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Entries Tagged as 'Cafes'

Review: Hot Mama’s Cafe, High Street, Motueka

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Thanks to Jenni for this review!
Hot Mama’s has a very relaxed and easygoing atmosphere about it, with friendly staff and a good menu choice catering for different types of people, with good vegetarian choices also. This includes hot foods e.g. wedges, chips, nachos & pizza, cabinet food such as sandwiches and cakes, and they […]

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User review: Outback Inn, Hamilton

January 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Big ups to Caz for this great review!
This bar is okay accessibility-wise except for a few faults.
I went to “The Outback” last night with some friends and getting in was fine, ramps and all, there’s only a few problems, such as if you want to order a drink or food and you’re in a chair, […]

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Sandwich-boards: an accident waiting to happen?

January 24th, 2008 · 6 Comments

I was contacted by a reporter this morning who was wondering if I’d had any feedback on how wheelchair users feel about sandwich-boards cluttering up footpaths, particularly in busy hospitality-filled areas like Ponsonby. In my personal experience, I’ve had to frequently roll down a nearby curb-cut and scoot along the road for 50 metres or […]

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Review: Coffee Club, Takapuna

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Well gosh, what an odd place the Coffee Club is. I think it’s trying to put style back into the increasingly-commercialised world of coffee chains, but it’s something which will take a bit of getting used to. What am I talking about, you ask? Read on, and find out…
Well as you can see […]

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Review: Pumphouse Theatre, Auckland

November 24th, 2007 · No Comments

This review was originally published in the Cerebral Palsy Society’s Review publication, and Ross Flood (author) has kindly given me permission to post it up here. Cheers Floody!
The Pumphouse Theatre, which is situated in Killarney Park, Takapuna, would definitely not win any wheelchair accessibility awards, but despite its obvious faults it does have a certain […]

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Starbucks update: Success at last!

November 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Well I’m pleased to report that I’m going to have to a bit of word-eating right about now. Joe Rich has been in contact with me apologising for the delay in communication, and attached a copy of a memo currently being distributed to all NZ Starbucks stores, which really does reinforce the contents of our […]

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An update on the Starbucks saga

November 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment

You may remember, if you saw the CloseUp piece on this site, that Starbucks were going to get in touch with me regarding the accessibility of their stores. Whilst I’m pleased to say they did get in touch a week later, and I did meet up with a man by the name of Joe Rich, […]

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Tags: Cafes · Disability Rights · Ramblings

Review: Esquires, Metro Complex

October 18th, 2007 · 5 Comments

The battle of the coffee chains has begun.
Shortly after CloseUp’s story on this site on TV One last night, I received an email from an Esquires staff member, promising a vastly superior experience to the one I had at Starbucks, which is located in the same building. So I had to go check it out, […]

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Review: Starbucks, Aotea Square

October 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments

After gushing about how fantastic the disabled toilet at Starbucks in Ponsonby is, I feel it’s time for a degree of clarification. Because after careful analysis of my most oft-frequented Starbucks, next to Aotea Square on Queen Street, I’ve decided that as wheelchair-friendly as the Ponsonby Road store is, the Queen Street one certainly brings […]

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Review: Columbus Cafe, Dominion Road

October 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment

You’d think it was a fairly easy concept to grasp, that wheelchair users might want to, oh I dunno, fit into the disabled bathroom provided for them, so it kinda defeats the purpose when places decide their new accessible bathroom would look great as a storage room.
Perhaps it is the size, that puts them off? […]

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