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A public toilet in Deepdale, Lancashire in the UK is probably not the best choice of buildings for a restaurant to be located, even if the building (described as "crumbling") has not been actively used as a restroom for a decade. And yet the city has just ruled that the building can be converted into a Japanese-pagoda styled takeaway restaurant.
The reason that they want to turn the space into a restaurant - two different people have tried before - is that it is just outside the Deepdale stadium and such a location could do very good business from sports fans. Both previous attempts failed because residents have been opposed to the change on the grounds that a restaurant would create litter and attract vermin. This is particularly ironic considering that the eyesore has been a haven for prostitutes and drug addicts in the past.
I think I'd rather have a takeaway restaurant but, hey - that's just me.
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8-10-2006 @12:03PM Kate said... In downtown Sacramento, California, the now-called Cesar Chavez park was a haven for homeless and prostitutes. The bathroom on the premises was notorious for lunch-time sexual encounters and drug use. After a particularly noteworthy raid (in which a local weatherman was caught), the plans to reshape the park began. It is now a far, far nicer park, with a Farmer's Market every Wednesday and a new cafe -- made in the building which used to be the public restroom. They did a lovely job converting this little building in a cafe, with Arts & Crafts inspired details. It's one of the nicer lunch spots in downtown Sacramento, and is regularly reported as being a good revenue generator (vis a vis taxes and such) for the City of Sacramento. Now, employees from neighboring office buildings use the cafe, the park is really a park, and everyone wins.
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8-10-2006 @12:07PM Kate said... Oops, how about the name of the Cafe? Cafe Soleil, run by Nicole Ix and her family. Simply the best tuna salad you will find ANYWHERE. Flaked white albacore tuna, it's not drenched in mayo, tons of fresh chopped parsley. Plenty of fresh specials every day, including their wonderful quesadillas with prawns or crab, homemade soups, and the best potato salad (small reds with plenty of dill) on the planet. Stop by Cafe Soleil and order the tuna. You'll thank me.
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8-10-2006 @12:53PM Nicole Weston said... I'm curious about that cafe, and I'll have to check it out the next time I'm in Sacramento. I'm curious to see how renovations like this play out.
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