24 days...cafe in the making...

i've found that diagramming + sketching has been the best approach for me to start any design process. along with researching + gathering precedents- i've started listing out the areas within the cafe that will need to be considered throughout the design:

food:
-deli
-coffee shop
-salad/soup bar
-drink station
-cold food station

seating [interior + exterior]:
-tables for 2 + chairs
-tables for 4 + chairs
-booths
-counters + stools

cash register[s]

food storage/ kitchen/ food prep

community bulletin/ self expression area?

trash/ recycling bins

condiment/ utensil station

since i've never gotten the opportunity to design a cafe, restaurant, or dining facility-- i really don't know the size regulations for the amenities within a cafe. but thankfully travis gave us some rules of thumb when sizing corporate dining facilities so we can size up our cafe for the school:

1. 60% of population will eat 2 1/2 sittings [550 people: 550 x .60= 330/2.5= 132 seats]
2. 25 sq. ft. per seat in the dining area [132 x 25= 3300 sq.ft. dedicated to seating]
3. kitchen + serving are is 50/50 and equal to the square footage of the dining area [3300/2 = 1650 sq.ft:: 1650 sq.ft. for kitchen, 1650 sq.ft. for serving area = 3300 sq.ft total]

so i have to make sure that i have about 6600 sq.ft. dedicated for the entire cafe...

i need to also check if the total number of seating counts for only interior seating + not exterior seating because there will be additional sittings outside on the site...

back to the drawing boards....