The editorial board met with Fresno Chaffee Zoo director Lewis Greene on Tuesday to talk about the master plan for the zoo. Read our editorial about it here. There is a meeting tonight on that issue and I encourage everyone who digs the zoo to hear about the plans. They are very exciting. Take a look at the maps here.
Beyond all the cool animal exhibits, there are ideas for a restaurant that overlooks the grasslands. The model is from the Emmen Zoo in the Netherlands. Here is another one in Amsterdam. One of my many longings for Fresno for awhile has been a restaurant with a view. Most places we travel in this country and elsewhere, there are usually cool destination restaurants with views. In San Francisco, of course, they are everywhere and absolutely every beach town has a restaurant with a view. One of my favorite all time memories is a lunch we enjoyed in Bratislava, Slovakia. There's a revolving restaurant in a communications tower on top of a hill. The view is spectacular. They also have a restaurant on top of their signature city bridge, which spans the Danube. )
Right now, Fresno has, um, just one that I can think of that's open to the public. That's at the Copper River Country Club (they make a very nice Sunday brunch).
That bites. We need more.
Sounds good to me - as long as gnu and emu are not on the menu!