Color-coded, Braille taps
Instead of: asking a coworker which handle is which.
You get: pouring your own round, at your own pace, all shift.
Everyone eats here
Accessibility
Here is everything we've built, in plain language, so you can decide before you arrive whether this place works for you. If something you need isn't on this list, ask us anyway — we'd rather find a way than turn you away.
You never have to explain yourself here. Every item below is free, available on request, and normal. Nobody will ask you why you need it.
How we think about this
Good accessibility doesn't take independence away. It makes independence possible.
Most people picture an accommodation as something done for a disabled person — a helper, a shortcut, a lowered bar. In practice it is almost always the opposite. A good accommodation is the thing that removes the helper.
Our taps are the clearest example. They are color-coded and labeled in Braille, so a bartender who is blind finds the right handle by touch and pours it alone — no colleague, no asking, no waiting. That is not assistance. That is a barrier being taken out of the way so somebody can just do their job.
The same logic runs through the whole building, for our staff and for you.
What that looks like on a tray
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Weighted utensils
Heavier, so a shaking hand spills less.
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EazyHold
A cuff that keeps the fork in your hand.
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Rocker knife
One-handed cutting: rock, don’t saw.
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Bendable utensils
The head bends to meet you.
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Happy Mat & Happy Bowl
Grips the table so nothing slides away.
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Plate guard
A wall to push the food up against.
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Nosey cup
Drink without tipping your head back.
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Double-handled mug
Two handles, so it stays in your hands.
Every one of these is free, and yours for the asking. Nobody will ask you why.
Picture-based menus
Instead of: someone ordering on your behalf.
You get: choosing your own dinner, like everybody else at the table.
Weighted & adaptive cutlery
Instead of: being fed, or skipping the meal.
You get: eating your own food, in your own time.
Step-free, flat flooring
Instead of: being lifted, or turned away at the door.
You get: arriving under your own steam and choosing your own table.
The sensory corner
Instead of: leaving early when it gets loud.
You get: staying for the whole evening, on your terms.
The vibrating dance floor
Instead of: watching everybody else dance.
You get: feeling the music through the floor and dancing to it.
None of this is charity, and none of it lowers a standard. It clears the path to one. More about why we build it this way →
Getting in and moving around
Wheelchair access
- ADA accessible entrance
- ADA accessible bathrooms
- Low tables sized for wheelchair users
Flooring
- Smooth and flat throughout
- No rugs and no raised thresholds
- Nothing to catch a wheel, a cane or a walking frame
Outside, there's a pedestrian crossing with a traffic light directly in front of our door, and a public parking lot across the street. Full directions, parking and bus routes →
Seating, designed on purpose
Our tables aren't arranged for looks. Each shape solves something.
Round tables
So Deaf and hard-of-hearing guests can see everyone's face and hands at once. At a long rectangular table, half the conversation is out of view.
Low tables
Set at a height that works for people who use wheelchairs, so nobody eats at chest level or gets seated at the end of a table as an afterthought.
Deep cushioned seating
In a quieter part of the room, for guests with sensory sensitivity. Extra padded seats are available for anyone who is aging or in pain.
The sensory corner
A restaurant is a loud, bright, unpredictable place. If it becomes too much — for you or for someone you're with — you can use any of this, at any time, without asking permission.
- Noise-cancelling headphones, in adult and children's sizes
- Wiggle seat cushions for children who need to move but stay seated
- Padded seating for anyone experiencing pain
- A quiet, relaxing space away from the main room
Adaptive dining
Everything here is free and available on request.
Also on the tray
- Adaptive cutlery
- A one-handed chopper
- Adaptive straws
Ask any of us. You never have to explain why.
Food and comfort
- A blendable version of menu items, for guests with G-tubes
- Adult shirt protectors
- Children's bibs and sippy cups
- Gluten-free, keto, grain-free and vegan options — see the menu
Menus and ordering
Reading a menu shouldn't be the hard part of dinner. Ask for whichever version works for you.
Large print
Braille
Dyslexie font
Picture based
You can also order using sign language or our color-coding system, whichever is easier.
Designed in from the start
Two things we're especially proud of
Taps you can read with your fingers
Our beer taps are color-coded and labeled in Braille, so a bartender who is blind can find the right handle and pour it independently — without asking a colleague. It's why every beer is named after a color rather than a long beer name: Pink, Gold, Black, Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, Purple and White. You order by color, and so do we.
A dance floor you can feel
Our dance floor vibrates, using bone-conduction technology, so the music travels up through your feet as well as through the air. Deaf and hard-of-hearing guests don't watch the dancing — they dance.
Neither of these is an accommodation added afterwards. They were designed in, and they make the place better for everyone — which is rather the point.
This website
We think a restaurant that promises accessible menus should have an accessible website. This one is built to WCAG 2.2 AA, and you can change how it behaves using the Aa button at the top of every page:
- Brightness — switch between light and dark
- Movement — turn off all animation. We also do this automatically if your device already asks for reduced motion.
- Reading font — switch to a more widely spaced, easier-to-read typeface
Every page works with a keyboard alone, works with screen readers, and works at 400% zoom. Every photograph has a written description. Your settings are remembered between visits.
Found something that doesn't work? Please tell us — email brewabilitylab@gmail.com or call (720) 484-5341. We'll fix it, and we'd genuinely rather know.