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Hugo’s Tacos closes in Studio City and Atwater Village, citing ‘constant conflicts’ with guests over masks.
KTLA NEWS ^ | June 28, 2020 | Jennifer McGraw

Posted on 06/29/2020 8:09:21 AM PDT by L.A.Justice

A local taco restaurant closed both its locations in Atwater Village and Studio City Sunday, citing harassment from customers who refused to wear masks while ordering or picking up food.

In a message to customers, Hugo’s Tacos described the majority of their guests as respectful and kind as the restaurant operates with some restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the message said, “staff have been harassed, called names, and had objects and liquids thrown at them” as they enforce the mask requirement.

“Our Taco Stands are exhausted by the constant conflicts over guests refusing to wear masks,” the announcement said.

Signs about the facial covering rule are displayed on the premises.

“When you ask some of the customers, they get upset, they get mad. They don’t like to do that,” Executive Chef Nabor Diaz told KTLA. “At this point, it’s really important for us to put the safety of our crew first.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


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To: FR_addict

“I’ve seen a lot of people wearing masks without their nose covered.”

that’s how i wear one when it’s required ... i’ve got lung issues and can’t breath with it all the way on ...


21 posted on 06/29/2020 8:29:50 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: cuban leaf

“The population is wising up”

In the Twin Cities, I have noticed a difference between the blue and red areas.

On Saturday, the wife and I were at a large floral and garden retailer in the city of Minneapolis. Everyone was wearing a mask. EVERYONE - employees and staff. I got a phone call from our vet and stepped aside to take it. I pulled my mask down (my wife insisted I wear it) and someone walked by and gave me “The Look”. In return, I gave her the “I’m blowing you off” look.

Later hat day, we were at a Lowe’s in a red third ring suburb of Minneapolis. My best guess is that 40-50% of people were wearing masks.

But people in general are still scared and whether we like it or not, way too many of them are still getting their news from CNN, NBC, etc - and we knw how those networks feel about keeping the anxiety ginned up. They love it.


22 posted on 06/29/2020 8:30:38 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: JennysCool

I have zero problem ordering with the mask on. I move to the side while my order is being prepared. I get my order, find a seat, remove my mask and eat.


23 posted on 06/29/2020 8:30:40 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I Love Bull Markets!)
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To: JennysCool

24 posted on 06/29/2020 8:32:00 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: FR_addict
> I’ve seen a lot of people wearing masks without their nose covered.

Me too, along with some (such as myself) who don't wear them, take that Karens !!!

25 posted on 06/29/2020 8:33:02 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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To: L.A.Justice

That’s the problem with turning citizens into agents of a police state.


26 posted on 06/29/2020 8:33:13 AM PDT by Texas Eagle
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To: L.A.Justice

Hey Hugo /s, You are defending the WRONG people. The few people refusing to wear masks are PATRIOTS! F_UCK (/s) MASKS!

It’s time to celebrate with Sammy Hagar. Mask FREE or DIE!

(same for condoms)


27 posted on 06/29/2020 8:33:37 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: L.A.Justice

#1 right after the election. Meanwhile the democrats will tank the economy as they still are getting paid.


28 posted on 06/29/2020 8:34:19 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: L.A.Justice

He’ll just relocate and rename his shops “Karen’s”.


29 posted on 06/29/2020 8:35:53 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Red Badger

Rampant. Say something as if it is fact, and nobody will bother to refute you. How about so rampant among the x and y community, as evidenced by these statistics: (satistics here)


30 posted on 06/29/2020 8:37:12 AM PDT by webheart (Coronavirus, I give up. Come get me.)
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To: JennysCool
None, but the sheep think that it is the cat's meow. More and more people who live in the United States want someone a position of authority want to be ordered and ruled, not Governed and led. They voting patterns will reflect that come November.
31 posted on 06/29/2020 8:38:17 AM PDT by sport
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To: BunnySlippers
Where is the logic in a policy that decrees you must wear a mask into a restaurant, but then are allowed to remove it while you spend time sitting around eating?
32 posted on 06/29/2020 8:40:28 AM PDT by JennysCool
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To: L.A.Justice

They are destroying their own business on purpose. Good for them. They will soon be able to work for someone else soon.


33 posted on 06/29/2020 8:42:38 AM PDT by vg0va3
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To: L.A.Justice

Free market- post ‘masks required’ on the window. Call the cops on, or beat the crap out of and toss out on the street any stupid jackwagon who walks in having seen the signs and thinking they don’t apply to them.

It’s a free country, a private property owner can damned well require a mask, and a free citizen can take their business somewhere else.


34 posted on 06/29/2020 8:42:40 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: cuban leaf

The wife and I went to Menards without masks. We got in the front door and one of the employees came running over and said we had to have masks. They will sell you one for about a dollar. I said screw this, I’ll go to Lowes.


35 posted on 06/29/2020 8:44:11 AM PDT by caver
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To: ClearCase_guy

I am watching the local news now on KTLA in Los Angeles. The 2 newscasters are maybe 6 feet apart and not wearing masks but are in the same room so why are masks mandatory when we can clearly see the politicians and the reporters not wearing them except for photo ops. In the field I only see some reporters wearing them as well.


36 posted on 06/29/2020 8:44:33 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: L.A.Justice
“At this point, it’s really important for us to put the safety of our crew first.”

As you close your store and lay off those same employees...


37 posted on 06/29/2020 8:45:59 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: JennysCool

That you are close to either the person you are ordering from or others in line. Once you get to your table you are a sufficient distance you can take it off.

I work with aged and vulnerable seniors and the disabled, so I *ALWAYS* wear one outside the house, I don’t give a crap what anyone thinks, the lives of my clients are more important than somebody’s ‘freedumb’ to infect others.


38 posted on 06/29/2020 8:47:20 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca. Deport all illegals. Abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF,.)
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To: stylecouncilor

I have been by there many times in Atwater Village. It’s always hipsters in line for their vegan tacos.


39 posted on 06/29/2020 8:49:26 AM PDT by windcliff
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To: L.A.Justice

I work in a hospital, so wearing a mask is no different than anything else we do...

It is a PITA and I can’t do stairs with it on.


40 posted on 06/29/2020 8:57:11 AM PDT by HangnJudge (When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center)
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