top floors are a fire trap! proceed with caution...

Reviewed by shuwei on Mon, 07/11/2011 - 18:07
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Review of Nali Patio
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The only way to the 5/6 floor (I forget which one) is via elevator - no stairs. So you have to wait a long time for the elevator if it's busy. Someday if you're dining on the 5th or 6th floor and a fire breaks out, good luck - you might have to jump. This place is an accident waiting to happen - it's appalling that the landlord hasn't fixed it and that the fire department has done nothing. Shame on you Nali Patio - we deserve better.

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sanlunche's picture sanlunche Submitted by Guest on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 14:04

"beep beep beep beep" (the sound the nali patio elevator makes when it's overloaded with sots on a friday night) you're totally wrong! the stairs that lead up to migas rooftop from inside of the restaurant continue straight down to the ground floor. i use them often during the weekend when i don't want to wait for or get sardined into the elevator.

so, migas is not a fire trap. however, the bar on the rooftop below migas, fez, seems like it might be a bit problematic in the event of a fire because there is an impassable metal gate (or has been when i've checked) across the stairs that lead down to the 5th floor and consequent staircases. i might be wrong, but unless there is another non-elevator route down from that area those at fez would have to go inside of migas to get to some stairs. that's a bit complicated, and certainly not ideal, but it should be stated clearly after the hasty comments above: there are stairs leading to the ground level from the top of nali patio.

sanlunche's picture sanlunche Submitted by Guest on Tue, 07/12/2011 - 15:17

there are definitely stairs...no "perhaps" or "might" about it.

the problem is that the other, more visible and externally located stairs at fez shouldn't be allowed to have a locked gate on them. it's unclear to me why the gate is there other than that it might inconvenience fez to have non-customers walking through there. but, ultimately, that's their problem for adapting that space for the bar.

i'm not defending nali patio, and not saying that escaping during a fire would be a piece of cake. i'm just pointing out that the original comment of "no stairs" is utterly not true, and a lack of a clear and uncomplicated evacuation course mainly applies to the fez part of the 6th floor. i think migas has fire exit signs pointing to their internal stairwell, though i could be wrong, and migas might even have a second exit from their rooftop. although, if it even exists, it's probably not marked as a fire exit.

in the end, even though the original post is not totally true, it's good that this issue has come up. perhaps it will lead to the removal of a gate and better fire evacuation signage.

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