Comments on: Mez

By: JB

JB — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:12:41 +0000

I realize that this discussion is old and has already gone way beyond the bounds of the unnecessary, but I can’t resist making this clarification…

Reserving hybrid spaces close to restaurants does prevent pollution, because the point of the car’s origin isn’t the restaurant, it’s your house. Say you’re driving a traditional vehicle and leave your house and drive to a restaurant. You pull into the parking lot and have to park immediately because the spots closer to the restaurant are for hybrids. You stop your car and walk 5 parking rows to the restaurant. If the traditional spaces were closer to the restaurant, you would have driven those 5 rows instead of walking.

Now this scenario assumes a strip-mall parking environment, and in real life the difference is probably only a couple of yards instead of 5 rows, but still. The take-away lesson is we should walk more, use shared/centralized parking, and worry less about reserving spaces for hybrids.

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By: davidL

davidL — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:28:42 +0000

I anxiously awaited the opening only to be bitterly disappointed in this place. I’ll never go back, Prius parking space or not.

By: Stay home next time

Stay home next time — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:10:28 +0000

So I’d like to return to this post and offer apologies for being, well, unacceptable in the assertiveness of my previous post. No excuses.

LEED is an imperfect system, it’s creators admit it, but it is the standard that exists to recognize environmentally friendly building practices. LEED certification, to a degree can be bought – you can pay for points such as marking spaces for alternative fuel and hybrid vehicles or supporting green power. But the intent is still valid. In this case the restaurant is apparently partners in the building, but tenants can influence any aspect of the property if the parties agree – see the other spaces in the same center that are reserved for Starbucks (just a tenant).

Anyway, back to the food, MEZ has some really good offerings and they seem to be constantly adjusting their menu which makes sense as they seek to establish themselves. Try the burger, the guac is made fresh so it’s variable (but fresh).
And as I tried to point out before, their commitment to the local community is real and worth patronizing.

Hopefully those are reasons to go, not because of the paint on the asphalt – park your hummers wherever you please, that’s why you got them.

By: sara

sara — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:18:13 +0000

that would be resource… I have spelling issues.

By: sara

sara — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:17:04 +0000

The LEED system is based on points. One point can be acheived for hybrid spaces, recycling of construction debris, more effiecent heating and cooling etc. Does the restaurant own the building? If they are renting space they would have no say in the parking arrangements.

That said one of the faults of the LEED system is to give points for things, such as hybrid parking spaces, that may or may not get used while not deducting points for bad decisions / equipment that is not energy or resourse efficient.

I haven’t eaten there but thought I would add a little context to the discussion.

By: Dim Sum

Dim Sum — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:48:21 +0000

I have to say, I was pretty happy to see even the tiniest eff-you to the nearly suffocating smugness in this town. Go Carpe Durham!

By: durhamfood

durhamfood — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 01:09:26 +0000

Gotta disagree there: everything is political

By: Beth1

Beth1 — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:04:50 +0000

You tell ‘em, Chief.

By: Carpe Durham/Reasonably Prudent Person

Carpe Durham/Reasonably Prudent Person — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:29:38 +0000

I am happy to hear from people that disagree with me, as we all are on any matter we post about here. I am less inclined to participate in a discussion with someone that needs to support their argument by telling me that my head must be “up [my] own dark orifice.”

Additionally, the comment was simply an expression of distaste for a parking allocation system at a restaurant. Not everything is political.