Chief Schenevus Restaurant Tour

     This shot is of the front and right side of the building, with the driveway going to the rear for handicapped and employee parking. The 2nd floor tenants park in the rear as well. There is plenty of on the street parking.
     The building to the immediate left is for sale as well. Our building is right corner of attached buildings. It is constructed from the basement to the roof (on 3 sides) of 3 ft deep fieldstone, the 4th side (the front), of brick from ground level. This establishes the building as a separate entity from its left neighbor.
     The building has been certified by our local historical society as a Historical Landmark. When we purchased the building in 1989, we kept the reconstruction to an earlier historical picture we had found.
     The 2 lone windows on the fieldstone wall are for the 2nd floor bedrooms, #1 & 2.
     At the rear of the building, just barely seen, is the white 2nd floor back porch. This wooden addition was reconstructed around 1998.

WELCOME TO A GUIDED TOUR OF THE RESTAURANT.

COME INSIDE!

This first shot is the exterior front patio. It is 2 steps up from the sidewalk. We have provided a pleasant “al-fresco” area for our customer’s enjoyment.

This shot is of the patriot of this establishment, and originally designed by an artist traveling through town in 1943.The artist’s name was Ramsey. The hand painted murals inside were done by him as well. The Chief is a good looking guy, right? He looks like he could use a good meal.

The tour continues inside. The entry has a double entry made of glass in order to keep out the cold wind when the front door is opened. The restaurant has 12 tables, which are easily moveable to combine for larger parties. It has an occupancy code of 48 people.

We are standing at the entrance, and looking toward the right. This is the pastry area. The cabinets were made by hand by a local cabinet maker. The shelves in the back display local works of art, as well as shirts, cups, etc with the Chief’s insignia. l
	This 2nd shot of the right side shows the cake and pie displays, and the ice cream freezer. The outside of the freezer has been covered in small tiles, including the words. All this was done, by hand, by Anja. Continuing with her artwork is a close up of a table top with the decoupage on it. Each tabletop is individually made by her, no 2 tops being the same.
This 3rd shot of the right side shows the meat case. Directly behind this, on the back wall, is the fryer, and to the left of that, unseen, is the grill. Your short-order chef will be seen, heard, and be a part of the experience of eating at the Chief
	This is a straight shot down the middle of the restaurant, from standing at the front entrance. You can see the placement of most of the tables, and the back hall where the bathrooms are located to the left. The closed handicapped door leads to the back hall and parking lot. At the rear of the room is a small table. Note the Specials Board above. A portion of the mural is seen at the top left
This shot is toward the left. The seating along the wall is all booths, while the middle aisle is of attached seating. Our color theme is predominately hunter green, to go along with the natural environment of our community. We do display and sell an assortment of Indian themed items. Note the framed pictures displaying the same theme. On the very top of the photo is the famous mural that we had preserved. Another thing to notice is the small framed picture directly above the napkin holder. Each booth has a display that holds different snapshots, postcards, school pictures and advertisements from early Schenevus years. Many have been volunteered by local residents. Behind this interior wall is the 3 ft deep fieldstone wall. Due to health code rules, the wall had to be covered over.

	This shot is of the left hand front corner nook. It can only seat 2 people, which makes it quite the cozy corner for the right 2 people! Also sharing the nook is a very large and very old jade tree.
THE MURAL ( 30’ x 4’) The mural was painted in 1943 by Ramsey, a traveling artist. A single picture of the Chief’s daughter is on the opposite wall. After he heard the legend, the artist created the following scenes with the Chief of Schenevus in the middle: The Lake, Valley, Hunting and The Gorge. You will see a copy of the Chief’s face looking out from different places around town. When we were still a village, this same image was on the village town trucks, and village signs.
	This shot is from the rear wall, looking toward the front door. From this angle you can see the double entry. Hanging from the ceiling are 2 kinds of lights: large globes and fan fixtures with lights. A small corner of the left hand mural of the Chief’s daughter is seen on the left of the picture. The window to the left is showing an Iraqi flag. This is in honor of Dee and Rich’s daughter, Dayna, who is with her troops in Iraq as this is written.
This is the inside back hall, leading to the rear back hall, grand staircase, basement, and back door. It is also the approved handicapped entrance from the back parking lot. The rack on the right is for a video store from Worcester that lends us their video tapes to rent out. Not a big thing, but some locals have come to enjoy it.

        Bathroom
     Not a lot of description necessary. This is the ladies room. The gents have different attractions.
     As a joke, a window frame was attached to the back wall with curtains and a winter photo was inserted behind it. It looks very realistic at first glance!