[nfbwatlk] FW: Red Lobster providing braille menus

Mike Mello mike at mello.com
Thu Oct 11 01:36:07 UTC 2012


Sorry, but, I don't see what the big deal is. They should be doing this already, this isn't 1995, it's 2012.

On Tue, 9 Oct 2012 17:52:34 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:

>From: wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org [mailto:wcb-l-bounces at wcbinfo.org] On Behalf
>Of Gaylen Floy
>Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 2:50 PM
>To: WCLList
>Subject: [Wcb-l] Red Lobster providing braille menus

> 

>Catch the Updated Braille & Large Print Menus Arriving at Red Lobster
>Restaurants This Week





>By Jeff (BrailleWorks Blog Admin), on October 9th, 2012


>Red Lobster wants you to know they care, no matter whether you can see or
>not. Starting next week, all of the nearly 700 Red Lobster restaurants in
>the United States will begin handing out new updated Braille and large print
>menus to guests who request one at their host-stand. So if you're someone
>who loves seafood but can't see food, Red Lobster is the place to need to
>go.

>Red Lobster takes great pride in preparing fresh, delicious seafood over
>their wood-fired grill for you to enjoy. In other words; they Sea Food
>DifferentlyT. 





>I'd personally like to thank Red Lobster and their parent company Darden
>Restaurants for their efforts to bring excellent and independent dining
>experiences to people who are blind or have low vision. Instead of ignoring
>the needs of the visually impaired community like so many other restaurants
>do, they have chosen to embrace them and do whatever they can to ensure an
>equal dining experience for everyone regardless of level of sight.

> 




Michael J. Mello

mike at mello.com

(208) 301-0565




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