I mean, even back in the 90s people knew if you waved a confederate flag or named anything after Robert E Lee blacks would go feral ape on you. So this is kind of on them for being dumb honestly. Its one thing to have a statue of Robert E Lee in some hick town or a school named after him. But if you open 11 restaurants and any of them is in an area where a black might be, unless you're putting out a "no blacks allowed" sign and willing to go through all the legal crap to try and defend that (lol!), why the hell you naming breakfasts after Robert E Lee? That's just not smart.
One named after Robert E. Lee(?) is says in the article. No idea. Also their son made a Facebook post that people didn't like. The text of it was not given.
The restaurant had been there ten years.
Two days of intense warfare were enough to kill the restaurant. Must have been pretty rough; police escort needed for people going in and out, for two days. They had no way of knowing when things would be normal again, if ever. There is nothing cheap about running a restaurant no matter how small, and margins are not huge. And there was the recent flu too, which was severe on restaurants.
What menu item?
I mean, even back in the 90s people knew if you waved a confederate flag or named anything after Robert E Lee blacks would go feral ape on you. So this is kind of on them for being dumb honestly. Its one thing to have a statue of Robert E Lee in some hick town or a school named after him. But if you open 11 restaurants and any of them is in an area where a black might be, unless you're putting out a "no blacks allowed" sign and willing to go through all the legal crap to try and defend that (lol!), why the hell you naming breakfasts after Robert E Lee? That's just not smart.
It was one restaurant. The number 11 was part of the name.
Fuck you and the thought police
One named after Robert E. Lee(?) is says in the article. No idea. Also their son made a Facebook post that people didn't like. The text of it was not given.
The restaurant had been there ten years.
Two days of intense warfare were enough to kill the restaurant. Must have been pretty rough; police escort needed for people going in and out, for two days. They had no way of knowing when things would be normal again, if ever. There is nothing cheap about running a restaurant no matter how small, and margins are not huge. And there was the recent flu too, which was severe on restaurants.
The customers were scared away.