Comments on: You Can't Keep a Good Man Down http://megzimbeck.com/2009/10/you-cant-keep-a-good-man-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-cant-keep-a-good-man-down Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:04:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Adam http://megzimbeck.com/2009/10/you-cant-keep-a-good-man-down/#comment-83 Adam Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:30:15 +0000 http://megzimbeck.com/?p=1262#comment-83 Interesting article. However, what seems crazy about this red tape is just how disabled unfriendly the city is. I can hardly think of any restaurants at all that give access to wheelchairs, and hundreds have downstairs cave spaces with just a narrow staircase for access. It's a bad thing, but just how often do you see anybody in a wheelchair in Paris? I wish Mr Rose well for this new project, but I hope nothing can be read into the choice of the Rue de l'Arbre Sec. This road was apparently named after the gibbet that used to stand there! Rue Bailleul does seem to be quite a strange choice again though, as it is pretty dark and dingy. I never went to the original Spring on the Rue DE LA TOUR d'Auvergne, but I worked nearby and know that the location was no great shakes there either (as well as being miniscule). I'm surprised to read that he bought the unit, and don't find it difficult to understand that he hasn't yet sold it. I guess it was 'cheap' at the time, but like everything else, has dropped in value since. Still, he is obviously a very talented chef with lots of ideas, so I'm sure he'll end up being very successful somewhere. Interesting article. However, what seems crazy about this red tape is just how disabled unfriendly the city is. I can hardly think of any restaurants at all that give access to wheelchairs, and hundreds have downstairs cave spaces with just a narrow staircase for access. It’s a bad thing, but just how often do you see anybody in a wheelchair in Paris?

I wish Mr Rose well for this new project, but I hope nothing can be read into the choice of the Rue de l’Arbre Sec. This road was apparently named after the gibbet that used to stand there! Rue Bailleul does seem to be quite a strange choice again though, as it is pretty dark and dingy.

I never went to the original Spring on the Rue DE LA TOUR d’Auvergne, but I worked nearby and know that the location was no great shakes there either (as well as being miniscule). I’m surprised to read that he bought the unit, and don’t find it difficult to understand that he hasn’t yet sold it. I guess it was ‘cheap’ at the time, but like everything else, has dropped in value since. Still, he is obviously a very talented chef with lots of ideas, so I’m sure he’ll end up being very successful somewhere.

]]> By: Meg http://megzimbeck.com/2009/10/you-cant-keep-a-good-man-down/#comment-82 Meg Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:29:09 +0000 http://megzimbeck.com/?p=1262#comment-82 In the end, Rose and his architects found a compromise that will afford access to the disabled without radically altering the structure. His original plan included a bathroom in the basement and the installation of an elevator to get there. The new plan (they nixed the elevator idea) is to put the bathroom somewhere in the main dining room. It's a small space, so I can't quite picture yet where the bathroom (one big enough to fit a wheelchair) will go! In the end, Rose and his architects found a compromise that will afford access to the disabled without radically altering the structure. His original plan included a bathroom in the basement and the installation of an elevator to get there. The new plan (they nixed the elevator idea) is to put the bathroom somewhere in the main dining room. It’s a small space, so I can’t quite picture yet where the bathroom (one big enough to fit a wheelchair) will go!

]]> By: parisbreakfasts http://megzimbeck.com/2009/10/you-cant-keep-a-good-man-down/#comment-81 parisbreakfasts Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:14:13 +0000 http://megzimbeck.com/?p=1262#comment-81 But he couldn’t have predicted the volume of red tape required to rebirth Spring in the classified center. Any new restaurant in Paris is required to provide access for the disabled. But the city permits few, if any, structural changes to its protected buildings. This makes me so spitting MAD!!! After what Cojean did to the formerly exquisite Patisserie Cador on rue de Louvre!!!Why ever did those idiot bureaucrats allow that to happen? Well I do wish Rose, Bon Chance with all his endeavors. But he couldn’t have predicted the volume of red tape required to rebirth Spring in the classified center. Any new restaurant in Paris is required to provide access for the disabled. But the city permits few, if any, structural changes to its protected buildings.

This makes me so spitting MAD!!!
After what Cojean did to the formerly exquisite Patisserie Cador on rue de Louvre!!!Why ever did those idiot bureaucrats allow that to happen?
Well I do wish Rose, Bon Chance with all his endeavors.

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