WERE YOU BORN IN A TENT

Wednesday 19 March 2014

EAST ELEVATION

351 Lygon St, Brunswick East

Visited: 11th February 2014

Design: I have been lucky I have just had the chance to visit 3 amazing doors, this being the first, (others will follow in posts to come). I have driven past this door a number of times and it has caught my eye. I have always wondered what was behind it. Then this morning I decided to go to East Elevation not knowing where it was and discovered when I arrived this amazing door belonged to them. What can I say, this would have to be one of the most impressive entrances to a cafe, ever. With a massive slab of raw concrete forming the front wall and an impressive window opening onto the street, your eye is led to the beautiful natural stained timber, (could be black butt) that towers over and surrounds that incredible red wooden door. The combination of these three elements together is harmony to the eye. The grey, the browns and the red...........WOW! It almost feels like you are entering a modern version of the Amer Fort in Jaipur, India. There is something very medieval about the grandeur and overwhelming size of this door that blows me away. There is a harsh beauty to its simplicity and yet the red door has a rustic charm to it, like an old country farm house or an Armish barn. A dream to open and a manual close. All I can say is incredible, incredible, incredible.

Door resistance: 1.5

Closure mechanism: Manual

Draft: Minimal

Squeak level: 0

Change return time: 1.11 sec

2 comments:

Steven Pam9 April 2014 at 03:54
If you ever decide to branch out from eatery doors, to retail doors more generally, please consider reviewing Anton Gerner Furniture in Hawthorn East.
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Unknown10 April 2014 at 06:05
You have me curious now. Thanks for the tip.
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PROFESSIONAL DOOR REVIEWER

Searching the world for the perfect door to eat behind.

First impressions are always important, especially for a restaurant or cafe. So many people are focusing on the food these days that I felt there was a hole in the reviews world. No one was looking at the most important thing, THE DOOR! Everyone complains when it is left open, death stares are exchange when the unsuspecting group of friends having a fun night enter the premises from the cold only to walk straight in and go straight to their table totally oblivious they have left the door wide open to allow an arctic strength gale force wind to cut through the previously warm interior. Like a scene from a western film where everyone in the premises stops what they are doing and cuts down the new comers with a deathly stare. Occasionally you will get the confident diner who gets up, walks across the restaurant and closes the door with a BANG! Just to let the new comers know they have done wrong and to NEVER, EVER DO IT AGAIN!!!!! This individual makes their way back to the table staring at the newcomers, just to make sure they got the message. The only problem is, is that 5 minutes later another group come in and do the same thing and he/she feels obliged to continually do this for the rest of the night.

Well hopefully this blog puts a light on the owners of these establishments and encourages them to lift their game and create doors that allow diners to sit and enjoy their meal, to give the diner an experience before they enter the building. It is also a thank you to the makers of quality doors who care about craftsmanship.

I have developed a scoring system based on,

DESIGN:

This is assessed by the materials the door is made from, whether the door is themed, cluttered or minimal and whether there is an element of surprise or not.

DOOR RESISTANCE: 1 to 5

1 = light push

5 = heavy push

CLOSURE MECHANISM: Manual, automatic or

hydraulic arm

DRAFT: Minimal, medium or high

SQUEAK LEVEL: 0 up to 5

0 = No squeak

5 = Ear piercing

Then the last assessment is the,

CHANGE RETURN TIME:

This is the amount of time it takes to get my change once I have given the waiter the money for the bill. Last impressions are always just as important as first.