Denny's has a national corporate policy that all Denny's are suppose to have
braille menus. Also, though I don't completely trust the source so I can't
vouch for the accuracy, the resteraunts in Embassy Suites are suppose to
provide braille menus.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordan Wahl" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Restaurant Praised For Its Braille Menus
> Hi Jacob, I travel quite a bit abit around the country with my 40 year
> old "God Child," Tom. Tom is a cross country 18 wheel truck driver.
> From time to time I get to ride "shot gun" with him. just for the fun
> and adventure this 81 year old vision impaired WW II Veteran. As a
> single USAF Ltcol, Ret., former pilot, motorcycle rider, camper and
> wilderness back packer, it surely beats watching the travel channel on
> TV. We often stop to eat at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant chain around
> the country. For many years this chain has available on request a
> Braille and large print menu for blind and visually impaired guests. I
> sometimes have to request this menu as not all their staff are aware of
> this menu format. There are some other eateries that do accomadate the
> blind and visually impaired, but I don't recall which ones. Suggestion,
> I always ask for the Braille/large print menu, and occasionally they
> have one. But, if everyone who reads this were to ask for a
> Braille/large print menu when eating out, we would see more and more
> eating establishments making them available for us.
> Ciao, Gordon Wahl
> ####
>
> Jacob Joehl wrote:
> >
> > Yesterday at breakfast while out of town for a friend's wedding, my
brother,
> > my sister and I all got to order from Braille menus and it was sweet.
The
> > waiter asked my father, upon our entry into the restaurant of the hotel
at
> > which we stayed, if we'd each like our own Braille menus. They were
prepared
> > by Braille Ready, Inc., if any of you are familiar with that place. I'm
not.
> > Jacob
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin Wassmer" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:03 PM
> > Subject: Restaurant Praised For Its Braille Menus
> >
> > I thought this may have some interest for reading.
> > > BB
> > > > RESTAURANT PRAISED FOR ITS BRAILLE MENUS
> > > >
> > > > Wales, U K
> > > >
> > > > A New addition to the menu of a Swansea restaurant is being praised
as a
> > > touch of class. Spice, in
> > > > St Helen's Road, has taken the rare step of including Braille
symbols on
> > > its menus.
> > > >
> > > > It is hoped the Braille will make it easier for the blind and
> > > partially-sighted to order without
> > > > having the menu read to them.
> > > >
> > > > Restaurant owner Wahid Ali said: "I got the idea when a table of
people
> > > came in and one gentleman
> > > > was blind.
> > > >
> > > > "The people he was with had to read the menu to him and I thought we
> > could
> > > do something to make him
> > > > and other blind people feel a bit more independent."
> > > >
> > > > The menus for the Indian and Thai restaurant were produced by the
> > > Recording Centre for the Blind at
> > > > Swansea University.
> > > >
> > > > Centre manager Kathy Williams said: "This is only the second time
we've
> > > been asked to Braille
> > > > restaurant menus.
> > > >
> > > > "It's good to see a restaurant being proactive in getting the menus
> > > Brailled for its customers. It
> > > > puts blind customers on an equal footing with sighted people and
means
> > > they don't have to have the
> > > > menu read out aloud for them."
> > > >
> > > > The centre currently supports about 14 visually impaired students at
the
> > > university.
> > > >
> > > > But translating the Indian dish names into embossed symbols is not
the
> > > norm at the centre.
> > > >
> > > > "It's certainly a change from the usual transcriptions we do here,"
said
> > > Mrs Griffiths. "Most of our
> > > > work is with academic texts and course materials. We provide
Braille,
> > > tapes, large print and disks
> > > > for the blind and partially-sighted students on campus.
> > > >
> > > > "These Braille menus contain the same English spellings for the
Indian
> > > dish names as the print
> > > > menus. Blind customers read these menus in the same way as sighted
> > readers
> > > who don't necessarily
> > > > know the foreign words."
> > > >
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