[IL-Talk] Wilma's Menu

[dan.tevelde at comcast.net]

Hi all,

 

Yesterday Debbie Stein and Dave Meyer called me to see if I could get the
menu. I did a search and the best result I could get was the website for the
Chicago location. There are links to popular items but not a complete menu.
I called the restaurant and explained that we were visiting this Saturday. I
pointed out that we have members with a wide variety of computer skills and
said that providing a complete menu in one place would be helpful. The
person I spoke with said to go to the website. I tried pleading my case but
he was tone deaf. I didn't even get into the issue of accessibility. Chris
tried using an AI tool to create a menu but was blocked from getting some
information. I think he can provide a summary of the menu but people might
have better luck look at the site and bypassing the reviews and comments.

 

Title III of the ADA is pretty clear that restaurants need to provide
alternatives to print menus but that seems to be a losing proposition.
People have attempted writing apps which would take existing menus and put
them in a format a blind person could easily read and navigate. So far,
restaurants haven't been interested in subsidizing these services. I guess
people forget that 20% of the human population has some form of disability.
This is a significant market that companies are ignoring.

 

I'm sorry I couldn't do better but here is the best link I could find to
information about the restaurant. The information is located at

 

https://wilmasfamousbbq.com/wilmaschicago#main

 

Dan