Chaos on the Rue Bailleul

Paris, France.

Late Tuesday night, under the cover of darkness, representatives of the mysterious secretive organisation  known only as 'Mairie de Paris' posted indecipherable signs on the doors of Spring Restaurant and Spring Boutique. With the aid of our international code experts and the internet, we were able to determine that Madame de Paris intended to transform our vital artery into a Pedestrian WALKWAY!

Early Tuesday morning hooligans disguised as construction workers showed up in front of the Spring Restaurant and boutique and proceded to cut through precious street poles that prevent cars from driving onto the 30 cm of sidewalk that separate Spring from the mean streets of Paris. Once this malicious work was completed, they then began ripping out the sidewalk itself, the bulldozer making short work of the defenseless concrete.

Under the aegis of so-called 'street improvements', these 'workers' reduced the rue Bailleul to a pile of rubble in less than 48 hours. Multiple attempts to set up a rendezvous with Mme de Paris resulted in interminable wait times on hold only to get through to an operator who informed us that we had called the wrong number and the person we needed to talk to was on vacation.

Food and Wine fans the world over are wondering what this will mean for the 1st Spring Coupe du Vin. An upset? A continuation of the status quo? It's hard to say in Paris. Persons with futhur information to shed light on this story are asked to present themselves at Spring Boutique on Thursday night at 7 pm for a wine tasting.