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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.


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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 Station06/09/10 13:49:00 Richard Greenhough
                                 Re:Re:Train Station06/09/10 14:04:00 Bernadette Paul
                                    Re:Re:Re:Train Station06/09/10 14:23:00 Richard Greenhough
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Train Station06/09/10 14:41:00 Bernadette Paul
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Train Station06/09/10 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

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