and decided they wanted to start their own restaurant featuring a take on some of the southern-style recipes they grew up eating with their family. They came back to Baltimore and opened Home Maid in 2014 at 7 E. Chesapeake St. in Towson at a former taco restaurant. They discovered the location when they saw a ‘for rent’ sign on the Chesapeake St. property while intending to check out a different listing with their realtor.
The purchase of the Towson business also came with a food truck, which in 2015 they were hoping to take back to Los Angeles. They ultimately decided to stay in the Baltimore area, however, and turned their focus on expanding their brick-and-mortar restaurant operation and launching their food truck locally.
The brothers were looking to expand upon the small 650 sq. ft. building they had in Towson and began scouting various properties in several areas of Baltimore. After looking at another available property in the neighborhood, they once again happened to accidentally discover a ‘for rent’ sign on a property that would later become their home. This time it was at 1400 Key Hwy., which was formerly occupied by Grill on the Hill, The Sushi Place, and Feisty Goat Pub.
They closed the Towson location in November and signed a lease for the 1,600 sq. ft. space on Key Hwy. The new, larger location brings their dining capacity from 14 seats to 50 seats with additional outdoor seating.
Derrick, who told SouthBMore.com he has a passion for interior design, renovated the space to have the “romanticism of home.” Home Maid has a country kitchen feel and features a concrete bar top that will seat 10, subway tile back splashes, refinished wood tables and benches, and a collection of antique and eclectic items that the brothers found at flea markets around the area. The walls are covered with a navy blue wainscoting as well as a rooster-themed wallpaper and a wallpaper styled to look like vintage newspapers. Home Maid additionally features a variety of light fixtures and country-style window shutters.
Along with the bar, the dining area features a large family-style table made from reclaimed wood, two- and four-top tables, and bench seating. They will soon be installing a new awning on the exterior and replacing the windows.
The menu will feature a rotation of 15 breakfast-style items inspired by the cooking of their grandmother and family who are originally from North Carolina. Staples will include The Black Bastard, featuring blackened salmon and creamy grits; The Fat Albert, featuring their signature biscuits with an andouille sausage gravy; chicken and waffles; biscuit sandwiches; a crab cake benedict; yogurt parfait; and more. All dishes and sides, including three types of jams. Sides will include brown sugar fried sweet potatoes and rosemary parmesan potatoes. Derrick Faulcon noted many items could be quickly prepared for those on the go in the morning.
Signature drinks will include a brown sugar lemonade and a cucumber watermelon lemonade. Unlike their restaurant in Towson, the Faulcon’s new space in Federal Hill has a liquor license, which they plan on utilizing by offering bloody marys, hard lemonades, fresh-squeezed mimosas and drinks, sangria, Irish Coffee, and local beers on tap. They will also be serving a pour-over style Counter Culture coffee.
Home Maid’s Towson restaurant had a four-and-a-half star Yelp rating and a five-star Facebook rating.
The Faulcons plan on opening in the May timeframe and will hire 14-20 employees. Home Maid will be open every day from 8am to 10pm.
The Faulcons will also soon be launching the Home Maid food truck in Baltimore.
Welcome to Million Dollar Monday! Each week SouthBMore.com will showcase a home on the market listed at a half a million dollars or more.
This Federal Hill loft-style condominium in the former Holy Cross School features a two-story great room, tin ceilings, original hardwood floors, opens spaces, luxury details, and garage parking.
112 West Street #302
Federal Hill
Price: $529,900
Tax: $8,182
HOA: $718/month
2,248 sq. ft.
-2 BD/2.5 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
The first-ever Light City Baltimore festival kicks off today. The festival of “light, music and innovation” is being held around the 1.5 mile BGE Light Art Walk in the Inner Harbor with one of the festival’s conferences also taking place at Port Covington’s City Garage. Light City will run until April 3rd.
About the festival from LightCity.org:
Premiering in 2016, Light City Baltimore is the first large-scale, international light festival in the United States, homegrown right here in Baltimore. Light City will provide a backdrop for the celebration of ideas, ingenuity and creativity through art, music and innovation.
Light City will shine a light on Baltimore’s abundance of creative, cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary talent, and we welcome participants from across the globe to join us.
Light City’s innovation programming will generate an ecosystem of ideas and learning during the day – while lights, performances and live music reimagine the Inner Harbor at night. Festival is open from 7pm-11pm March 28- March 31, 7pm-12am April 1-April 2, and 7pm-11pm on April 3. DOWNLOAD THE APP
Interested participants can visit Light City’s website and download its app for the daily lineup of events.
Conferences include the Social Innovation Conference, Health Innovation Conference, Sustainability Innovation Conference, Creative Innovation Conference, and Bright Light Youth Festival.
The concert headliners include:
Here is a rundown of the open houses this weekend in South Baltimore. Buy a house, stay a while!
609 Fremont Avenue
Ridgely’s Delight
Price: $235,000
936 sq. ft.
-3 BD/1.5 BA
Off Street Parking: No
Open House Saturday from 12pm-2pm
143 East Randall Street
Riverside
Price: $349,900
1371 sq. ft.
-2 BD/2.5 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
Open House Saturday from 12pm-2pm
512 East Clement Street
Federal Hill
Price: $295,900
1097 sq. ft.
-2 BD/2 BA
Off Street Parking: No
Open House Saturday from 12pm-2pm
1500 South Charles Street
Federal Hill
Price: $469,900
-3 BD/3 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
Open House Saturday from 12pm-3pm
1506 South Charles Street
Federal Hill
Price: $364,900
-2 BD/2.5 BA
Off Street Parking: No
Open House Saturday from 12pm-3pm
5 West Fort Avenue
Federal Hill
Price: $424,900
-4 BD/3.5 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
Open House Saturday from 12pm-3pm
Federal Place
Federal Hill
Price: Starting in the $600,000s
2,370-2,590 sq. ft.
-3-5 BD/3.5-4 BA
Off Street Parking: Yes
Open House Saturday and Sunday from 1pm-5pm
1239 Harbor Island Walk
HarborView – Federal Hill
Price: $1,099,000
-3 BD/3.5 BA
3,757 sq. ft.
Off Street Parking: Yes
Open House Saturday from 2pm-4pm
1310 Andre Street Unit A
Locust Point
Price: $468,500
-4 BD/3 BA
1,980 sq. ft.
Off Street Parking: Yes
Open House Sunday from 1pm-3pm
Welcome to Rental Spotlight where SouthBMore.com showcases unique rental properties in South Baltimore, from rowhouses to high-rise apartments. Do you have a rental you’d like featured on Rental Spotlight? Contact Mary Wargo at Mary@southbmore.com.
This HarborView townhome features a rooftop deck, gourmet kitchen, 3-car parking, a wet bar, multiple living rooms, and wood floors throughout.
1266 Harbor Island Walk
HarborView – Federal Hill
Price: $3,850/month
-3 BD/4 BA
2,464 sq. ft.
Off Street Parking: Yes
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Royal Farms Arena: March 17th-March 27th
AVAM’s Wedding Happy Hour: Thursday at 530pm
District 3 – City Council Candidate Forum at Faith Community Church: Thursday from 7pm-9pm
November Project Baltimore: Friday at 630am at Patterson Park, Wednesday at 530am & 630am at Rash Field
Democratic Senate Candidate Debate at University of Baltimore: Friday at 1230pm
Baltimore Bike Party – Moonlight Madness at St. Mary’s Park: Friday at 630pm
Federal Hill Kids Egg Hunt: Saturday from 10am-12pm
Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower Open House: Saturday from 11am-4pm
NCAA Lacrosse – Stony Brook at UMBC: Saturday at 12pm
NCAA Lacrosse – Bucknell at Loyola: Saturday at 1pm
BARCS Crawl 2016 in Federal Hill: Saturday from 2pm-7pm
NCAA Lacrosse – Binghamton at Towson: Saturday at 1pm
Light City Baltimore at the Inner Harbor: March 28th-April 3rd
Farmers’ Markets
32nd Street Farmers’ Market in Waverly: Saturday from 7am-12pm
Hampden Farmers’ Market: Saturday from 9am-1pm
Whitelock Community Farm Market Stand: Saturday from 10am-1pm
Federal Hill Farmers Market at Light Street Presbyterian Church: Saturday from 130pm-4pm
Have a GREAT weekend!
Mahan Rykiel Associates, the Baltimore-based landscape architecture firm chosen for the redevelopment of Rash Field, will be holding its second public meeting next Tuesday at 6pm at the Maryland Science Center. Approximately 200 people met in January to give ideas and feedback about the project. The public will start to see a vision for the future of the park as this meeting’s agenda includes:
There will be a $4 million budget for Phase 1. A larger budget for improvements is expected in Fiscal Year 2018 and 2019.
Over the last 15 years, many plans have been proposed and discussed in regards to the future of Rash Field at the south shore of the Inner Harbor. When the Inner Harbor 2.0 Plan was released in November 2013, ideas for a redeveloped Rash Field included things such as water and sculpture gardens, a barge pool, a public beach, a carousel, a children’s science garden, and playgrounds, but no mention was made of a space for beach volleyball. However, the Waterfront Partnership released a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a Rash Field improvement plan in July and beach volleyball was front and center as a requirement.
The chosen firm had to include the following uses and design principles in the redesign of Rash Field:
“Rash Field is a unique civic space at the interface of land and water. It connects nature and culture, commerce and residence, active and passive recreation, and provides vistas of two of the City’s most iconic and evolving urban environments – the Inner Harbor waterfront and City skyline,” said Richard Jones, President of Mahan Rykiel Associates. “Our collaborative engagement process – on this and all of our projects – grounds our approach to design and planning; thus providing a window into community needs and desires, and ultimately, contributing to an enriched environment that better serves Baltimore.”
“We’d like to build on the popularity of beach volleyball. We’ve seen many fitness programs, such as November Project, use the current space as well,” said Laurie Schwartz, president of Waterfront Partnership, in July after the release of the RFQ. “The removal of the berm (separating the park and Inner Harbor promenade) will increase sight lines, hopefully leading to more people participating in the activities.”
At the first public meeting, the group in attendance was filled with neighbors from nearby communities, Digital Harbor staff and students, and a large contingent of participants from Baltimore Beach Volleyball and the November Project, two popular groups that utilize Rash Field. Those in attendance were asked to complete an online survey upon entering and were later split into 11 groups to discuss the future of Rash Field and share key points of their discussion with the audience.
Nearly everyone in attendance, as revealed through the survey results, agreed the space should remain an active recreation park. The love for beach volleyball was apparent in the group presentations from both those who play and those who do not, but a popular sentiment was the space should be more flexible so multiple activities or events can take place at once without disruption. Nearly every group stated a desire for the return of a winter ice rink at Rash Field, which has been in place in recent years at McKeldin Square and Harborplace. Most groups also noted Rash Field felt like a community space and not a “tourist attraction like the rest of the Inner Harbor.” One group led their presentation with “don’t change it, enhance it,” which led to a positive reaction by the audience.
Ideas presented for Rash Field in the presentations included a farmers’ market, vendors, outdoor cafes or food boats, a better running track and fitness equipment, more shade, improved bathrooms, a dog park, better lighting, gardens, artwork and scuplture gardens, permeable surfaces, bike parking, better signage, a skate park, kayaking and sport rental facilities, climbing walls, fountains, spaces for dancing, education spaces, and more connectivity to Federal Hill. There were varying opinions about whether the feeling of separation from the rest of the Inner Harbor was a good or bad thing.
Mahan Rykiel’s work includes Pierce’s Park at Pier 5; East Baltimore’s Eager Park, which is now under construction; and, a master plan for Patterson Park. The firm is also currently working with the Downtown Partnership on a redevelopment of McKeldin Square adjacent to the Inner Harbor.
Save-A- Sample Sponsors an Annual Hand Rendering Competition! $1000 grand prize, $250 City Prizes! We have had two City winners in the past – may be this year it is you! Most recently Leora Davelos 2014 DC City Winner. Her winning submission is on the wall outside Room 212.
Deadline: completed boards must be submitted to Laura Kimball by April 4, 2016 by 8 pm delivered to ARTS 201 Laura’s class or ARTS 212 in Darrell’s class. A group of CCBC evaluators will select the top two entries and ship them off for competition judging (due April 8 at the location).
Follow the Submission Package Guidelines (see below). Tip: Scan your Rendering BEFORE attaching it to you project. You must submit your original hand rendering on the board.
Guidelines & Requirements are here:Save A Sample 2016 Hand Rendering and Materials Board Competition Packet Use the samples found in Room 212 for your samples board. Students who have not done a materials board before – look at samples in the hallways, ask classmates and ASK Laura Kimball and look at previous winners:http://www.saveasample.org/#!student–hand-drawing-competition/v3vvx
Any Questions? Ask Laura Kimball lkimball@ccbcmd.edu
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy is located at 300 E. Gittings St. in Federal Hill.
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy Release:
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, a tuition-free, private Jesuit middle school serving low-income boys in Baltimore City, is announcing the addition of a 5th grade offering in addition to its 6th, 7th and 8th grades starting with the 2016-17 academic school year. The change will increase maximum enrollment from 90 – 120 students.
“Our goal is to put more boys in Baltimore City on a path toward success through high school graduation and college enrollment – at a time when it’s needed more than ever in our city,” said John Ciccone, president at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy.
“In Baltimore City, just over 60% of males graduate from high school. Our boys are coming from the same neighborhoods, but succeeding – consistently, 98% of them graduate from high school. We are trying to get this level of support to more boys.”
When students begin in 6th grade at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, they are often 1-2 grade levels behind in major subject areas like reading and math. The expectation is that starting in 5th grade, a year earlier, will help reduce that loss and give the child an additional year of support.
Student success is supported by a longer school day and year with rigorous curriculum, small class sizes, summer programming and mentoring support both at school, and beyond in high school and college.
The grade addition is the school’s largest growth effort to date.
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy runs solely on donations, and is not funded by the Archdiocese of Baltimore or federal, state or city governments. For more information on giving or the application process, please visit www.saintignatius.org.
The popular escape room experience has hit Federal Hill as Lock N’ Key Escape Room is opening at 1118-B Light St. It will open in a 2,400 sq. ft. space that was formerly an office for Keller Williams.
Lock N’ Key is owned by a Baltimore-based husband and wife team that asked to remain anonymous while they complete work at their current jobs. The duo came up with the idea about eight months ago after reading an NPR article about escape rooms. They then started traveling around to other cities to check out these rooms and decided they wanted to start one here in Baltimore. The escape room concept fits with their work experience that includes education, team building, and security systems installation.
They chose the space in Federal Hill in part because of its great location for friends, families, and companies to visit. They also noted the space was pretty turn-key for their business with just cosmetic changes needed. The owners will be adding an awning to the exterior of the space and redesigning the large storefront window.
The owners described the Lock N’ Key experience as live, interactive, and incredibly focused on team building. Teams of four to eight people will go into a room and have to figure out puzzles so they can escape. Themes will include a zombie run, CIA secret agent, and bank heist.
Lock N’ Key will have three escape rooms that are approximately 400 sq. ft. each. Two rooms can also be used in conjunction for a head-to-head team competition.
The entire experience will last about an hour and a half with the actual challenges lasting an hour. The rooms will have countdown clocks and music to set the mood and the owners are looking to partner with local bars and restaurants to offer drink coupons so participating teams can socialize afterwards.
Lock N’ Key will be open Thursday through Sunday from 4pm to 10pm with about five sessions each night. Tickets, which must be purchased online in advance, will cost $28 per person with discount rates for area neighbors. Interested participants can sign up as a team or individually.
The owners are hoping to host couples nights as well as book local companies during the day for team building. “You can learn so much about a person – their strengths and weaknesses – during these experiences,” they said.
The owners are hoping to open in mid-April and are looking to hire three to four employees, including a general manager and game masters.
