The Traveling Wheelchair

By Kenny & Company

Entries for August, 2008

Rick’s Cafe

63 Mazzeo Dr
Randolph, MA 02368
Phone: 781-961-3339

Ric, Justin and I stopped at Rick’s Café to have some lunch and to do a wheelchair accessibility review today. There are two handicap parking spaces in front of the wheelchair access to the side walk. You will need some help with opening the two entry doors for they are […]

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Hess Express

1315 Broadway (Rte. 138)
Raynham, MA 02767
Phone: 508-824-1431

http://www.hessexpress.com/

My friends and I often stop for gas but usually don’t do a wheelchair accessibility review but this Hess Express is so wheelchair accessible that we decided to do a review today. There is a handicap parking space up front next to a wide cement wheelchair accessible ramp. The […]

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McDonalds in Plymouth

Route 3 South Exit 5
Plymouth, MA, 02360
Phone: 800-244-6227

http://www.mcdonalds.com/

McDonalds is located the same building as the Tourist Information Center of Plymouth so after we saw ‘Enisketomp’ the Indian sculpture who stands tall in front of the building we went into McDonalds to do a wheelchair accessibility review.  There are two entry doors you will need help […]

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Tourist Information Center of Plymouth

Rte. 3 South, Exit 5
Plymouth MA 02360
Phone: 508-746-1150

http://www.mohawktrail.com/html/body_info.html

After reading ‘Stoical 25-year-old reminder of the honor due first peoples’ by Diane Speare Triant in yesterday’s Boston Globe my friends and I hopped in the van and headed to Plymouth to see the Indian sculpture. It is located at Rte 3 Exit 5 and has been here […]

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Povo

1 Appleton Street
Boston, MA 02116
Phone: 617-339-9500

http://boston.povo.com/
The Traveling Wheelchair by Kenny & Co is Proud to announce that we are partnering with Povo of Boston  and Jean Ann McLaughlin, publisher of the Cape Cod Disability Access Directory (
http://www.capecoddisability.org/) in a type of collaboration on ‘Accessibility’.
Povo is a new a hyper-local on-line collaborative guide.  Kenny & Co […]

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Riccardi’s

901 Hathaway Road
New Bedford, MA
Phone: 508-991-4200

http://www.riccardis.com/
 

After reviewing the New Bedford US Post Office for wheelchair accessibility on Friday, my friends and I stopped for some lunch at Riccardi’s Italian Restaurant and decided to do a wheelchair accessibility of this place too.

There is one handicap parking space at the side of the restaurant. The entry is at […]

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New Bedford U.S. Post Office

695 Pleasant Street
New Bedford, MA 02740
Phone: 508-979-7400

www.usps.com
 

This past Friday my friends and I decided to go to the US Post Office in New Bedford to do a wheelchair review for we’ve seen many accessibility issues at other US Post Offices. New Bedford is an old, historical city so we figured it would be interesting to […]

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Panera Bread in Boston

200 High Street
Boston, MA  02109
Phone: 617-951-1330

www.panera-boston.com

After visiting the New England Aquarium this past Thursday my friends and I headed to Panera Bread to meet with Sean, Kate and Brian from Povo. Povo (
http://boston.povo.com/) is a great new local innovative collaborative on-line guide who believes it is very important to include the true ‘Accessibility’ of places […]

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The Times Irish Pub & Restaurant

112 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-357-8463

http://www.timesbar.com/

While we were in Boston last week my friends and I stopped in at The Times Irish Pub & Restaurant to do a wheelchair accessibility review. There is a sloped cement walkway leading to the main entry door. The door is wide enough for my wheelchair but not automatic so […]

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The Reef at the New England Aquarium Plaza

Central Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-973-5281

http://www.neaq.org/visit_planning/food_gifts_and_souvenirs/food/reef.php

The Reef is an outdoor waterfront bar and restaurant that is located at New England Aquarium Plaza on Central Wharf. My friends and I stopped in for a cool drink yesterday after visiting the Aquarium and found this restaurant to be very wheelchair accessible.

The entrance is open for it is outdoors. […]

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