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Le Bon Café & Hotel
The Café
Le Bon Café is a quaint little café reminiscent of those found in Europe with little tables outside on the sidewalk beneath a red-and-white striped canopy and offering all manner of pastries and light meals inside. Located in the heart of Alexshire's midtown, Le Bon Café fronts onto the plaza that hosts Elysia's busiest marketplace, serving to make it a popular and busy place with both the locals and tourists. The interior brings to mind English cottages with heavy mahogany furniture and thick brocade draperies that lend a cosiness for those dreary wet-weather days. There are booths along the far wall and six-seat tables dotted around the room for large groups, as well as smaller circular tables for two to four people. Each table is covered with lacy white cloths and unobtrusive flower arrangements as centrepieces. In the background plays low music designed to give something of interest but not prevent chatter, while the smells of baking goodies come from the kitchens next door. Two waitresses dressed in black and white uniforms flit about from table to table while the manager and her attendants serve customers from the long mahogany counter along the wall to the left.The Hotel
Calling Le Bon a hotel is actually a bit generous as it's more a hostel or bed-and-breakfast than a full hotel. The Le Bons converted the upper two floors of their building after young members of the family discovered that commuting from their hometown to their jobs every day was actually more expensive than they could afford. Seeing the demand for cheap housing in the city and already having a pool of customers to work from, the Le Bon hotel was an immediate success. Though the hotel rooms are very basic and only offer the essential amenities, they're a cheap alternative to a long commute and more than enough for the young worker until they can afford a place of their own. Better yet, the Le Bon's friendly manager may even waive the rent in favour of a few hours of work in the café downstairs!OOC Information
Café Rates
The Le Bon Café is a no-fee roleplay zone, which means that while your characters must pay for their meals and board, you don't spend hard-earned cash out of your bank account. This is why there's no menu - as long as you stick to the theme of the café (light meals and baked goods only, not gourmet food or McDonalds xP), you can pretty much order whatever your character fancies. And the best thing is that you only need to say you've paid!Hotel Rent
Many patrons of the Le Bon Hotel treat it more like a long-term home than a temporary vacation spot and it's little wonder with the cheap rent. Depending on the type of room you stay in, you might be paying as much as $100 for a small room to yourself, or as little as $20 for a bunkbed in a room shared with five others. If you can't afford even that much, you might be able to petition Adèlaïde and work for her in the café in lieu of rent. All you need to do is get permission from a moderator, then roleplay making the deal with the manageress. After that, just make sure to mention that you work in the café from time to time. If you want to actually roleplay such work, that's great too.![:D](http://faroah.com/public/style_emoticons/faroah/grin.gif)
Le Bon Staff
Le Bon's manager, Adèlaïde Le Bon, is a very social human lady in her mid-40s who blames her four sons for the premature grey of her once brown hair. She can seem nosy on occasion and has been accused of eavesdropping on more than one occasion, but her heart is usually in the right place. The majority of the rest of the staff - which consists of two waiters/waitresses, two to three counter attendants and a team of kitchen staff - are members of the Le Bon family. Some are not, however, and these typically come from the lodgings upstairs. The turnover for these is fairly high and it's not unusual for a member of staff to work for barely a week before they move on. Because of this, some of the staff can seem inexperienced and clumsy but the collective effort usually covers up any mistakes made.Additions
If you want to make any additions to the Le Bon Café and Hotel description (such as naming one of Adèlaïde's sons or 'decorating' one of the hotel rooms), please post the additions to this thread. All additions require a moderator's seal of approval (we'll basically just edit your post to say Approved or similar, or ask you to change it as appropriate if there's a problem). Everyone should pay attention to this thread and the following member-made additions so the café and its environs seem more real.![:)](http://faroah.com/public/style_emoticons/faroah/smile.gif)