I drove by Irma's last night and it looked good to go and the signs posted on the wall stated we open Thursday July 5th. I drove by again today in regards to the rumors that they were opening today as part of a "soft opening". No such thing. They did have their staff there and it appeared they were doing training. But the doors were locked. Looks like they will be opening on Thursday. Too bad they can't open before July 4th with all the huge crowds downtown for fireworks, concerts, ballgame, etc.

Also, I spoke with the owners of the Prarie Thunder Bakery as they were there on site last evening. Their oven has arrived from France and it is at a port in Florida. They have to go down and get it and truck it up. They recently sheetrocked the place, but he said due to the humidity, the mud and tape isn't sticking, etc. He's estimating they will be open late summer or early fall. He did mentioned they plain on having a deli/lunch menu cookies, coffee and that sort of thing. Should be a smaller, more localized and specialized version of Panera Bread from the sound of it.