Let me know if this sounds familiar:
- You are in a nice restaurant
- It is late
- The sun has set
- The lights are dim
- You forgot your reading glasses
- and you can’t read the menu!
Well this happens to me often and recently it happened at a Florida restaurant called Oceans 234. Well this restaurant was very creative and clever. Check out the picture. On the right side is actually a small, powerful, and effective flashlight built into the menu! Yes, I said built into the menu.
What a great idea – thanks for being a problem solver!
- What do you think of this idea?
- Have you eaten at other restaurants that have flashlights built into the menu?
- Any other creative ideas from restaurants to assist you in reading a menu?
I look forward to reading your comments.
Matt O'Mara says:
We went to a great steak restaurant in Grand Rapids, Michigan and their menus were all iPad-like tablets. Not only could you adjust the screen size by touching it, you could also look at a photo of the item by simply touching the selection. Very cool use of technology… and food was great too!
Ed Sugar says:
The flashlight app on my mobile phone solved this problem two years ago.
eric brall says:
It’s probably just me – but i think it seems kind of tacky! i wouldn’t be impressed at an upscale restaurant if they had that. i think it would take away from the classy nature.
Christine Cook says:
OM…yes! I hate this when it happens. Also, if I forget my readers. They should also have a few pair of readers in every strength. We keep a good 10 pair at the faculty JIC…Just in Case!
Ruthann Chesnoff says:
I think its a great idea.Some restaurants are so dark even with glasses you can’t read the menu!
Magda Cooling says:
We too have a few Readers for those Respondents or Clients who forgot to bring their own! =)
Wendall S. says:
Well I thank God that I can still read a menu in a dimly lit restaurant, but it nice to see they had a creative way of solving the problem.
Will Morris says:
I hate when that happens. Last year I was in a restaurant in San Jose that had a very nice container in the middle of the table with 2 or 3 pairs of reading glasses in it. Not only was it a clever conversation piece, but I noticed several people using them – including me.
Dolores Forget says:
As long as you don’t point it at your date and say “Oh, is that what you look like?”, I suppose the technology is practical, but I am inclined to agree with Eric about it seeming somewhat tacky — it does solve a problem though.
Wendy Walker says:
How about the new readers that have built in lights? Those are really wonderful.