{"id":3894,"date":"2019-01-16T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2019-01-13T09:42:04","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T08:42:04","slug":"a-restaurant-bites-the-dust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/2019\/01\/a-restaurant-bites-the-dust\/","title":{"rendered":"A restaurant bites the dust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Selection_087.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Selection_087.jpg 520w, https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Selection_087-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 85vw, 520px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We probably all know it by now. The Parisian nude restaurant is closing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yes. That is a sad thing. Why did they not make it?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently the restaurant is well liked by all who dined there. Unfortunately there weren&#8217;t enough of those people, which put the restaurant in a dire, financial spot. The food, as I read in many places, was very good, and the atmosphere in the restaurant was described as very pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The owners, Mike and Stephane Saada, stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Thank you for having participated in this adventure by coming to dine at O&#8217;Naturel. We will only remember the good times, meeting beautiful people and customers who were delighted to share exceptional moments.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/paris-nude-restaurant-is-closing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/paris-nude-restaurant-is-closing (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.cntraveler.com\/story\/paris-nude-restaurant-is-closing<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope there will be another occasion for a nude restaurant in France. I think that&#8217;s important, since France is one of the countries where naturism is huge and growing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Selection_088.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Selection_088.jpg 726w, https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Selection_088-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m glad to see that the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Bunyadi restaurant (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thebunyadi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bunyadi restaurant<\/a> in London is still open, and that in Bristol, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the Greenbank pub (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/whats-on\/food-drink\/bristol-dine-naked-experience-review-1365840\" target=\"_blank\">the Greenbank pub<\/a> has hosted several Naked Dining events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope more restaurants will start seeing the possibilities for nude dining. The way O&#8217;Naturel was set up, catering to nude guests only, is perhaps a bit too optimistic. Opening for nude guests a few times per week might have been an economically better idea in that light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, the world of naturism and nudism is facing fierce opposition and that pressure is growing. Establishments like O&#8217;Naturel are important because they fight back. It is important to remember that prudishness and the feelings of shame, which are spreading over a world that has made steps into the other direction, can be pushed back. We do need a backbone and some guts for that push. Let&#8217;s push!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We probably all know it by now. The Parisian nude restaurant is closing. Yes. That is a sad thing. Why did they not make it? Apparently the restaurant is well liked by all who dined there. Unfortunately there weren&#8217;t enough of those people, which put the restaurant in a dire, financial spot. The food, as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/2019\/01\/a-restaurant-bites-the-dust\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A restaurant bites the dust&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,95,12],"tags":[373],"class_list":["post-3894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-naktivism","category-nudism-2","tag-nude-dinner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3907,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions\/3907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}