Chicagoist: Ask Chicagoist: Takeout Menu Ban?

guest

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:29:57 -0600

This is going to put a lot of very poor people out of work. For many of them, flier distribution the only type of work they can get. Plus, did I read this right... does this also outlaw the distribution of free newspapers that are not bagged in plastic our bound? No Reader, New City, Inside, Windy City Times, Hyde Park Herald or West Side Gazzette? Picking up litter seems to me to be a small price to pay for allowing free speech - commercial or otherwise. Ron

Scooter Libbby

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:18:06 -0600

I'm just waiting for the next RCN hang tag on my screen door. I am definitely going to report them.

guest

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:33:13 -0600

Thanks for clearing this up... I remember reading the original article but thought it was only applicable to a certain ward. The worst part about the menu distro's is all the litter it creates. I'll definitely phone a few in if they don't cut it out on my gate!

vit

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:54:27 -0600

Since my door opens directly onto the street, I'm ground zero for menus (and for people knocking on doors for their causes or religions). If I thought it would do any good, I'd tape a 'no menus' sign to my door.

doppler

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:33:10 -0600

Shannon, Duck Walk is the worst. They are peerless in their menu distribution volume. It is tasty though...

Shannon

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:54:19 -0600

very valuable information. every few weeks i get a menu for Duck Walk on Belmont shoved under my (private, gated apartment) door. how many freakin' menus can you have for one place? it doesn't 'prevent my door from locking,' but it's sure as hell annoying and superfluous.

Navin

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:22:00 -0600

It's not as simple as just taking them in the house because they end up blowing all over the place in the gangway and so on. I'd love to see an end to this or at the very least a compromise that allows restaurants to maybe do it a certian number of times a year or something. I don't see how anyone can justify needing to do this shit so much, almost everyday for some places.

guest

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:54:26 -0600

Don't call the ward superintendent, call 311. Calls to 311 are tracked and generate service requests that are routed to somebody who has to respond. The ward superintendent doesn't have anything to do with enforcing this ordinance and will probably just ignore your call.

guest

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:45:35 -0600

Yeah for Manny Flores! Vote for him for Congress in 08! :)

guest

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:24:09 -0600

It's annoying as hell to me. If you want to find a place use you Laptop from you Living room and go online. I never order from those I figure if they have to go to that much trouble they much suck.

doppler

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:06:24 -0600

@mss2400 Yeah, it's not all that annoying. However, I imagine it adds up to a pretty good amount of litter as many of these menus just get ignored. Moderately off-topic: How do I stop phonebooks from getting delivered to my house? Unless I run a museum out of my kitchen, I've got no good use for them.

mss2400

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:57:24 -0600

First they banned smoking and fois gras; they haven't given up on trans fats yet, and now they are banning Chinese food takeout menus? When will it stop? What next? I have discovered many good places simply by picking up a menu that was attached by a rubber band to my front gate. Other times, I simply grab the menus and throw them out when I get inside. (Golly, that's difficult).

Scott the Jerseyist

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:53:05 -0600

Since I'm still new around here I haven't been annoyed by the menus yet...but I can tell after long enough I will be.

Dan Boland

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:46:27 -0600

Count me as another who had no idea this was already illegal. Some of the more egregious offenders at my house will be reported. Thanks Chicagoist!