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No parking
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Single-stair buildings
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A street width most fire departments wouldn’t allow
In the U.S. you can rape children (and adults) and be the president. So I don’t think there’s much value in comparing things to their legal status in the U.S.
This is like 20 minutes from me in… America! First one of many that came to mind. Keep circle jerking though.
I don’t get it. are we supposed to be appalled?
I like the trees, though!
A single swallow doesn’t mean it’s summer.
Now all I can think of is a cop car just smashing through that alley, like every chase scene in the 80’s
Chasing a brown kid that was smoking a joint probably. The kid was later filled with 38 bulltes. The police officer is a hero
Self inflicted
In his back
That cop feared for his life! So brave!
Thank you for your service.
I ate at a place in Pasadena that was similarly laid out and it was great.
Name drop plz!
Pretty much everywhere on Colorado Blvd (Route 66) is like that when you get towards downtown. Any Asian restaurant you pick will probably be fucking lit due to its proximity to the San Gabriel Valley (largest Asian population in the US).
Have you tried Bar Sinziki? Friend took me there when I was in town
Nah, never heard of it. I probably spent more time in Pasadena than anywhere else in Los Angeles because I’ve been to music festivals at the Rose Bowl a few times. Pasadena is really cool. I think about moving there sometimes.
OP just discovered that European cities are older than American cities but wasn’t smart enough to realize it.
Spaniard love to eat outside for some reason. Sometimes you will see couple of small tables on a sidewalk right next to a busy street because people just prefer to sit outside, even if it not pleasant at all. Maybe it’s because inside it’s usually so noisy you can’t have a conversation without shouting…
Funny (well, funny enough) story: a friend was visiting me in Spain and as we were looking for a place to eat she goes “let’s go to the port, we will be able to see the water”. I was like “that’s a weird priority… but ok”. So we find a nice place in the port, sit down, I look around and the restaurant was full British people sitting on one side of the table looking at the sea.
Weird how every nation is obsessed with some details others don’t really care about.
Ya it’s super weird an island nation is would enjoy the sea. Super weird humans enjoy water. There’s a perfectly good crowded alleyway right there!!!
Someone makes a comment about British tourists which isn’t about them being rude, destructive, or otherwise terrible people and Brits still get stroppy. 😆
and it’s in Spain . . . .screenshotting this once in a lifetime thing
Look, I love the sea and water noises, but I can’t stand the gulls or grackels (less common worldwide, but act like a cross between seagul and pigeon)
I just cant stand the smell of freshwater marine life.
lol
But its nots really hate as I know the ecosystem I live in depends HEAVILY on that life . Its more of ‘I respect them from afar… 5 KM afar lol’
Not my adorable loving flying water rats!!! We love them so!!! Mischievous little gluttons they are.
They are fine, but I want them to be fine over there.
They know you leak French fries and snacks
As an American, I had no idea others weren’t obsessed with watching water while eating
I personally wouldn’t call it charming.
Crowded. Small. Blocking the pavement. Inside concrete jungle. Hot as fuck.
What a twat.
Crowded? 7 people. Concrete? It’s a fucking medieval street. Blocking what? it is obviously a pedestrian street. Hot as fuck? People in the pic wear long sleeves.
And fuck you too.
Crowded - shitton of tables basically on top of each other. Blocking walkway. Pedestrians are to what, jump over it? Hot as fuck - go there in the summer the heat is unbearable.
Hot as fuck - go there in the summer the heat is unbearable.
I’m not sure why you assume that is the case, but then don’t go there when it’s too hot?
Personally I’d just walk through the clearly defined walkway, but you do you I guess.
Too bad for the family with their stroller or somebody in a wheelchair that they’re not you, I guess.
eh, been there done that with a stroller. they make room, nobody gets upset. same thing with tiny roads that are two-way: in America it would be a standstill because “right of way!!”, but in small European towns you move aside because you know you’ll get to where you’re going faster that way
I live in European Small Town™. When I am out and about with my daughter on her bike, I hate those situations. She’s not allowed on the street with her bike, so we need to maneuver around all the tables, customers and waiters crossing. Asking some ten persons to stop their lunch and move tables aside stops being fun, when it’s part of your daily routine. I can only imagine the nightmare having to jump those hoops with a wheelchair.
That’s why I even have that strong of an opinion about this seemingly non-issue 😅
privatization and gentrification on public space that pushes out residents of their own places .
I had dinner at a place that looked almost exactly like this in New Orleans
I’ve been to half a dozen restaurants that had outdoor seating just like this in America. It’s no big deal, can be nice if the weather is suitable.
I thought those were socks on clothes lines haha
Is smoking allowed? That’s what unfortunately keeps ruining my summer outdoor dinners.
A European country with a outdoor space? Id be surprised if it werent
Technically those buildings are only three stories. I have no idea the floor plan, but three deckers with one stairway are definitely allowed. It’s just bigger buildings that need the second stairway
Charming? What’s charming about eating in an alley?
Found the American ;-)
(no idea where you’re from, but you set up that joke so nicely I couldn’t resist)It’s kinda cozy, colourful and walkable, but not stuffy, open-air, but not by some busy street.
Looks like a cramped alley to me.
I guess that’s a cultural difference between considering it “cramped” or “cozy”. Whether that is the cause or the result of different norms is beyond me, but evidently OOP isn’t as bothered by the “closeness” of it all (nor am I).
Eeeeewwwww, monopoly
So instead of being blocked by cars the entire street is blocked by chairs and you have to squeeze by people eating if you want to go through. Sucks either way.
Lol I’d still recommend trying it sometime… you might realize it’s still better than squeezing by cars 🙃
Not for someone in a wheel chair. Especially in emergency. Surprise!!! we designed cities for all types of people!! we designed them with accessibility and safety in mind!
