Can a Restaurant Bring People Together? Bella Italia, Family and Community with Loredana Calabrese
About this episode
The episode explores how Bella Italia in North Berwick fosters communication by encouraging patrons to engage without their phones.
What happens when a restaurant encourages people to put away their phones and simply talk to each other? At Bella Italia in North Berwick, Scotland, a simple sign on the door reads: "We do not have Wi-Fi. Talk to each other. Pretend it's 1995." That sign caught my attention while I was teaching at Queen Margaret University in Scotland. But it was what happened inside the restaurant that stayed with me. In this episode of Stories of Change & Creativity, I talk with Loredana (Lo...
People in this episode
Host: Professor Judy Oskam
Guest: Loredana Calabrese
Topics covered
- community
- restaurants
- communication
- social interaction
- cultural practices
Keywords
- restaurant
- community
- socializing
- Bella Italia
- North Berwick
- Loredana Calabrese
- Queen Margaret University
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bella Italia, Queen Margaret University
Places: North Berwick, Scotland
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