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The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders
- _yhdy 7y agoWould love to see this in Chicago
- LocalH 7y agoI really like this. Dementia (and related disorders) are still very misunderstood by the general public. Anything like this that brings awareness in a positive way, especially for the patients themselves, is a very good thing.
- bagels 7y agoPeople with allergies will love this place.
- optimuspaul 7y agopeople with allergies probably shouldn't go there.
- ceejayoz 7y agoPeople with allergies already have to worry about hidden stuff like peanut oil. I'd imagine they'd just avoid this specific restaurant entirely.
- bena 7y agoThen they don't go there. Reasonable accommodations are just that. Reasonable. The schtick of this place is that there's a high degree of uncertainty involved.
- starpilot 7y agoAh, what it is like to be a white person.
- msla 7y agoYou think only White people have food allergies? That's... well, it's racist, but it's so utterly bizarre I can't even get angry.
- starpilot 7y agoYes, I literally believe only white people have allergies.
- adrianmonk 7y agoThis study found that in the US, food allergies are actually more prevalent among African-American and Hispanic children than among (non-Hispanic) white children: https://www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(16)30504-9/abstract https://www.jaci-inpractice.org/article/S2213-2198(16)30504-...
- Sohcahtoa82 7y agoWhat would make you believe that? And do you still believe it after the other user linked an article about allergies in other races?
- magic_beans 7y agoWhile that's a ridiculous belief, it isn't a racist belief.
- Retric 7y agoIt’s racism in the most direct sense. Suggesting one race in the case white people are inherently worse than all other races. It’s not discriminatory, but racism is a belief not always an action. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism
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- kleer001 7y agoAwww, I love feel good stories like this! Reminds me a lot of the town of Geel in Belgum: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/01/484083305/for-centuries-a-small-town-has-embraced-strangers-with-mental-illness https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/01/4840833... For me I think this at-the-source / small town / intimate one-on-one solution is great in so many ways.
- botto 7y agoSuch a great idea for a restaurant, would love for it to come to London. Also, Yahoo Japan does a go fund me style donations platform?! Still amazed Yahoo lives on in Japan.
- ftio 7y agoThis is fantastic, but they really need to work on the accessibility of their site. All of the most important text is locked away in images. No reason to do that in 2019.
- flyGuyOnTheSly 7y agoContact them with that suggestion, I am sure they would appreciate it and most likely do not read HN. Do some good like they're trying to!
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- kawera 7y agoOn a side note, I've recently visited a coffeeshop in São Paulo where every employee has Down Syndrome and it was wonderful; spent almost two hours discussing with the waiters and the barista - a sea of kindness, really.
- gargs 7y agoAlso, in NL - https://www.browniesanddownies.nl https://www.browniesanddownies.nl
- krallja 7y agoWinston-Salem, NC has a coffee shop "providing meaningful, enriching employment to individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)." https://www.mojicoffee.org/ https://www.mojicoffee.org/
- davidkuhta 7y agoAlong those lines: > Bitty & Beau’s Coffee is more than just a place to grab a cup of coffee – it’s an experience. While the shop is run by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and the customers love the products, they really come in for the unique customer service experience. https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com Locations: - Winston-Salem, NC - Charlotte, SC - Savannah, GA
- krallja 7y agoWilmington*, NC :)
- davidkuhta 7y agodoh! Thank you!
- js2 7y agoThe correct locations are Wilmington NC; Charleston, SC; and Savannah, GA.
- lachlan-sneff 7y agoI'd love to buy a t-shirt with their logo (in Japanese), but it doesn't look like that's something they offer.
- kazinator 7y agoIf they did, you'd mistakenly get a Rolling Stones T-shirt with the tongue and lips logo.
- AstroJetson 7y agoOne of of the more interesting restaurants that we ate at 3 days a week. I started going with friends and noticed I got a menu and they never ordered. But we all got lunch. After awhile I didn't get an menu either and they just brought lunch. I was a little surprised by this and asked, she said they watched what we ordered and once they got it down, they just brought us things they though we would like. If you wanted something different, or it was a special you wanted to try all you had to do was ask for it when they took the drink order. Otherwise it was a nice chat, lunch was served and it was great. I would be into a place like "Mistaken Orders" since I'm sure it would be fine, and a little adventure.
- chewxy 7y agoI once toyed with a concept of a Karma Cafe - you get what you deserve. Didn't really pan out far
- kazinator 7y agoThat has been a huge thing outside of Japan for hundreds of years already.
- failrate 7y agoCite examples, please.
- Eleopteryx 7y agoI wish the real world generally valued employees as people instead of numbers on a spreadsheet. These individuals can get jobs with dementia but I can't seem to get a job with ADHD. I guess "our employees can't regulate their attention, just go with it" isn't a compelling hook for the vast majority of businesses.
- i_am_nomad 7y agoYou’re right - this is a harsh world for people who are outside what’s considered neurotypical. Your ADHD would be an adaptive trait in other eras, though. It would make you an excellent hunter and tracker, and probably a fearsome improvisational tactician on the battlefield. In a less technological era, you would likely be a chieftain or better, thanks to your impressive ability to provide meat to your people and beat the shit out of other tribes. None of that is very useful to you in this world of cubicles and meetings and emails, but maybe someday, managers and entrepreneurs will find ways to enable people like you and help you work to your true potential.
- sushid 7y agoHave you tried taking meds for your ADHD?
- vmlinuz 7y agoPrevious story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20409569 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20409569
- nephrite 7y agoIt's all fun and games until someone eats something he/she allergic to due to a (featured) mistake.