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Basement Remodeling Update and Installing Subfloor to Prevent Water Damage
Bob is back in the nearly completed basement family room in Melrose, MA. The new space has progressed from a dingy, damp lower level to a finished family room. He reviews the basement finishing system from Owens Corning that completes the room with walls, ceiling, and doors. To keep the space moisture and mold-free, Basement Systems has installed perimeter drainage and now a dehumidifier designed to remove water from the air at lower temperatures. An interlocking basement floor system is also installed to protect against water seepage and rot from contact between water-conducting concrete and organic flooring materials. The interlocking floor panels are attached to the floor, covered with padding, and topped with carpet tiles arranged to create a unique pattern. Easy-to-assemble, plywood-based Slide-Lok cabinets are configured and assembled to bring storage and work-surface space to the basement. These customizable storage units have adjustable plastic feet that keep them off of the floor and accommodate uneven floors. Upstairs, California Closets has inventoried the clothing and designed a storage layout with a hanging wall, shoe display, shelving, bureaus, vanity, and makeup space. Chimneys are repaired and relined with flexible, stainless-steel liners, and a remote-controlled, programmable gas fireplace insert is installed in the living room.
- Part 1: Basement Remodeling Update and Installing Subfloor to Prevent Water Damage
- Bob recaps the work done so far in the basement remodeling project. The Owens Corning Basement Finishing System has provided the walls and the ceiling for the new basement family room. One of the most important facets of this project is preventing moisture from causing damage in the basement. Bob talks with Larry Janesky of Basement Systems Inc., about the equipment being put in place to prevent moisture damage. An underlayment is being put on the floor to prevent water transfer. The underlayment is a plastic interlocking subfloor made specifically for basements. Organic material, like wood, should not come into contact with the concrete subfloor because water vapor rises up through the concrete and can create problems with mold. Traditionally, people remodel basements by putting visqueen down on the concrete, laying down pressure-treated 2x4's, insulating in between the boards, and then laying down a plywood subfloor. The ThermalDry inorganic underlayment is a better solution as it has tracks to allow some air circulation. With a traditional subfloor, water vapor condenses into water underneath the visqueen then transfers to the wood and organic materials in the subfloor, causing mold and rot. Plumbing leaks can also result in a wet subfloor, causing the plywood to buckle and mold to grow. ThermalDry underlayment is quick to install, which saves time and money. The panels lock together with teeth and a shiplap design to stop the water vapor. The tiles allow for a little expansion and contraction and take up only a half-inch of the basement's ceiling height. This underlayment system costs about the same amount as the traditional method but, unlike traditional subfloors, does not require replacement after a water episode. If there is a water problem, the tiles can be lifted up, dried, and put back in place once the water issue is addressed. On a flat floor, the tiles will lay flat and the perimeter tiles will be secured to the floor. The completed floor will be made up of three layers: the underlayment, the pad, and the carpet. These multiple layers will minimize any sound from the rigid plastic coming into contact with the concrete slab. The Melrose home has a wavy basement floor, so extra fasteners will be put in to hold the underlayment down. A dehumidification system will be put in the basement to draw water out of the air before it becomes a problem. It's important to use a dehumidifier designed specifically for basements as most dehumidifiers are rated for 80 degree temperatures and basements typically are much cooler than this. In this project, the dehumidifier installed was a SaniDry Basement Air System which has air filtration built in and is Energy Star rated.
- Part 2: Carpeting the Basement and Organizing the Home
- Part 3: Repairing the Chimneys, Installing a Gas Fireplace Insert and Completed Cabinets in the Basement Family Room
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Episode 1 - Removing Unwanted Junk and Combatting Basement MoistureDescription:

In Melrose, MA, a family with two young sons needs extra room and looks to Bob and his team to repurpose their damp basement for expanded living space. Homeowner Sarah Monzon shows Bob the backyard of the 1921 gambrel with a stone retaining wall they created to manage the slope for the kids' play yard. She explains how the exterior has water intrusion and moisture buildup problems. Inside, Cyrus Beasley rips out the under-stair closet and assesses the stair support required while the plumber disconnects the old soapstone sink. The Monzons then clear out years of junk and demolition waste before calling 1-800-Got-Junk to stack, sort, and dispose of everything to donation centers, recycling sites, and the dump for a set price. Larry Janesky of Basement Systems reviews the exterior drainage problems of the home with Bob and then explains how they will reduce moisture on the inside. The crew breaks up the concrete floor to create an interior drainage trench, applies Clean Walls to isolate the stone walls and send moisture runoff to the drainage trench and sump, installs Thermal Dry radiant barrier behind finished walls to prevent moisture transfer, and creates a hole for the sump.

Episode 2 - Basement Waterproofing, New Plumbing, and On-Demand Hot WaterDescription:

Bob and Larry Janesky of Basement Systems review the work being done to cut a drainage trench in the concrete around the perimeter of the basement floor. Water will be channeled through the trench to a sump – dug at the lowest spot in the basement – where it can be pumped out of the home.  A triple safe power pump protects the home even if there is a loss of power. Bob reviews the work done on the existing plumbing once all the waterproofing and flood-prevention measures are put in place in the basement. Al Leone of Leone Plumbing Corp. first cut the pipes into sections for easy removal and demonstrates some of the specialized work he does to install the pipe, including using oakum, a joint runner, and poured hot lead to form a joint seal. Old brass water pipes are replaced with PEX tubing, creating more headroom in the basement and the sink and laundry lines can be easily relocated. Bob talks with Dan Driscoll of Rinnai about the new on-demand water heater being installed. The heater is a whole-house system sized for a three-bathroom household, laundry, and cleaning. An on-demand, tankless water heater saves basement space  and is energy efficient because it does not store hot water. Driscoll opens up the water heater to show how the system works. Once the water is turned on, sensors detect the amount of water being used and the temperature of the incoming cold water. The on-demand system is about 40% more efficient than gas-fueled tank water heaters and 70% more efficient than electric tank water heaters.

Episode 3 - Moving the Oil Tank for New Heating, Cooling, and Air FiltrationDescription:

Bob is in Melrose where John Ambrosino of Total Temperature Control installs the new heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Because of clearance issues, the unit is installed horizontally and tied to the joists with steel rods. Ambrosino explains how the unit pulls air in for exchange, to be heated or cooled, then pushes it through a fan and into the ducts for circulation. The 16 SEER unit is very big for maximum efficiency, quiet operation, and up to 45 percent savings over current energy costs. Mark Hagan shows Bob the Trane CleanEffects whole-house three-stage air-cleaning system that cleans the air of 99.98 percent of particulates, filtering first for large particles, then charging the small particles and capturing them in a collection filter for healthy indoor air. Don Adams of Bond-Tite Tank Service shows Bob how they move the oil tank, reattach it, set it in a trough to catch leaks and drips, and apply Tank-Guard to isolate condensing water and prevent tank corrosion. Bob talks to Howard Brickman about how to control squeaking floors either by drawing the wood floor tight against the subfloor with screws, connecting blocking to the joists and subfloor from below, or shimming the space between the subfloor and joists.

Episode 4 - Basement Finishing System and Custom Windows
Episode 5 - Exterior Upgrades for 1921 Gambrel
Episode 6 - Hardscaping, Removing Rot, and Fighting Insect Damage
Episode 7 - New Backyard Fence and Basement Half-Bath
Episode 9 - Low-Maintenance Landscaping, Gutters, and Pantry
Episode 10 - Stucco Painting, Exterior Repairs, Shutters, and High-End Decking
Episode 11 - Basement Moisture-Proofing, Home Audio, Blinds, and Appliances
Episode 12 - Exterior Lighting, Audio, Video, and Décor for the Melrose Home
Today we are putting down a floor underlayment system that really handles the moisture, and some carpet tiles that create a beautiful pattern.
We're also going to be showing you closet systems, a whole bunch of storage cabinets that are really furniture grade, and we're also putting in a fireplace insert.
Stick around. It's good to have you with us.
Well, there's a lot happening in our basement space today, but before we get into talking about carpets and cabinets that need to be assembled let's recap a little bit, because you know, it's complicated taking an old, crummy basement and turning it into a nice room.
Our Owens Corning Basement Finishing System has provided all the walls and the ceilings, but there's a lot behind the scenes that's very important. And one of the most important parts of the job is making sure that moisture and dampness are gonna, are not going to ruin everything that we're putting in here.
All right, Larry Jeneski's with us now from Basement Systems. And Dan, you've got the products, and we've been taking a lots, lots of measures here to kind of waterproof this basement area, and this is the latest.
This is the an under-lament, right?
It is. It is a plastic sub-floor made specifically for basements.
And you know, in a basement, it's very important that we don't have organic material on the floor because we have water vapor coming up through concrete...
...that's porous, and we don't wanna have mold underneath the floor.
Well, traditionally, a lot of people would just put down visqueen right over the concrete. And then on top of that, you could lay down pressure treated 2x3's or 2x4's and you can insulate between, with a rigid insulation, for example, and then on top of that, you could put a regular plywood floor.
Why is this a better system?
Well there is couple of problems with putting this green on the floor and one is that water vapor condenses into water underneath it.
Underneath the plastic, right?
That's right.
And then, another problems is, you know, the basement is a big hole underneath the house that's full of pipes and one day there's gonna be a plumbing leak.
So, the water will line up in the basement and when that wood subfloor gets wet and it's just sitting there saturated the plywood buckles, and mold grows and rot happens and it's just we gotta keep the wood off of a basemen t floor.
You've made the point.
And Dan is into, I mean, he just started in that corner.
So, there's also the efficiency of speed and cost involved here, right?
How do these fit together?
Yeah, they just lock together with a teeth and a ship lock design and that stops the water vapor. And what we're gonna do afterward is...
So even though I see a kind of a crack there in the grid.
It's interlocking, so that it's visual but it's not actual.
That's right. That's right. That crack doesn't go all the way through there.
That crack doesn't go all the way through.
That's right. Yeah, there's a room for a little expansion and contraction between each tile. And another nice thing about this is it only takes up a half inch of your ceiling height. And in a basement that can be precious.
That's a very good point, yeah. What about the cost? Is it more cost effective than going the old route?
It's about the same.
It's about the same. But you know, this is the last sub floor you'll ever have to install in a basement.
If you do have any kind of a water problem, God forbid , you can come right down here and lift them up and...
And dry it off. And figure out what the source was and then you can put them back down.
You can.
They're not going to be damaged by the damp.
That's right. Water will not affect it at all.
Yeah. Yeah. And what about, is it just gonna lay flat on the slab?
Yeah, usually on a flat floor. It will lay flat and we'll fasten the perimeter tiles so then when they put tact strips for the carpeting, they're pulling against the tack strip when they stretch the carpeting and the The tack strip is fastened to the tile. The tile is fastened to the floor, and everything's good at the parameter.
So, it's a three part system including the underlayment, the pad and then the carpet.
That's right.
And that of course, is gonna muffle any kind of sound that, any sound concerns that you might have, because it is a rigid plastic.
Yeah, well, in this particular case, this is an old house and this floor is wavy gravy. I mean, it's got undulations , and bumps and little knobs in the concrete. It's not a flat floor, so what we're gonna do is, we're gonna add some extra fasteners where it's necessary to hold it down nice and tight.
And then the last question is, very often people will have to go down and buy a dehumidifier, even though they have taken all these measures to control moisture. They still feel there's damp in there.
That's right.
And the furniture which is going to get ruined or whatever, or mold growth, what do you suggest in terms of dehumidifying space?
Well you need a dehumidification system that's made for basement environments. Most dehumidifiers are rated at eighty degree, sixty percent relative humidity. And at 80 degrees it's easy to take water out of the air because you cool it a little bit and you get condensation.
But in basements we have temperatures that are much cooler, maybe 62 degrees, 65 degrees.
And we need a dehumidifier that is made for that environment. In here, we've installed what we call a Sanidried Basement Air System. And it is a 100 pint per day de-humidification system.
It has air filtration built in. It's very energy efficient. In fact, it's Energy Star rated. And it will perform very, very well in basements that have the cool temperatures.
Thanks, Larry and this underlame is going to be ready for carpet in no time.
That's right. Yeah. And, we seem to have wall-to-wall carpeting down, but actually its Binvetec carpet tiles. We thought a perfect choice in a basement would be a product that wasn't, you know, wall to wall, huge rolls and stuff.
These are squares that can be replaced, should you ever have to replace one. And you assemble them.
They're, they're non-adhesive, which means that they're not permanent, you know, they do stick.
And one of the interesting things is that creating this pattern, which you see here, is something that you can really get creative with. Because, the way the design is made, anyway that you lay them out, something works out. They all match, the curve , the balls and the different shapes.
So that you really can't make any mistakes putting them down.
And you can get very creative with the pattern, as you can see here, in the overall kind of, what you see on the floor. It's very, very nice. It's not quite finished yet, but right now, we want to say hello to Mr. Hamelin here.
Hi, Bob.
And Jarrod, you are from Slide-Lok, and Slide-Lok is the built-in furniture manufacturer that is gonna supply all these.
Yeah, what Slide-Lok is, is it's a garage storage cabinet, that also can be used in the home. And it's a plywood-based product and the really neat thing about our cabinets are the plastic leg extensions that we used to keep the cabinet off of the floor.
The Slide-Lok refers to the joinery, if you will. Right?
Correct. A dove-tailed joint that's far superior to any butt joint or dado joint.
These are the back pieces that attach to the wall, the doors, inner shelf Yeah, that's an adjustable shelf.
So we've got three of them.
This looks like a bottom.
This is the male part of the dovetail.
Slides in.
Alright, well, I'm gonna get the box and the packing material out of the way. And this is, you know, again in the wonderful age of the internet, this is the kind of thing you should shop for on your computer.
And you design and figure out how much you can use and how much you need.
And we're just going to quiet down here, and watch you put it together.
Okay. What your are doing is just apply a small bead of glue in each of the joints.
Any wood glue will do. The shelf basically just slides in .
Hence the name.
Yep, slide-lock. These holes that are in the shelves are for the plastic. leg that I was talking about earlier.
Now that's a great feature, not having to worry about a toe kick situation where you could in fact have rodents nesting.
Just slides in. Put the two nailers on.
This is what we are going to screw through to attach it to the wall.
These are the plastic legs here. You can see they are adjustable. All the cabinets come with all of the installation screws and hardware that you will need.
OK. Hey, Jarad, we will check back with you later, when you are farther along. Meantime, there's another sort of storage solution we've been working on, upstairs in the master bedroom closet, where we had another very disorganized space.
Well, the master bedroom closet, if it's done the right way, can really save a marriage. No one wants to wake up everyday to a messy space where they can't find things, it sets you up for a gloomy day.
So, what I have done, when I met with Sara, is, we came into a closet where they had tried to get the organization to work themselves.
They had some beautiful dressers that were in here, but they just weren't exactly in the right space. There was clutter on top, the hanging wasn't accessible, it just felt felt very heavy in here.
So what we did is, we took an inventory of all the clothes and everything that was required to come into the space, and this is a design that I presented to you Sarah, say this something that we're going to do.
Dave is going to start building the drawer unit right here to start off with.
At California Closets, we use all full extension ball bearing slides so that when you pull the drawer out you can get full use of the entire space.
We've maximized the space here, by adding some hanging on this wall. If you remember, when came into the room, we have a lot of clothes on rack, sticking into the center of the room.
On this wall right here we're going to be putting double hanging which is going to maximize the surface area.
Now that everything is installed, this is the perfect chance to go through the closet and look at all the features. Here we have the lady's shoe shelves which is perfect, as we mentioned before, for showcasing different shoes.
Just walking through the bureau area. Nice wide drawers for organizing personal item . Vanity section with a jewelry drawer on top. Second sliding tray as well as a hidden magnetic lock.
The vanity counter top, fabulous place to put her make-up on. With the natural light which helps in applying makeup. Over here, we have different lengths of hanging to keep ourselves organized. And here is the valet rod to set your clothes out for the next day. Belt rack that pulls out beyond the clothes once everything's in.
This is a hanging wall where we put different height of hanging , which helps you to keep your clothes very organized.
Finally Ricardo's area, where he has his own space for shoes, his own drawers for socks and underwear, t-shirts. The belt rack, tie rack and his own ballet hook.
And then finally look at all the floor space we have gained for a real walk-in closet. One of the home improvements that we wanted to do here, was to repair the chimney. Because, old houses often have chimneys that need some work done. From the masonry to sometimes relining and it even gets more complicated, but we also install the Rinnai insert. Watch.
We actually had two chimneys to deal with on this house. The furnace chimney flue needed to be lined to meet code. Especially, since we'd just replaced the heating system.
You never know when an old brick chimney is going to become a fire hazard, since it's usually built into the structure of the house.
It's important to use a flexible, stainless steel liner to protect your home from any danger of fire or carbon monoxide poisoning.
This is a B vent stack. It's specifically designed to vent gas appliances. It's a double wall pipe. It has a concentric construction. So we have a pipe inside a pipe. That protects the heat of the natural draft that we need to properly vent the flue gas products out of this chimney. The pipe is manufactured in various length sections. We're using three-foot lengths today. And it basically is a Banna lock system and it's just a twist lock and that locks it in place. So once we are up on the roof, he will be able to assemble this and simply drop it down from the top of the chimney.
The fireplace chimney needed some attention urgently, inside and out, so we could safely install a new gas fireplace insert. There was a lot of damage to the brick at the top of the chimney, so those bricks were removed and replaced by Tim Martinson of Upside Down Chimney Sweeps, here in Melrose.
I noticed that these bricks are all solid, and down on the bottom these bricks seem to be loose, so I pulled one of the bricks out just to see how loose it was, and the mortar and everything came right out. So, what I'm going to do is just take these bricks out and just re-mortar them back in.
The vent pipe connects This hub on the out light of the fireplace. It will then have the gas and electric connections made over here on the right side .
We are drilling the heart of the fire place to run the gas line up through to supply gas to the fire place.
Would the corrugated stainless steel gas line, brought up into the the bottom of the fireplace. We've then brought it over top, connected through a straight adapter, into the black urn pipe, which is equipped with a drip T.
That's the nipple and cap on the bottom and then we go directly end of the side of the fireplace into gas valve.
The unit is equipped with two pilot assemblies similar to this. We then have our log set burner.
There are two burners here, and this will supply the gas to the log set itself. And then what is unique to the renai is that we have our high efficiency heating burner which is separate and sits The log set, and that will give us the great comfort and great heating efficiency.
It comes equipped with the remote control, and the programmable thermostat will allow you to have the unit come on the morning, and then shut itself off when you go to work or school.
It could then come back on in the afternoon, and it would shut itself off after everyone has has gone to bed. It can be operated on its thermostat, or it can be operated off that programmable control.
Giving excellent heating efficiency and comfort. Once we have the unit in place, one of final things in the far boxes to take the log set, and to locate it in the firebox.
OK, what we're going to do now is we're going to insert the finished surround. And this is going they act as a transition behind the Rennai fireplace is going to be our finish around up against the masonry fireplace. And this is the last piece of trim we need to finish the installation.
And the best part is, there's no messy pile of wood outside. There we go. Here come the BTUs.
And we're back in the new family room, and the fellows have installed just about all the units that are going in here. So this one is actually going to be the part of the room where you have some storage, kind of a work surface. I think they're planning a little bar area here, a wine fridge.
And how are you doing over here? Have you? Yeah, you've got all the shelves in place, right?
Yeah, I'm just finishing up here. Just putting the shelves in, the last touches.
Now, one of the interesting things here is that this stuff is originally meant to be garage storage furniture, right?
And we have put it in family room space.
And it looks like nice furniture.
Yeah, and one of the really great things about this cabinet is plywood based product. There's absolutely no particle board in these cabinets at all.
Yeah, you said that. That's a good point.
And it looks great, Thanks.
Thank you.
And, of course, in the back where he's installed two big kind of top to bottom units I want to point something out. This is an old house, an old slab and if you look over there, you can really see how the floor dips.
It's not at all level, and if you look at the bottom line of these storage units with their adjustable legs. That makes such a big difference because the whole line and the whole unit is nice and level.
But, that's it for this week. Next time we'll be gardening. We'll be putting in some very interesting new products, some of them man-made, and we'll also be putting in aluminum gutters.
Till then, I'm Bob Vila. Thanks for joining.
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Deep Chocolate Cake with Orange Icing
Makes 12 servings
Chocolate Cake
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup strong coffee (or use instant espresso)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 cup whole milk
- Heat the oven to 350°F, first positioning a rack in the center of the oven. Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt and set aside.
- Combine the brown sugar, coffee, butter and chocolate in a medium heavy saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until the butter and chocolate are almost completely melted. Remove from the heat and whisk until smooth. Whisk in the vanilla and set aside to cool.
- When the chocolate mixture is about at room temperature, add the eggs and using a wooden spoon, stir well to combine. Add the dry ingredients and the milk in stages, alternating between the two and stirring well between each addition. (The batter should be fairly smooth, but it's okay if you end up with some small lumps.)
- Pour the batter into a greased pan measuring roughly 8 1/2" x 11" and bake for 25-30 minutes, until the center of the cake springs back when you press it lightly with your finger and a cake tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely on a rack.
Orange Icing
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 tablespoon orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- 2 teaspoons Cointreau or other orange flavored liqueur
- 1 tablespoon mascarpone
- 1 - 2 tablespoon milk
- Using a wooden spoon, combine the butter and confectioners' sugar in a medium bowl. Stir in in the zest, orange extract, Cointreau and mascarpone, and then switch to a whisk to attack any lumps. Gradually whisk in the milk, adding just enough to make the icing spreadable.
- Spread a thin layer of icing over the top of the cake and refrigerate briefly so that the icing firms up a little. Cut the cake into squares to serve.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
Comments (13) Questions (2)
2 months ago AngelaW
What can I substitute for the Marscapone?
2 months ago Leigh9980
I substituted softened cream cheese, and it worked fine.
2 months ago AngelaW
Thank you so much for the suggestion! I can't wait to try this cake
2 months ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
You can also just skip it, or use heavy cream instead of the milk!
2 months ago Girlfromipanema
Would this still be good without the icing?
2 months ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
almost 2 years ago natashaepperson
i just wanted to mention that the icing on this is AWESOME
almost 2 years ago
Merrill Stubbs
Merrill is a co-founder of Food52.
Thanks! I could eat it on pretty much anything.
about 2 years ago betty888
Lovely cake. Had company in town and wanted a dessert I could pull together on the fly. The cake was super moist and the icing was delicious. I am a frosting freak so I doubled it. Delicious!
about 2 years ago Shalini
We made this and it was really good! I iced the cake a day after making it and my son put sprinkles on top. We used lemon extract with orange zest and next time will try the orange!
about 2 years ago sygyzy
Just made this tonight. I put it in a 9" round cake pan. 35 minutes was just right.
over 2 years ago Lorenza
Buona sera Merrill. I have prepared this little beauty and I wanted to share my insights. I do not have an 8 1/2" by 11" pan so I substituted a 9" round. Perfetto! The baking time increased by about 20 minutes and the result was lovely. I prepared 1/2 of the recipe for the icing and it was just right for covering the cake and allowing it to run off the edge. I did not have mascarpone, substituted creme fraiche. It looks just like your photo. Fantastico! This is a complex chocolate cake, deep and dark, not too sweet, lovely crumb and the icing is the perfect foil to the depth of flavors in the cake. My daughter just told me that she will be requesting this gem for her next birthday. Of course we will double everything and make a proper layer cake for such an occasion! Grazie, mille grazie Lorenza
almost 4 years ago
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
This is perfect for baking on vacation--the house we rent has no real baking supplies--I love that you can mix it all up with a spoon.


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34 S Huron St, Toledo, OH | Directions 4360441.647526 -83.541069
Neighborhoods: Center City
Mediocre Food and Terrible Service – I finally went to Grumpy's after moving back to Toledo and hearing about their food. After dining there with my family I felt as if I had been conned. The food itself was no better than the fare at Applebee's and our server was very rude and reeked of body odor. Thinking I caught them on a bad day, I decided to give them a second chance one week later. Guess what? The second time was worse. This time, my burger was undercooked, there was a hair in my drinking glass, and the server got my check wrong. Twice.
Grumpy's, get your act together. You're a business, act like one.
In love with the sandwiches... – But I also love the salads and burgers! Which to choose? My head just exploded!
As a side note, Grumpy's is named Grumpy's for a reason... but the ownership just changed so those of a more "delicate" nature should not have any issues anymore. It's still the great food... but a little less grumpy!
best reuben in the city! best burger and salads too! – we checked out grumpys new menu last week and damn it's even better than before. we've always loved their burgers... my husband goes at least once every other week to have one, and i've always loved their reubens and salads. but last week we tried one of their wraps, as well as the pulled pork sliders. SO SO SO SO GOOD!
they are finally under new management, and the new owners are really nice. no more angry faces at the cash register. good riddance!
we haven't tried the breakfast, but i heard it's really good. toledo is lucky to have such a gem in the heart of the city. too bad they are only open during the week!
Grumpy's has psycho owner – Don't go there! We did and it was a BIG mistake! We ordered the Tub sandwich and the roll was hard and cold, like it had been out of the freezer just ten minutes earlier. (All their rolls are frozen, not fresh.) We tried to send the sandwich back three times, but the young waitresses are so intimidated by the owner (sicko) that it sat in front of us for 20-minutes. They acted like they were afraid to pick it up. Finally, we left $5.00 for the two $1.25 soft drinks. The owner followed us outside the restaurant and called the police on his cell phone and asked that we be arrested and thrown in jail. He argued with my wife and told me to shut my f-ing mouth, then went back inside, got the $5.00 we left for the soft drinks, and threw it at us saying, "We don't accept partials." The food at this place is just mediocre, but the owner is a total psycho -- a danger to himself, his employees and his customers. He's a very, very sick puppy! Do yourself a favor and pass on Grumpy's.
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Surly, Ill-tempered, Sullenly Irritable, GROUCHY – With the demise of so many downtown restaurants, you'd think that Grumpy's restaurant on Huron St. would bend over backward to retain customers. I love the food. I love the interior. HOWEVER, this is my LAST time visiting Grumpy's until the owner gets a med refill. This I promise. Once an "in" place to enjoy lunch, Grumpy's Restaurant can no longer rest on its laurels. Not even a drink refill after 45 minutes of waiting. But we did get the bill ($21 for ONE BURGER AND A SALAD)....BEFORE WE GOT OUR FOOD!! Our food arrived ONLY after we reminded the waitress. My friend's burger was so raw it looked like the cow was possibly still alive. The owner was incredibly rude and arrogant after a request was politely made of him. He seemed to forget who helps pay his bills. I work with over 600 other employees. I will urge them to forgo this restaurant until it, too, fades out with so many other downtown Toledo establishments. It's sad.
Should be renamed "BA$TARD'S" – OK, the food was pretty good.
BUT, when you have to wait 50 minutes for it and scarf it down in 5 to get back to work on time the flavor is lost. Waitress service was poor which led me to ask Ole "Grumpy" himself for a to-go box. This was a HUUUUGE imposition for him, I think he asked if I thought this was a UPS store or something. And he wasn't joking. My lunch mate couldn't believe it.
And...OVERPRICED. My sandwich was no where near an $11 sandwich...sorry.
So long Grumpy, we won't be back. There's a big difference between a cute, grumpy old man with good food and an unappreciative BA$TARD charging top dollar.
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581 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY | Directions 1420242.899910 -78.873256
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Neighborhoods: Allen
Tops – Simply THE best restaurant in the Buffalo area
One of the BEST restaurants in Buffalo – Mark Hutchinson and Paul Jenkins have certainly outdone themselves with Tempo. I frequent this restaurant often and I have never been disappointed. Favorites include the yellow fin tuna, prosciutto-wrapped filet and lobster rissoto. Other friends have raved about the osso-buca and pasta bolognese. This is by far one of the top three restaurants in Buffalo for fine-dining.
Best restaurant in Western New York. – This is by far the best restaurant in Buffalo, or within 50 miles of the city. The atmosphere is warm and inviting, the decor is tasteful and sophisticated, the wine list is extensive and diverse, the food is incredible. I've eaten at Rue Franklin, Oliver's, Hutch's, etc. and I can safely say that Tempo is the only restaurant demonstrating consistently delicious food and great service in Western New York.
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Gift-giving can be very stressful. There's a lot of pressure around the holidays to find just the right thing for everybody-it's almost enough to suck the mirth right out of December. Nothing is worse than watching a loved one open something they obviously don't like (sorry, Mom). When it comes to your family, consider some of the gifts above and I'm fairly certain you'll have a happy holiday.
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Recipe by Jacklyn Wood
"This delicious cold rice salad has the great flavors of brown rice, fresh veggies, and chopped raw almonds. This has replaced high fat, low nutrition picnic salads in this household."
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1 cup
uncooked brown rice
1 1/2 cups
1 (15 ounce) can
kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1/4 cup
chopped red onion
1/4 cup
sliced fresh mushrooms
1/4 cup
bite-size broccoli florets
1/4 cup
chopped green bell pepper
1/4 cup
chopped red bell pepper
1/4 cup
chopped yellow bell pepper
2 tablespoons
chopped raw almonds
1/4 teaspoon
coarse black pepper
2 tablespoons
fat free Italian-style dressing
1 tablespoon
extra-virgin olive oil
This is a delicious and beautiful salad! With the addition of carrots, it would have every color in the rainbow (except blue, of course!) and it tastes even better than it looks! I didn't add the mushrooms, because I didn't have any, and I also doubled the amount of salad dressing, because it was a little bland. With these changes, the salad is absolutely fantastic and so healthy! I will definitely make this again; thanks for sharing!
Very blah. Disappointed. I added some Mexican seasoning to it and we were able to eat it.
38 Ratings
Thank you all for the wonderful reviews, they mean a LOT to me! I first came up with this recipe back in 2004 when my husband was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. It has evolved over the years, with additions, changes, or whatever my mood is. I now use EVOO and fat-free Italian dressing to equal roughly 1/4 cup (percentage of each is up to your personal tastes) I have tossed in asparagus, sunflower seeds, and completely switched to black beans about 4 years ago. The best thing some groceries have ever come up with for a busy working person are chopped veggies, and I have used my share of diced onions, and peppers from the grocery. I also used the precooked brown rice the last time, worked GREAT! I had an over abundance of cherry tomatoes last year, and halved a big handful and tossed them in. Ditto with extra Mini Pearl (grape tomatoes from Trader Joes), those go in whole. I have been known to toss in diced ham or chicken if the carnivores were descending. Happy cooking, and ENJOY!
I've been looking for a rice salad recipe for the longest time! I used to work in a coffee house that sold a sunflower-seed-longrain rice salad that I loved, and this recipe is almost EXACTLY the same! I followed the recipe as stated and added shredded carrot and sliced green onion to it. I didn't have any beans, but the salad was just fine without them - although I will try adding chick peas in the future. I used Kraft Golden Italian dressing, and like other reviewers, added MUCH more than the recommended 2 tbsp...I added over 5 tbsp ;P But it's really up to the individual - if you like more dressing, then this recipe allows you to add more without ruining the combined flavours :) My family like this recipe so much that I had to make ANOTHER batch the next day! And my hubby suggested I make this salad for upcoming family functions :) I will continue making this salad, especially during the summer when I like eating lighter :P
Like a lot of the other reviews, we added quite a bit more salad dressing than the recipe called for. I served it for guests and everyone liked it. I think the kidney beans and slivered almonds really made this unique. It is pretty, healthy, has a great texture, and tastes really good, too. Will make again - Thanks for the recipe!
I made this recipe as written (except I forgot to pick up a green pepper, but I did have orange, yellow, and red). Oh, and I used *minute* rice because I'm lazy. It's pretty good. I can't decide how I feel about it, but Mr. LTH liked it! It's most def worth trying!!! I had it for lunch and thought it was ok. Then, for dinner, I added a splash of banana pepper juice and a shake of parm cheese (I would have chopped up some banana peppers and added them too, but, I'm lazy) and that really made a difference for me! I will prob make again, as it is a very nutrient dense all-in-one side! Thanks for a unique recipe (and thanks to LARKSPUR for mentioning it on the RE!)!
I made this for Dinner yesterday and it was very tasty. Used the leftovers for lunch in tortillas. Makes good wraps. Thank you
LOVE this salad! Simple and refreshing. I did add a little more salad dressing and omitted the olive oil. I also added a couple sliced pepperoncinis. I will be making this again and again, thank you! :)
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Serving Size: 1/6 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 6
Amount Per Serving
** Calories: 223
** Calories from Fat: 40
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CERC: Pandemic Influenza Overview & Objectives
Preparing for and responding to a pandemic, especially a severe pandemic, will challenge response officials and the public in all communities. We can expect the following:
- Susceptibility to the pandemic influenza virus will be universal.
- Of those who become ill with influenza, 50% will seek outpatient medical care.
- The number of hospitalizations and deaths will depend on the virulence of the pandemic virus, with severe pandemic influenza causing nearly 2 million deaths in the United States.
- In an affected community, a pandemic outbreak will last about 6 to 8 weeks.
- Multiple waves (periods during which community outbreaks occur across the country) of illness could occur with each wave lasting 2-3 months.
- The need for fast, accurate, and credible information to be vast.
Communicating to concerned members of the community will be a paramount responsibility and the right message delivered at the right time by the right person could save lives. The HHS/CDC CERC: Pandemic Influenza course will give leaders and communication professionals the best approaches and tools to exercise quality communication before, during, and after a pandemic.
Participants should expect to gain the following understandings:
- The psychology of a severe pandemic and what kinds of messages the public will need from their public health professionals.
- Why stigmatization occurs and how officials can respond and discourage it.
- The importance of strengthening community hardiness and personal resilience to provide the optimum opportunity for recovery from the crisis.
- How to incorporate loss, grief and mourning rituals in communication to the community while respecting cultural differences.
- Distinguish which populations will be unable to receive general public health emergency messages related to pandemic influenza through mass communication channels during the initial phase of a public health emergency.
- Recognize the National Incident Management System and the intricacies of the Joint Information Center
- How information technology and the new media influence communication decisions and pandemic preparedness.
What are Different Objectives?
- Appraise the range of challenges presented by a severe influenza pandemic and the communication steps that could be taken.
- Formulate communication priorities based on a full exploration of the context of a severe influenza pandemic.
- Recognize communication themes required to fulfill severe influenza pandemic response goals of fewer disease cases, spread over a longer timeframe with fewer deaths.
Hardiness and Personal Resilience Objectives
- Recognize the positive role of community hardiness and personal resilience.
- Compare and contrast expected community outcomes based on hardiness or lack of hardiness.
- Predict the community's level of hardiness now and identify ways to build, restore, and strengthen hardiness before and during a severe influenza pandemic through communication activities.
- Acknowledge the role of leaders in building community hardiness before and during a pandemic.
Stigmatization Objectives
- Define stigmatization
- Recall the four discernible characteristics of stigmatization.
- Evaluate how stigmatization may occur in the community.
- Formulate ways for communication professionals to counter stigmatization
Reaching Special Populations Objectives
- Employ consistent concepts regarding special populations to ensure that appropriate assessments are conducted, planning done, and resources appropriately allocated.
- Distinguish which populations will be unable to receive general public health emergency messages related to pandemic influenza through mass communication channels during the initial phase of a public health emergency.
- Recognize that communication alone may not remove all barriers to preventing illness, injury, or death among population groups.
Grief, Loss and Bereavement Objectives
- Describe types of loss, grief, and bereavement concerns for individuals and communities during a severe influenza pandemic.
- Recognize the cultural differences in bereavement rituals.
- Select ways to communicate to individuals and communities empathetically about their loss.
Information Technology and New Media Objectives
- Recognize the multitudes of [traditional and] non-traditional ways the public can and will access information, and the speed with which electronic communications will reach innumerable channels.
- Construct a plan to reach out to non-traditional communication channels to help disseminate accurate, consistent, timely information to large numbers of people.
- Evaluate message and rumor monitoring methods to include new technologies and the ability to counteract any false information that may become widespread.
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Though an extensive, third-party study revealed last week that White Plains Police were "totally justified" in the shooting of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., not all residents are persuaded by the findings.
White Plains police officer Anthony Carelli shot Chamberlain while police responded to an early morning medical call from Chamberlain's apartment on Nov. 19, 2011. The shooting garnered national attention, with some claiming police used excessive force.
None of the officers involved in the shooting were indicted on criminal charges, but the Chamberlain family has filed a $21 million civil rights lawsuit in federal court.
A group of friends, family, community members and BLEA and NAACP members are slated to gather Wednesday morning in the city's center to protest the report.
"As a community, we cannot allow the city of White Plains or their out of touch so-called paid law enforcement experts to give Police Officers a 'green light' to berate, use racial slurs, assault and kill people of color and label it Justifiable Homicide," wrote Damon K. Jones, a New York Representative for Blacks In Law En¬forcement of America, in an email this week.
"If the city of White Plains Police Officers cannot respect and treat people of color who live, spend money and pay taxes with justice, then we see no reason to do business, shop or patronize the city of White Plains until we are accepted and respected by the city government and their employees," Jones continued.
Jones is asking residents to denounce the report, and for law enforcement agencies to send representatives to the press conference.
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A woman traveling 981 miles by kayak to bring awareness of the mental health needs of veterans made a stop in Evansville on Sunday.
"It's personally rewarding to be on the river and have these discussions, but I think the bigger blessing has been meeting the friends and family that I never knew existed from trying to connect on something that strangely has affected many peoples lives," Southerland said.
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On Friday, 12 March 2004, the Sun ejected a spectacular 'eruptive prominence' into the heliosphere. SOHO, the ESA/NASA solar watchdog observatory, faithfully recorded the event.
This 'eruptive prominence' is a mass of relatively cool plasma, or ionized gas. We say 'relatively' cool, because the plasma observed by the Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (EIT) on board SOHO was only about 80, 000 degrees Celsius, compared to the plasma at one or two million degrees Celsius surrounding it in the Sun's tenuous outer atmosphere, or 'corona'.
At the time of this snapshot, the eruptive prominence seen at top right was over 700 000 kilometers across - over fifty times Earth's diameter - and was moving at a speed of over 75 000 kilometers per hour.
Eruptive prominences of this size are associated with coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and the combination of CMEs and prominences can affect Earth's magnetosphere when directed toward our planet. In this case, the eruptive prominence and associated CME were directed away from Earth. SOHO is a mission of international co-operation between ESA and NASA, launched in December 1995.
Every day SOHO sends thrilling images from which research scientists learn about the Sun's nature and behavior. Experts around the world use SOHO images and data to help them predict 'space weather' events affecting our planet and even Mars.
During what are considered the most intense outbreaks, called X-class solar flares, the counts of bombarding charged particles reaching the Martian surface may suddenly rise a thousand-fold. The martian radiation environment experiment on NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has collected data continuously from the start of the Odyssey mapping mission in March 2002 until late November, when the large amount of solar activity saturated the instruments. Validation of radiation models is a crucial step in predicting radiation-related health risks for crews of future missions.
Largest Flare Ever
Physicists in New Zealand have shown that last November's record-breaking solar explosion was much larger than previously estimated, thanks to innovative research using the upper atmosphere as a gigantic x-ray detector. Their findings have been accepted for 17 March publication in Geophysical Research Letters, published by the American Geophysical Union.
On 4 November 2003, the largest solar flare ever recorded exploded from the Sun's surface, sending an intense burst of radiation streaming towards the Earth. Before the storm peaked, x-rays overloaded the detectors on the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES), forcing scientists to estimate the flare's size.
Taking a different route, researchers from the University of Otago used radio wave-based measurements of the x-rays' effects on the Earth's upper atmosphere to revise the flare's size from a merely huge X28 to a "whopping" X45, say researchers Neil Thomson, Craig Rodger, and Richard Dowden. X-class flares are major events that can trigger radio blackouts around the world and long-lasting radiation storms in the upper atmosphere that can damage or destroy satellites. The biggest previous solar flares on record were rated X20, on 2 April 2001 and 16 August 1989.
"This makes it more than twice as large as any previously recorded flare, and if the accompanying particle and magnetic storm had been aimed at the Earth, the damage to some satellites and electrical networks could have been considerable," says Thomson. Their calculations show that the flare's x-ray radiation bombarding the atmosphere was equivalent to that of 5,000 Suns, though none of it reached the Earth's surface, the researchers say.
The belt of high-energy electrons that normally cradles Earth from afar was greatly enhanced and pushed unusually close to our atmosphere during the violent solar activity. How the Earth's radiation belts get so energized and distorted is still largely an unsolved mystery, despite the fact that Van Allen and co-workers discovered the radiation belts more than 45 years ago at the dawn of the space age. "Researchers have learned a great deal about electron acceleration in the belts in recent years," said Xinlin Li, a professor and researcher at Colorado's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, LASP. "We are able to understand and forecast more normal changes in the radiation belts using our present theoretical knowledge, but extreme events ..are very hard to predict."
At the time of the flare, the researchers were probing the ionosphere with radio waves as part of a long-term research program. Their new measurement comes from observations of the indirect effects of the increased x-ray radiation on very low frequency (VLF) radio transmissions across the Pacific Ocean from Washington State, North Dakota, and Hawaii to their receivers in Dunedin, New Zealand.
"Increases in x-rays enhance the ionosphere, causing its lowest region to decrease in altitude, which in turn affects the phase of VLF transmissions. Our previous research shows that these phase shifts are proportional to the number of kilometers [miles] by which the ionosphere is lowered," they say. As the lowering is known to relate directly to the amount of x-ray radiation present, the team could make a new measurement of the flare's size, they say.
"We were at the right place, at the right time with the right knowledge--which was based on nearly 15 years of work by staff and students in the Physics Department's Space Physics Group." The research would not have been possible, they added, without data provided by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Space Environment Center, which came up with the initial X28 estimate.
"We used their solar measurements to calibrate the response of the atmosphere to x-rays, so when this event overloaded the satellite detectors, we were in a unique position to make this measurement. Given that any future flares are unlikely to be large enough to overload the ionosphere, we believe that our new method has great advantages in determining their size in the event of satellite detector overloads," they say.


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Safety Pin Watch Band
Dress up your watch with a colorful beaded safety pin band.
Project courtesy of Darice
Material List
- Watch Face of your choice
- 1-inch Safety Pins
- 11/0 Toho Seed Beads of choice (3 colors + recommended)
- 1.0mm Stretchy Cord
- Flexible Bead Needle
- Scissors
- Bead Mat
- Bead Fix or clear nail polish, optional
Project Instructions
For this watch face, you will need to bead 72 safety pins
Open beads onto bead mat-keeping colors in separate piles.
Open your safety pins and bead each one until it is filled-(about 10-13 beads) leave small space at end to close pin. Set each pin off to the side.
Cut a 36-inch length of stretchy cord.
Thread cord through a flexible beading needle and thread through a hole on one end of the watch face and back through the other end hole. Pull cord so that the watch is centered on the cord.
You can lay out your beaded pins on the mat to create your pattern or just string them randomly.
Begin stringing the cord with the pins.* It is important to alternate pin ends as you string them.
The cord should go through loop at end and the opening in the pin head.
When all the beaded pins are strung, thread needle through hole on other end of the watch face, and knot the end several times. Remove needle from the cord and thread the opposite cord end.
Repeat steps threading the pins on the cord. When you reach the watch face again, thread needle through the hole and tie onto the original knot several times.. It is helpful to hold cord and twist band so wrong side is facing up.
Use a drop of nail polish or Bead Fix to hold the knot. Push extra cord down into the channel and trim off excess.
You may want to add a drop of Bead Fix or clear nail polish to end of knotted cord.
You can string using just a cord; however, a flexible beading needle makes this project go a lot smoother.


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Defensive end Rasheed Kennion of First Coast High in Jacksonville, Fla., and athlete Stanton Truitt of Monroe Area (Ga.) High have picked Auburn. Truitt confirmed his commitment on Twitter, and Kennion's decision was reported by AuburnSports.com.
Kennion is rated a two-star recruit, according to Rivals.com, while Truitt was awarded three stars by the recruiting service.
Kennion, who is 6-foot-6 and 225 pounds, was committed to Cincinnati before switching to Auburn. Truitt (5-10, 185 pounds) is a quarterback for Monroe Area and has rushed for 1,448 yards last season and passed for 812.
Auburn landed quarterback Sean White on Tuesday. The Tigers now have 12 for their 2014 class.