I've dreamed about this for ages and it seems it is now actually happening.
The plan is simple, in these years of fastfood, lack of service, weird types of coffee, too much choice in tea and generally noisy and impersonal establishments, I am starting a lunchroom straight from the 1930s; the golden era of service.
Imagine the scene...
A 1930s radio on a shelf is quietly playing 1930s music and radiobroadcasts, no bleeping machines, no rude advertising.
A lady in black dress with white skirts approaches you, the waitress is polite, patient and friendly without being overly informal and 'too smiley'.
Service that has become extremely rare over here.
The menu is very simple, back to basics.
You want a cheese sandwich, you get a cheese sandwich, what kind of bread?
White or brown, that's it.
You want a Double Tall, Nonfat, Half-Caf, Extra Hot Latte with Whipped Cream, Vanilla, Hazelnut, Almond, Raspberry, and Toffee Nut Syrup, Extra Foam, 2 packets of Sweet 'n' Low, 1 packet of Sugar, 1/2 pack of Equal, and Caramel Sauce?
Sorry, we just have one kind of coffee; hot.
You want to choose from our tea selection?
What tea selection?
At the counter there will be jars of candy for kids, we will even have some candy so cheap that modern kids can experience the joy of actually getting some candy for 1 cent.
Signs ask visitors to turn off their mobile phones.
Want to use your mobile phone anyway?
Please use our wooden telephone booth in the corner.
Or if you just want to experience the amazing weird unusual technique of using a real antique dial phone... go ahead
Anyway, that is what I'm working on at the moment.
If you want to keep an eye on my project, feel free to 'like' the facebook page, even though it is mostly in Dutch
https://www.facebook.com/DeJaren30Lunchroom
The plan is simple, in these years of fastfood, lack of service, weird types of coffee, too much choice in tea and generally noisy and impersonal establishments, I am starting a lunchroom straight from the 1930s; the golden era of service.
Imagine the scene...
A 1930s radio on a shelf is quietly playing 1930s music and radiobroadcasts, no bleeping machines, no rude advertising.
A lady in black dress with white skirts approaches you, the waitress is polite, patient and friendly without being overly informal and 'too smiley'.
Service that has become extremely rare over here.
The menu is very simple, back to basics.
You want a cheese sandwich, you get a cheese sandwich, what kind of bread?
White or brown, that's it.
You want a Double Tall, Nonfat, Half-Caf, Extra Hot Latte with Whipped Cream, Vanilla, Hazelnut, Almond, Raspberry, and Toffee Nut Syrup, Extra Foam, 2 packets of Sweet 'n' Low, 1 packet of Sugar, 1/2 pack of Equal, and Caramel Sauce?
Sorry, we just have one kind of coffee; hot.
You want to choose from our tea selection?
What tea selection?
At the counter there will be jars of candy for kids, we will even have some candy so cheap that modern kids can experience the joy of actually getting some candy for 1 cent.
Signs ask visitors to turn off their mobile phones.
Want to use your mobile phone anyway?
Please use our wooden telephone booth in the corner.
Or if you just want to experience the amazing weird unusual technique of using a real antique dial phone... go ahead
Anyway, that is what I'm working on at the moment.
If you want to keep an eye on my project, feel free to 'like' the facebook page, even though it is mostly in Dutch
https://www.facebook.com/DeJaren30Lunchroom
