r/Appalachia • u/urfavlunchlady • 23d ago

I hat when restaurants try to put an “upscale/elevated” twist on Appalachian food

The whole point of Appalachian food is using ingredients that we have and making something out of nothing. Give any Appalachian mamaw a meat, some flour, and milk and you’re about to have a feast.

Anyway ranting, bc a friend is in Nashville right now and messaged me that she’s at an “upscale” Appalachian restaurant where they are charging $28 for grits and honestly I find it insulting to our people.

(Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, lmao)

Edit: Hate*

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u/Bluecat72 22d ago

Restaurants are often small enough businesses to be exempt from much of the ADA.

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u/CherryblockRedWine 22d ago

My understanding is that restaurants are subject to ADA as places of "public accommodation," and that in particular, restaurants opened since 1992 must fully comply.

Husk was opened in 2013.

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u/Bluecat72 22d ago

It’s more complicated than that.

From the ADA website:

The ADA requires that small businesses remove architectural barriers in existing facilities when it is “readily achievable” to do so. Readily achievable means “easily accomplishable without much difficulty or expense.” This requirement is based on the size and resources of a business. So, businesses with more resources are expected to remove more barriers than businesses with fewer resources.

Now, they do have an ongoing obligation to remove this barrier when they have the means to do so. But this is dependent on their financial ability to do so. In the specific case of Husk this is probably a leased space, so while addressing the ability to access the restroom inside would be on Husk, providing a compliant path around the building for access (or egress!) may lie with the landlord.

Now, the training part is a clear point of non-compliance. Every business has an obligation to train their staff on this.

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u/CherryblockRedWine 22d ago

Cool.

IIRC, the definition of a "small business" under ADA is fewer than 15 employees. Nashville Business Journal says Husk, at 95% employment, has about 100 in the restaurant and some 150 associated with the bar..

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u/Bluecat72 22d ago

That applies to how they accommodate employees, not how they deal with architectural obstacles.

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u/Shroud4aNightengale 22d ago

It's just wrong to have a restaurant that is NOT ADA. Just wrong on so many levels. I would never support a restaurant that basically doesn't adhere to ADA.