Posted on 12/28/2016 4:19:03 AM PST by raccoonradio
Honolulus Café 8 ½ gets rave reviews on Yelp for its Radiatore Verde and Italian stir fry, among other popular dishes at the eclectic mom-and-pop restaurant but the response to its new 'policy' barring pro-Trump patrons has been decidedly more mixed.
A bright yellow, handmade sign posted on the restaurant's front glass door declares: If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis.
A photo of the sign was shared with FoxNews.com. One also is proudly posted on the cafés Facebook page, and was liked by some 40 people.
The next time you're in Honolulu, eat lunch here, not only are they on the right side of things, the food is delicious and reasonable, one Facebook user wrote next to the photo.
Others arent so charmed.
Honolulu resident and Donald Trump voter Susan Roberts told FoxNews.com she found the sign in extreme poor taste.
It's childish and very unprofessional, she said in an email. The restaurant owner doesn't have to worry ... I will not be stepping foot in that establishment.
Willes Lee, former chairman of the Hawaii Republican Party and now president of National Federation of Republican Assemblies, told FoxNews.com the sign is discriminatory, and harkens back to racist and hate-filled days before statehood.
Remember when Filipinos couldn't go in certain places, or Japanese wouldn't be allowed [in] many homes? And, it didn't matter who they voted for, said Lee, who is of Japanese descent.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
If the Feds can force Gay Scoutmasters and unisex bathrooms it would be child’s play to slam this do of us in court.
Perfect! I was going to post something similar.
Or order cheese and wine, and donate it to the staff.
I would not want to eat there. They don’t want me, fine. I will take my money and go elsewhere. You could not get me in there with two D8 Cats hooked to me.
Let those 40 people pay his overhead and keep him in business.
To compare apples to apples, it is just as illegal to refuse restaurant service by political affiliation as it is by skin color. The latter was codified back in the heyday of the civil rights movement.
Thanks for the link. Proudly added my 1 star.
Hopefully that is the only shirt he can afford since he put up his sign.
I like signs such as that. They let me know where I am not appreciated. I take my money and go elsewhere. Where I am appreciated. The difference in atmosphere is as between night and day. People need to try it instead of bitching and crying. It also prevents one from getting extra seasoning such as spit, snot, and and other things in their food.
“Or go in, order a huge meal, and as soon as it comes, break out the Trump gear. Whats he going to do? Throw out the food?”
Hmm. Good idea.
Go in. Order a large meal. Wait until it’s delivered, then say: “Oh, I’m sorry! I just remembered I voted for Trump and I’m not allowed to eat here!” and then leave (without paying for anything, of course). I don’t think they could legally charge you for the food because they are, after all, the ones who refuse to serve it to you.
It’s theft, but maybe some can go there and eat (if the food’s palatable) then walk away without paying the bill.Lunch and leave, dine and dash, eat it and beat it.
if you listen and watch Hillary supporters they are doing everything and saying everything they were accusing trump and his supporters of. the truth is out there now....Hillary and her supporters are fascist in there philosophies...let there public melt down continue
Political affiliation is not a protected class, so discrimination against them is not illegal.
So one could put up a “no gays” sign?
Looks like it.
Time for some people to ‘find’ cockroaches in their food.
I've met too many of these types in life.
Imagine if the sign said “We don’t serve fags.”
How is this qualitatively different?
My rules would be:
If you have blue, pink. purple or orange hair you cannot eat here.
if you do not own a gun you cannot eat here.
If you support homosexuality you cannot eat here.
If you voted for Hillary or Bernie you cannot eat here.
If you are are tatooed or pierced more than twice you cannot eat here.
If you do not eat bacon you cannot eat here.
If you’re a feminist you cannot eat here.
If you are high you cannot eat here.
If you call America a democracy you cannot eat here.
If you don’t say “Merry Christmas” you cannot eat here.
Small clientele, yeah, but good. Lots of bacon dishes, too.
Filled with a burning self-righteousness he has become what he professes to hate.
Don’t eat it. Take a bite or two and then make a scene that the food is so disgusting you can’t finish it. “Offer” to pay for it uneaten, just to demonstrate how fair you are, but let every patron in the building know that you consider it vile.
Never reveal that you’re a Trumpist or you’ll just discredit yourself.
A few dozen meals tossed in the garbage along with the horrible PR and this place is swirling the bowl.
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