They serve with… a little extra thing!

Friday 24th January 2025 05:01 AM

24 of 2019 in Mulhouse, the inclusive restaurant A little extra thing allows five people with Down’s syndrome to work in an ordinary environment and flourish in exchange and conviviality. For the customer, the concept, in addition to eating well, offers a unique and enriching social experience with endearing staff.

Salima in charge of preparing the tables that day, a mission which requires him concentration and prudence.

“Me, anyway, I like everyone!” With Antoine, the decor is quickly planted and we are directly comfortable. Constantly the face marked by a broad smile, that which her heads of Aurélie Bernard presents as “a real celebrity in Mulhouse” is one of the seven employees of the restaurant a little more thing and one of the five with Down’s syndrome. Because yes, if this establishment in the Place de la Paix is intended to be “a restaurant like any other”, it is not entirely. Here, enjoying the market of the market based on fresh and local products, is even more intended to be used to be the moment of sharing. “They are sometimes without filter and have very, very easy contact,” smiles the restaurant’s head, taking Antoine as an example. “Sometimes you have to put it back in his mission because when he starts to tell his stories, and he has a package, he gets lost. »»

Donation calls

Despite its success, the restaurant, which is an association “just looking to be balanced”, needs contributions (patronage, donations, etc.) to find its financial balance and develop its activity. The restaurant also wishes to invest in the acquisition of a refrigeration vehicle to develop its delivery service. To support him, go to www.helloasso.com/associations/un-pet-truc-en-plus. More information on the site www.unpetrucenplus.fr

Tristan, ready to do battle in the kitchen, his role of the day since the positions run between the employees.

This former catering manager at the Mulhouse rehabilitation center, where she notably formed people with physical disabilities, quickly saw her words be illustrated by the Jovial Antoine, again. These are two tables which he cleans with vigor and with great sponge but without the product provided for this purpose … forgot two tables behind him, after having interfered in the conversation of his head. “There, you have to take it back for example, point out to him what is wrong and that he is doing correctly because we have to offer something quality, like any other restaurant. It is essential for us, ”adds the one who is at the origin of the project, before so to point out to Antoine what does not go in the execution of his task. ” Oops ! », A remark welcomed with a smile, always, and laugh on the part of the endearing versatile teammate to whom we want to forgive everything.

Part of the restaurant team, made up of seven employees – therefore five are affected by Down’s syndrome, such as Antoine (left) – and almost every day, from a network of 30 people.

“Fortunately, most of our customers are kind and these little things often have everyone,” rejoices the one who is at the head of a restaurant, with 36 covers, complete almost all the time. Proof of the success of this restaurant “like another” … but with a little extra thing.

Florian Zobenbiehler

An extra little thing at 3, Place de la Paix in Mulhouse. Open Monday to Saturday from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Contacts: 09 83 07 05 80; [email protected]. Favor the phone for reservations, it is advisable to go about it a week before.