Dal's Poke - Canada's New Deaf Restaurant

The Canadian Deaf-Owned Restaurant - Dal's Poke.

LANGLEY, British Columbia -- Calvin Young, a Deaf traveler known as Seek the World on YouTube channel, exploring the world to discover and share amazing story about the Deaf-Owned restaurant business in Canada.

Dalong Houang is a Deaf who runs a new restaurant, Dal's Poke, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The poke bowl is insanely good if you like eating sushi.

Poke means “to slice or cut” in Hawaiian and refers to chunks of raw, marinated fish - usually tuna - which is then tossed over rice and topped with vegetables and umami-packed sauces.

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Signs a Taste of Vietnam Pho - Deaf Cafe

Interview with Deaf-owned business 'Signs a Taste of Vietnam Pho' the Deaf inclusive café.

SINGAPORE -- Deaf.SG share a video of despite the high risks of operating business in highly competitive and saturated F&B industry in Singapore, Angela, a Deaf Vietnamese lady with full of enterprising spirit, braced up her courage to open her eatery, serving a variety of vietnamese dishes in Orchard Road. Those food aspirations come from her home country, Hanoi. Let’s find out more why she did this and see what the highly recommended dishes are.

Address: Midpoint Orchard B1-07, 220 Orchard Rd Singapore 238852

Operating hours: 11am to 9pm or 10pm daily.

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Mirchi and Mime - Mumbai's First Deaf Eatery

Mirchi and Mime, Mumbai's first Deaf eatery the fine dining restaurant in India.

MUMBAI, India -- Mirchi & Mime is the city’s first restaurant with a fully Deaf-Mute staff serving the food. Launched just a week ago, this restaurant plans to serve society by creating employment opportunities for the differently abled and at the same time, keeping guests satiated with an interesting regional Indian menu. We checked out the place and were smitten by the bright smiles of the staff and their warm hospitality.

Ambience - The restaurant is tastefully designed in lighter shared paired with wooden furniture making the space look huge. The 2000 sq ft property can host about 80 guests at a time. The walls are decorated with antique kitchenware, cake stands with dome on top have cookbooks and plants in it. On the other side, you’ll find handwritten recipes from various cookbooks dating from the modern right up to pre-independence time... Read More.

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Indonesian Fingertalk Cafe Employs Deaf People

Deaf Cafe Fingertalk - A first-of-its-kind cafe hires and empowers the Deaf in Jakarta, Indonesia.

JAKARTA -- Deaf Cafe Fingertalk: Frisca Carolina Loho, 25, possesses skills in cooking, sewing, computer design, home repairs and Balinese traditional dancing. However, the woman, who previously lived in Denpasar, Bali, and Cimahi, West Java, said that finding a stable job was a challenge due to fierce competition.

“I have learned a variety of skills so I can take on different jobs. But there are a lot of people without disabilities who can also do such jobs,” she told The Jakarta Post via an interpreter at her new workplace, the Fingertalk Cafe and Workshop, on Jl. Pinang 37, East Pamulang, South Tangerang, Banten province.

She was able to secure a steady job after Singapore-based Dissa Syakina Ahdanisa, a 25-year-old social entrepreneur, and hearing impaired activist Pat Sulistiowati, 65, opened the cafe and recruited hearing impaired workers.

Frisca, who has an academic background in cooking and fashion, was among the few recruits with extensive skills, therefore she also plays a role in training the younger and less-experienced employees... Read The Full Story.

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The entrepreneurs no longer feel pigeonholed to work in fields that only cater to other Deaf people in the United States.

NEW YORK CITY -- Thanks to new technology and improving outreach programs, more Deaf people are opening small businesses across the country. Soon after customers arrive at Mozzeria for the first time, they notice something's different about the restaurant: Virtually every staffer is Deaf.

Owners Russ and Melody Stein are also Deaf, and have run their San Francisco restaurant since 2011. The business is thriving because customers love the food and the Steins have overcome obstacles Deaf people can face when they become small business owners - particularly lingering stereotypes and prejudice, and fewer resources than hearing entrepreneurs have.

"We have the same skills as a hearing individual," Russ Stein says. Running Mozzeria comes naturally to Melody Stein, whose family is in the restaurant business. "It's something I've always wanted to do," she says.

Deaf people have the same ambition and ability to be entrepreneurs and business owners as those who hear, says Tom Baldridge, director of the business administration program at Gallaudet University, the largest educational institution serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. There's a growing interest among Gallaudet students in entrepreneurship, matching the increase in business schools across the country. The university is expanding its entrepreneurship offerings beyond courses, and giving students experience in running businesses like campus coffee shops.

"A lot is happening right now beyond a few courses in entrepreneurship. We've hired a consultant who's going to guide us (and) infuse corporate entrepreneurship into all the academic disciplines," Baldridge says.

MIXED REACTIONS

The hearing world is still catching up to the idea of Deaf business owners. The Steins have encountered discrimination from people who hear and don't want to make accommodations to help those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

The couple has run into resistance when they asked for help at local government offices, including times when they were trying to get permits required for running a restaurant.

"We have had our rough moments," Russ Stein says. "There have been times when I had to ask for interpreters, and I was made fun of; I was looked down upon."

Vendors and other business owners who can hear are often startled or feel awkward when they first meet the couple. Some have assumed that because the Steins are Deaf, they didn't know what they were doing, Russ Stein says. Some have been impatient about using pen and paper to communicate, or have said offensive or inappropriate things.

"People ask, 'how do you drive?'" Stein says.

But most vendors adapt to working with the Steins. Mozzeria's wine vendor has become a true colleague, helping them learn more about the restaurant business.

And customers, most of whom can hear, seem happy to write their questions about items on the menu. Some seem awkward when they first come in, but they soon relax and enjoy their meals.

"They learn to overcome their fear," Melody Stein says.

OVERCOMING STEREOTYPES

Many Deaf owners have dealt with prejudice, including hearing people believing that the best careers for Deaf people are teaching or counseling other Deaf people.

Mara Ladines, who owns By Mara, a clothing manufacturer and store in New York wanted a career in fashion design, but some counselors in college tried to steer her toward being a graphic designer, a job that would require less communication with others.

"They believed a Deaf individual can't get a job in the fashion industry." she says.

Ladines insisted on taking design courses and got jobs in retailers including clothing store H&M. In 2008, she began designing T-shirts and other clothes with a logo that shows the American Sign Language sign for "I love you." She started the business online and it has grown to the point where she could open the store last spring; many of the people who walk in are hearing, and Ladines is able to communicate with them and make sales.

By Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press Business Writer

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Deaf Bussiness Owners Dealt With Prejudice

WATCH [CC] - Deaf News: Deaf small business owners thrive after overcoming obstacles and prejudice of hearing people in the U.S.

NEW YORK CITY -- Thanks to new technology and improving outreach programs, more Deaf people are opening small businesses across the country. Soon after customers arrive at Mozzeria for the first time, they notice something's different about the restaurant: Virtually every staffer is Deaf.

Owners Russ and Melody Stein are also Deaf, and have run their San Francisco restaurant since 2011. The business is thriving because customers love the food and the Steins have overcome obstacles Deaf people can face when they become small business owners - particularly lingering stereotypes and prejudice, and fewer resources than hearing entrepreneurs have.

"We have the same skills as a hearing individual," Russ Stein says. Running Mozzeria comes naturally to Melody Stein, whose family is in the restaurant business. "It's something I've always wanted to do," she says.

Deaf people have the same ambition and ability to be entrepreneurs and business owners as those who hear, says Tom Baldridge, director of the business administration program at Gallaudet University, the largest educational institution serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. There's a growing interest among Gallaudet students in entrepreneurship, matching the increase in business schools across the country. The university is expanding its entrepreneurship offerings beyond courses, and giving students experience in running businesses like campus coffee shops.

"A lot is happening right now beyond a few courses in entrepreneurship. We've hired a consultant who's going to guide us (and) infuse corporate entrepreneurship into all the academic disciplines," Baldridge says.

MIXED REACTIONS

The hearing world is still catching up to the idea of Deaf business owners. The Steins have encountered discrimination from people who hear and don't want to make accommodations to help those who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

The couple has run into resistance when they asked for help at local government offices, including times when they were trying to get permits required for running a restaurant.

"We have had our rough moments," Russ Stein says. "There have been times when I had to ask for interpreters, and I was made fun of; I was looked down upon."

Vendors and other business owners who can hear are often startled or feel awkward when they first meet the couple. Some have assumed that because the Steins are Deaf, they didn't know what they were doing, Russ Stein says. Some have been impatient about using pen and paper to communicate, or have said offensive or inappropriate things.

"People ask, 'how do you drive?'" Stein says.

But most vendors adapt to working with the Steins. Mozzeria's wine vendor has become a true colleague, helping them learn more about the restaurant business.

And customers, most of whom can hear, seem happy to write their questions about items on the menu. Some seem awkward when they first come in, but they soon relax and enjoy their meals.

"They learn to overcome their fear," Melody Stein says.

OVERCOMING STEREOTYPES

Many Deaf owners have dealt with prejudice, including hearing people believing that the best careers for Deaf people are teaching or counseling other Deaf people.

Mara Ladines, who owns By Mara, a clothing manufacturer and store in New York wanted a career in fashion design, but some counselors in college tried to steer her toward being a graphic designer, a job that would require less communication with others.

"They believed a Deaf individual can't get a job in the fashion industry." she says.

Ladines insisted on taking design courses and got jobs in retailers including clothing store H&M. In 2008, she began designing T-shirts and other clothes with a logo that shows the American Sign Language sign for "I love you." She started the business online and it has grown to the point where she could open the store last spring; many of the people who walk in are hearing, and Ladines is able to communicate with them and make sales.

By Joyce M. Rosenberg, Associated Press Business Writer

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Deaf Owned 'Mozzeria' Small Business Story

WATCH [CC] - The Small Business Revolution Presents: Melody and Russell Stein's Mozzeria Small Business Story.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Small Business Revolution is a year-long documentary project that tells the stories of 100 small businesses across the country throughout 2015. With a staff and owners who are mostly Deaf, San Francisco restaurant, Mozzeria, is showing that human communication is more than just words. Watch their small business story presented by the Small Business Revolution.

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DeaFined - Canada's New Deaf Restaurant

WATCH: Deafined Breaks Down Barriers - Vancouver’s First ‘Deaf Restaurant’ Teaches Diners To Order in American Sign Language.

VANCOUVER, BC -- A new Vancouver restaurant is encouraging diners to order with their hands - DeaFined, opening May 7 on West 4th Avenue near Vine Street in Kitsilano, is staffed entirely by Deaf and Hard of Hearing servers. Among the first of its kind in Canada, the Eastern Mediterranean restaurant asks customers to order food and drinks using American Sign Language.

For those who don’t know how to sign, there’s no need to fret. “There’s a cheat sheet on the table with the menu,” said owner Moe Alameddine. “The server comes up to take the order, and the fun part starts there.”

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In the mood for steak? Grab the fleshy part of your left hand with the index finger and thumb of your right hand, and wiggle a bit as if getting a good grip on the meat. How about salad? Use both hands and picture yourself tossing some greens.

When customers arrive at the DeaFined, a hearing host or hostess greets them and acts as an interpreter while they introduce the server.

Alameddine came up with the idea after starting his popular blind-dining restaurant O.Noir in Montreal and Toronto and Dark Table in Vancouver, where guests dine in complete darkness while they are served by visually impaired staff. The concept aims to give customers a taste, albeit briefly, of what it’s like to be blind.

Although the business helped provide jobs for Blind people, Alameddine said he realized a need for employment opportunities to benefit the Deaf community.

Only two other North American establishments - Signs Restaurant in Toronto, which hires mostly Deaf servers, and Mozzeria, a pizza restaurant in San Francisco, which has a Deaf owner and staff have a focus on hiring Deaf staff... Read The Full Story.

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Deaf Restaurant ‘Signs’ Opening In Toronto

New restaurant staffed largely by Deaf people opens at Yonge and Wellesley in Toronto, Canada.

TORONTO, Ontario -- Imagine ordering your next meal out without even saying a word. That's the concept behind a new Toronto restaurant, ‘Signs’ where almost every server is Deaf or Hard of Hearing and customers are encouraged to order in sign language, the Toronto Star reports.

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The restaurant is the brainchild of Anjan Manikumar. A former manager at a Markham, Ont. Boston Pizza, Manikumar noticed one of his regular guests, who was Deaf, couldn't communicate with staff. Manikumar then chose to learn American Sign Language. His education led to the development of Signs. Described as a restaurant where "noise meets silence," Signs will provide diners with "cheat sheets" to order their meals, BlogTO writes.

What's most novel about the restaurant, though, is that it will employ those who have faced obstacles in attaining steady work in Canada: A 1998 survey found 37 per cent of Deaf Canadians were unemployed.

According to Toronto Life, Signs will serve a blend of Canadian and international foods with a focus on game meat, so get your signs for rabbit and bison down pat before you visit. It is not yet known when the restaurant will officially open, a note on their Facebook page posted on June 15 simply stated that the grand opening would be delayed.

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Restaurant Run & Staffed By Gaza Deaf People

Restaurant staffed with Deaf personnel opens in Gaza Strip.

GAZA CITY -- Gaza restaurant aims to break down barriers. Waiters and cooks use sign language; organizers hope the effort will break down bias and barriers.

A restaurant run and staffed by Deaf people opened for business in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, helped by Palestinians seeking to build a more inclusive society where people with disabilities can realize their full potential in Gaza.

The stylish Atfaluna restaurant near Gaza port stands out in a city with few facilities for the disabled. Waiters and cooks use sign language, guests point to selections from the menu and what ensues is a spontaneous form of communication that organizers hope will break down bias and barriers.

"Deaf people have determination and there are no worries except when it comes to communication, the language problem. At first we may get translators to help us with the speaking clients," supervisor Ayat Imtair told Reuters in sign language... Read The Full Story.

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Deaf-Owner Mozzeria, Chron's Onto Bouche

Interviewly with Deaf couple, Melody & Russell Stein the owner Mozzeria restaurateur in American Sign Language.

Husband-and-wife restaurateurs Melody and Russell Stein, who are Deaf, sign about how they were able to create a successful pizzeria. The Steins opened Mozzeria in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood in December 2011.

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Mozzeria offers an unique dining experience. Experience sumptuous pizzas cooked in our beautiful, 5,000-pound Stefano Ferrara oven, visit us at Mozzeria.com.

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