Posted on 06/24/2018 11:57:51 AM PDT by conservative98
Michael Friedman never imagined that naming his restaurant The Red Hen would be so controversial.
But when the co-owner of another restaurant named The Red Hen – this one almost 200 miles away in Lexington, Va. – refused to serve White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Friday night, it was open season on any eatery with Hen in its name.
“It was a bit of an interesting day yesterday,” Friedman told Fox News. “There were so many negative comments floating in on social media and people calling up my restaurants to threaten us.”
The foul play began when Sanders tweeted that she was told by the owner of the Red Hen in Lexington, Va., that she had to "leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left." She said the episode Friday evening said far more about the owner of the restaurant than it did about her.
"I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so," Sanders said in the tweet from her official account, which generated 22,000 replies in about an hour.
While Friedman tried to quickly quell any bird-brained backlash mistakenly directed at his Italian-influenced restaurant by posting on its social media accounts that his eatery had no affiliation to the one in Lexington, it did little to stop the flood of angry comments and calls. One person called up one of Friedman’s other restaurants and threatened to blow it up, while another just repeated the word “shame” over and over again.
“This is a huge misconception,” Friedman said. “We are not affiliated with the restaurant in Lexington; this is not a franchise. We serve whoever walks through out door, no matter their race, creed, sexual orientation, political party or whatever.”
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Not a chain. Just a bunch of dumb businesses that don’t check on whether people are already using the same name.
I had to check if that iron railing was original to the image.
Now that’s funny - no photoshop needed.
True. I can’t help but think
the one who called in and
threatened to blow his place
up is a liberal plant, trying
to make patriots look like a
a bunch of Neanderthals. Most
conservatives I know wouldn’t
threaten life and limb.
These idiots don’t realize there’s more of us than of them.
That pic is priceless. Die by the sword, kids.
How long before the owner goes the Kathy Griffin route, and claims that her restaurant “is being targeted for harassment by the Trump Administration,” and that she has received death threats, and that she is being punished for expressing her opinion.
oh my God, those obnoxious hats. I cannot believe her hubby is wearing this.
Not necessarily. There are some people here who are liberal trolls who’s only function is to disparage FR and the people who post.
This is a wonderful idea which unfortunately will be lost on a small, albiet noisy, segment of paralyzed GOP'ers who sit in prayer circles awaiting their next issue of The Weekly Standard.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-red-hen-lexington-3?sort_by=date_desc
Yelp says they are censoring posts:
“This business is being monitored by Yelp’s Support team for content related to media reports.”
“Active Cleanup Alert
This business recently made waves in the news, which often means that people come to this page to post their views on the news.
While we don’t take a stand one way or the other when it comes to these news events, we do work to remove both positive and negative posts that appear to be motivated more by the news coverage itself than the reviewer’s personal consumer experience with the business.
As a result, your posts to this page may be removed as part of our cleanup process beginning Saturday, June 23, 2018, but you should feel free to post your thoughts about the recent media coverage for this business on Yelp Talk at any time.”
The owner said she took the action she did, because her gay employees were triggered
Pink p—hats on husband, too
I thought when they said Red Hen was feeling heat it meant as the flames went higher and the s— hole burned down to the foundation with only a few pink p=== hats in the blackened rubble.
Anyone know the over/under for when the Red Hen goes out of business?
Kinda weird how it’s a red Hen.
(dang, I quess)
If this ever happens to you, Don’t leave. Remain composed and call the police.
This is a wonderful idea which unfortunately will be lost on a small, albiet noisy, segment of paralyzed GOP’ers who sit in prayer circles awaiting their next issue of The Weekly Standard.
LOL! Call the police and say what? My names tawanda and redden won’t give me a burger?
This is not police action stuff
LOL! Call the police and say what? My names tawanda and red hen won't give me a burger?
This is not police action stuff
Big franchises should not be allowed to deny service for political reasons. Conservative is getting to be the same as old south black. Any libertarian who thinks that the market will fix this is living in a dream world.
So typical. Not a hint of outrage and they blame the victims or the people standing up to the communists, and point out their errors.
And history is proof. A leftist nut tried to kill conservative congressmen at a baseball game. They have rioted, burning things and destroying personal property.
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