Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | |
Posted by: | Malcolm Peltu | |
Date/Time: | 08/09/10 11:27:00 |
Although I don't hate the new cafe and find it tolerable, I generally agree with Lynne that something important beyond the physical issues of design and modernisation has been lost. I am one of the regulars who used to love going to the old cafe and go far less frequently to the new cafe (I am beginning to take my own refreshments to Chiswick House and sit somewhere more pleasing to me). Of course the old cafe was a ramshackled old building and the loos were intolerable, so the physical environment had to be improved. But it was a friendly local place - just like the temporary refreshment place by the cricket field. Now that there are good loos in the ground (for me, by far the best thing about the new cafe), if that refreshment kiosk returned I would go there rather than the cafe if i just wanted a cup of tea or ice cream. I am pleased for those who like the new cafe. But I am among those who feel it could have been much much better and who regret the passing of a a local facility I greatly enjoyed over many years. With regard to the new building, soon after it opened I had to move my table because there was water dripping onto it. The waitress said there was a leak. I can still see the stains. Like the design of the serving area, this could indicate an architect more focused on aesthetics that obviously please architectural critics rather than the details of everyday use. |
Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 13:46:00 | Jim Sitch |
Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 14:32:00 | Bill Hooke |
Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 19:51:00 | Robert Williams |
Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 19:54:00 | C Wynne |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 19:57:00 | Gordon McDonald |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 20:11:00 | Susan Kelly |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 22:07:00 | Lucy Dunkerley |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 05/09/10 22:26:00 | Richard Jennings |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 09:04:00 | Anne Meagher |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 09:19:00 | Bernadette Paul |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 10:32:00 | Susan Kelly |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 10:56:00 | Alastair Banton |
Re:Train Station | 06/09/10 13:49:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Re:Train Station | 06/09/10 14:04:00 | Bernadette Paul |
Re:Re:Re:Train Station | 06/09/10 14:23:00 | Richard Greenhough |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Train Station | 06/09/10 14:41:00 | Bernadette Paul |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Train Station | 06/09/10 15:03:00 | Susan Kelly |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 07/09/10 21:34:00 | Lynne bruce |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 07/09/10 23:57:00 | Richard Jennings |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 08/09/10 00:18:00 | Lynne bruce |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 08/09/10 11:27:00 | Malcolm Peltu |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 08/09/10 11:59:00 | Lynne bruce |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 08/09/10 12:45:00 | Lucy Dunkerley |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 08/09/10 13:50:00 | Lucy Dunkerley |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 08/09/10 13:56:00 | Malcolm Peltu |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 11:19:00 | Dorota Chrisp |
Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 13:08:00 | Malcolm Peltu |
:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 13:54:00 | Carol Charlwood |
Re::Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 17:41:00 | Roger Jones |
Re:Re::Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 18:51:00 | Birna Helgadottir |
Re:Re::Re:Chiswick House cafe | 09/09/10 11:28:00 | Lynne bruce |
Re:Re:Re::Re:Chiswick House cafe | 09/09/10 23:21:00 | Felicity Caborn |
Re:Re:Re:Re::Re:Chiswick House cafe | 09/09/10 23:56:00 | Lynne bruce |
Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 18:52:00 | Dick Langton |
Re:Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 19:09:00 | Alastair Banton |
Re:Chiswick House cafe | 06/09/10 19:26:00 | Dick Langton |