Rename the restaurant
OK ... first off, I made up this sign from a Web site. It's not real!
But the Trinity Restaurant planned in Keyport is, and to me, it's tacky and disrespectful. Am I overly sensitive? The use of the word "Trinity" at a church should refer to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, not a steak and ale joint.
Charles Merla's looking for a liquor license for the restaurant that he's renovating from a former church. Musicians will perform on the altar, DJ's will be spinning records from the pulpit, an outdoor area will be fashioned in a similar church atmosphere with bricks, wrought-iron fencing and period lamps so people can smoke while they down drinks at the former church.
It's quirky, and it's not the first time a church was made into a bar. But I just don't like the name. I once went to an after-hours nightclub in a former Philly church called "Revival." Scary place. Our group called it "Survival."
Will this new restaurant call the upstairs seating the "heaven" section and the basement lounge, well, you know. Are they going to serve Bible Burgers, Resurrection Roast Beef, Prophet Pasta and - ouch - Adam's Ribs? How about a Sodom and Gomorrah martini bar?
5 Comments:
You're probably right. I just think using "Trinity" in the name is almost a mockery of the belief. If the name did not reflect something so important why our belief is called "faith," I would have no problem with an old church being used as a restaurant. There's an old church in Toms River that houses a private company. Believe it or not, I think it's pest control. Thank goodness they didn't use a cutesy name!
Clare -
Google "Trinity Bar"
If there was any mockery going on, it's been done to death.
The second definition of "Trinity" according to Merriam-Webster is:
"2 - not capitalized : a group of three closely related persons or things"
Should Adam Curry stop calling his biodiesel car Trinity as well?
--*Rob
For 2,000 years, Rob, the word Trinity has meant considerably more than what Merriam-Webster mentions. You may not appreciate or even value the distinction, but I am sure your soul one day will. God bless.
Your presumption is that I am not religious, just because I say basically "chill out." But think again Hamurabi!
'Tis a bit too self righteous an attitude for me to consider, anon. Very exclusionary, like you're part of some special little religious club. It's snobbery of the "highest order."
But I came here not to debate religion, mainly to point out that just because a word is secularized, doesn't mean it loses its meaning to those for whom it has meaning. If it still exists in your heart, and you know it to be true - why give a rat's behind what is done with the word? You know you're right, right?
--*Rob
Just google businesses Trinity...hmmm Exterminating, Catereres, Cleaning Services, and about 200 Irish Pubs in Ireland. Clare you are overly sensitive.
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