Repair! You call this a repair?

Settlement noted in March, 2007.

Back in March, when friends and I had lunch at Cousin's, the Caribbean restaurant in the Park-Madison office complex at Front Street and Park Avenue, I noticed a severe settlement in the fake brick pavers in front of the restaurant and suggested to owner Betty Garvey she might want to call it to the landlord's attention before a customer twisted an ankle.

Time flies by -- as always when you're having fun -- and I lost track of the issue.

But on a recent visit to the downtown block, I notice the settlement issue had been 'repaired'.

Why the quote marks?

What kind of a repair would you call this -- in the photo below?

'Repair', August, 2007.

Never mind the fake brickwork, just throw some patching concrete down.

As Rodney Dangerfield used to say, "we don't get no respect."

UCIA insoUCIAnce?

That's a nice word for a summer Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, Cousin's is still just as good as it was last winter -- if not better.

Check it out, now that you won't risk a trip-and-fall.

---

More info --

• UCIA/AST Issues: "Prowling Park-Madison on foot" -- with links to UCIA issues.
• Cousin's: "A 'hot' downtown restaurant"
  

-- Dan Damon

View today's CLIPS here. Not getting your own CLIPS email daily? Click here to subscribe.

ARCHIVED POSTS OF PLAINFIELD TODAY FROM 11/03/2005 THROUGH 12/31/2006 ARE AT
http://plainfieldtoday.blogspot.com/