Awhile back I wrote of a restaurant that evidently offered wheelchair access in the rear -- but had no sign in front indicating this was the case.
Are people in wheelchairs just supposed to know they're supposed to come in the back???
Palermo Viejo (1359 Bardstown Rd.) is another such place.
For a long time I thought they had no wheelchair access. There's the usual step at the front door. I also didn't know they had parking in back. Maybe these are things foodies are just supposed to know.
I know that years ago MetroSweep urged Palermo Viejo to put a sign on their front door indicating wheelchair access via a back entrance.
Still hasn't been done.
What's this about? I really don't understand it. The signs are not all that expensive. And in point of law it's illegal not to have one.
But nobody seems to care -- neither the owners or, I guess, wheelchair users, who either don't complain or don't complain effectively, as the asked-for signs rarely appear.
I'd love to get somebody else's take on this.
When business owners fail to provide access because they say it will cost "too much" to install a ramp or widen a door, I don't like that attitude either, and I fight it -- but I at least understand where it's coming from.
But a sign? C'mon! I just spent a little time on google and found those blue wheelie signs as cheap as $12.50. Getting some glue on letters from the hardware store is maybe even cheaper.
So it's not cost. What is it?
