[IL-Talk] Wilma's Menu

[Glenn III]

Thanks Dan (and Chris).

For those who want to skip my story, this menu link seems better
https://wilmasfamousbbq.com/menu
Hopefully it's screenreader friendly, but given my story, I'm curious to
see if something interferes with a computer being able to read what's
written--but I'm optimistic.

So, yeah, it's one of those websites that seems to steer you to place an
order plus it seems to deliberately withold details (I even got a "confirm
you're human captcha when I clicked your link--funny for a restaurant menu,
which I assume is to prevent food ordering apps from accessing their menu
and prices).
Well anyway, I had a bit of success. If you click the button to "order
online", then on the following page select the location, theres a "view
menu" button that becomes active. Once I clicked "view menu" it brought me
to a page with actual text and prices (unfortunately, the original landing
page seems to only have pictures).
The URL of that menu page is what I pasted above, and it still worked after
I cleared browser cookies, so it should work for anyone who uses that link.

Looking forward to tomorrow.
-Glenn M

On Thu, Aug 7, 2025, 10:27 AM Dan TeVelde via IL-Talk <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> 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
>
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-Glenn III