Here is our LeCouffee and Chimay (both named after Belgium beers) resting at Napper Tandy's on West Street. Napper Tandy's has a nice outdoor seating patio area.Well, our county health department has gone n' done it now! Earlier this month (August 2009) they told restaurants that dogs are not allowed on the dining patio area. Dogs are not welcome to eat with their owners in an outside dining area! That is how the Wake County Health Department interpreted a very poorly written rule. You can read more about the rule in the Links section. Basically, the rule stated that dogs are not allowed in food preparation or storage areas. Now unless you are at a very fancy place where they are flamin' your food in front of you, or are planning on storing your food instead of eating it.... this rule does not apply to outside dining. Heck! It don't even apply to INSIDE DINING!
Apparently, the local newspaper, the News & Observer, ran a piece on pet-friendly restaurants. The county health inspectors who inspector out dining establishments, took it upon themselves to interpreted this rule to mean, Fido can not eat outside with the dog owners. Now, let's side step one bit. A couple of days before this article came out about the county enforcing this poorly written rule, a local radio station talked about how dog crazy Americans are where they treat their dogs like family... like children... maybe even better than family! Now knowing that, you can imagine the reaction of the public here in Raleigh... and I am not talking about the restaurant owners... but dog lovers. You would cause less ruckus by walking into a bar in the Deep South hosting a bunch of rednecks and yell, "Hey, what do you think about those Yankee boys winning that Civil War?" This was not a good move.
Evidently, it caused the County Attorney General to re-interpreted, or basically use the good old common sense and state that dogs could be in the outside dining areas at the discretion of the restaurant management.
I've included the Links to the N & O stories in chronological order if you are interested in reading about this.... good entertainment.
It never ceases to amaze me that government in all of its wisdom authority, wishes to protect us public from the evils of society, and they pick on something that is not broken.... not only that.. but something that is working well for everyone. It's like those at the top are trying to dominate us in every aspect of our lives, but in fact, make themselves look like fools. You have to wonder what is going through their minds picking a battle on such shaky ground.
www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1656168.html,
www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/1656793.html,
www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1661069.html
Apparently, the local newspaper, the News & Observer, ran a piece on pet-friendly restaurants. The county health inspectors who inspector out dining establishments, took it upon themselves to interpreted this rule to mean, Fido can not eat outside with the dog owners. Now, let's side step one bit. A couple of days before this article came out about the county enforcing this poorly written rule, a local radio station talked about how dog crazy Americans are where they treat their dogs like family... like children... maybe even better than family! Now knowing that, you can imagine the reaction of the public here in Raleigh... and I am not talking about the restaurant owners... but dog lovers. You would cause less ruckus by walking into a bar in the Deep South hosting a bunch of rednecks and yell, "Hey, what do you think about those Yankee boys winning that Civil War?" This was not a good move.
Evidently, it caused the County Attorney General to re-interpreted, or basically use the good old common sense and state that dogs could be in the outside dining areas at the discretion of the restaurant management.
I've included the Links to the N & O stories in chronological order if you are interested in reading about this.... good entertainment.
It never ceases to amaze me that government in all of its wisdom authority, wishes to protect us public from the evils of society, and they pick on something that is not broken.... not only that.. but something that is working well for everyone. It's like those at the top are trying to dominate us in every aspect of our lives, but in fact, make themselves look like fools. You have to wonder what is going through their minds picking a battle on such shaky ground.
www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1656168.html,
www.newsobserver.com/1565/story/1656793.html,
www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1661069.html
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