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public toilets in Italian cities
Derek F wrote:
That sound an expensive way to "spend a penny" There is an outcry in Edinburgh at the moment as the new Edinburgh Park railway station has been built without toilet facikities. It's a bit of a silly outcry. It's a commuter station with frequent services- all of which (from Dunblane, Glasgow Queen St. etc.) have onboard toilets IIRC. Lots of commuter stations serving just as many passengers don't have toilets. Think about the tube! David -- David Horne- (website under reconstruction) davidhorne (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk |
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public toilets in Italian cities
"David Horne" wrote in message news:1g5z0ix.1rxuyyf67qmddN%this_address_is_for_sp ... Derek F wrote: That sound an expensive way to "spend a penny" There is an outcry in Edinburgh at the moment as the new Edinburgh Park railway station has been built without toilet facikities. It's a bit of a silly outcry. It's a commuter station with frequent services- all of which (from Dunblane, Glasgow Queen St. etc.) have onboard toilets IIRC. Lots of commuter stations serving just as many passengers don't have toilets. Think about the tube! David With my prostate, I do think about it when making a long journey on the tube:-) Very few Tube stations have facilities. Derek. |
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public toilets in Italian cities
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B Vaughan typed: On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:40:10 -0700, "Ken Blake" wrote: [snip] Every restaurant charges a coperto, or pane e coperto (cover charge, or bread and cover). It's normally very little--around a Euro or two (perhaps a little more in more expensive places). Actually, that's not true. I would say it's confined to restaurants serving the tourist trade. There's not a single restaurant near where I live that charges either for pane or coperto. Then I bow to your greater knowledge. I've been in parts of Italy where tourists hardly ever go, and to the best of my knowledge there was always a coperto there too. But it's possible that I just don't remember. Nevertheless from a practical standpoint, a tourist in Italy can expect to pay a coperto charge, if not always, at least the great majority of the time. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Bread in Italian Restaurants (Was public toilets in Italian cities)
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:34:24 -0000, Phil Richards
wrote: Standard with most Italian restaurants is a cover charge ("Coperta") which will include bread. Expect to pay about EUR 1 to 1.5 per person. Careful - there is no longer a cover charge ("coperto") in Rome - it was abolished a couple of years ago - and bread is charged for by the piece. (As a result, waiters now bring the bread basket as soon as you sit down.) Margaret Coffin InfoRoma - The Rome Experts www.inforoma.it |
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Bread in Italian Restaurants (Was public toilets in Italian cities)
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Margaret Coffin typed: Careful - there is no longer a cover charge ("coperto") in Rome - it was abolished a couple of years ago - and bread is charged for by the piece. (As a result, waiters now bring the bread basket as soon as you sit down.) I've been Rome three times in the last couple of years, most recently last month. There was a coperto everyplace I ate. Bread was *never* charged for by the piece. -- Ken Blake Please reply to the newsgroup |
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Bread in Italian Restaurants (Was public toilets in Italian cities)
On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:09:30 GMT Margaret Coffin
said... Careful - there is no longer a cover charge ("coperto") in Rome - it was abolished a couple of years ago - and bread is charged for by the piece. (As a result, waiters now bring the bread basket as soon as you sit down.) What, in *all* restaurants? Surely it's down to the individual restaurant to set the price rather being some local regulation or whatever? I've seen restaurants in the big tourist centres offering set meals which include cover (& service charge). However if you choose to order separately then normally you get charged Coperto. -- Phil Richards London |
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On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 13:51:47 -0700 Ken Blake
said... serving the tourist trade. There's not a single restaurant near where I live that charges either for pane or coperto. Then I bow to your greater knowledge. I've been in parts of Italy where tourists hardly ever go, and to the best of my knowledge there was always a coperto there too. My experience too having stayed in again many towns well off the tourist trail. Perhaps restaurants drop the charge for locals or their regular customers? -- Phil Richards London |
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public toilets in Italian cities
It's a bit of a silly outcry. It's a commuter station with frequent services- all of which (from Dunblane, Glasgow Queen St. etc.) have onboard toilets IIRC. Lots of commuter stations serving just as many passengers don't have toilets. Think about the tube! All the newer metro (subway) stations in S.F. have toilets that you can access if you ask the station agent for a key. You never know when nature might call... Lil |
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Bread in Italian Restaurants
My fault for the misleading subject header. I started thinking about
some practical questions, the first of which was the toilet issue. Then I started thinking about coperto, and how we ended up paying for something like that in London--when we ended up paying for papadums. B wrote in message . .. On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:54:50 +0000, (David Horne) wrote: Phil Richards wrote: Going back to charging for papadums, not surprise in central London. In my own experience in areas where you'll find an abundance of Curry/Balti restaurants (or houses) for instance around Brick Lane in East London, certain parts of Birmingham then often papadums are "on the house". I think I'm correct in saying that the curry mile at Rusholme (Manchester) has the highest concentration of Curry/Balti restaurants in Europe, and they _do_ tend to charge for papadums. I think the point of the post was that they couldn't use the toilet without buying something, so were charged for papadums. ----------- Barbara Vaughan My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup |
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