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Red Hen eateries feel the heat after Sarah Sanders booted from Virginia restaurant with same name
Fox News ^ | June 24, 2018 | Andrew O'Reilly | Fox News

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: lexington; liberalfail; redhen; sarahhuckabeesanders; sarahsanders; shs; stephaniewilson; tds; trump; wilson
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Friedman’s restaurant wasn’t the only restaurant named The Red Hen to erroneously take heat following Sanders getting the boot in Lexington.

In Swedesboro, N.J., a family-style restaurant by the same name was also lambasted by supporters of President Trump – receiving about 200 phone calls and seeing their Facebook rating plummet to 1-star. The eatery was also finally forced to go to social media to clear up the issue.

1 posted on 06/24/2018 11:57:51 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

I like the idea of all these other Red Hens suing this one for causing lost business.


2 posted on 06/24/2018 11:59:05 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: conservative98
Actual Red Hen's Yelp rating is down to 2 stars:

https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-red-hen-lexington-3?sort_by=date_desc


3 posted on 06/24/2018 11:59:21 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98
any bird-brained backlash mistakenly directed

Which permeates FR.

4 posted on 06/24/2018 11:59:57 AM PDT by TomServo
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To: conservative98

Quick, change the name to Rhode Island Red.


5 posted on 06/24/2018 12:00:21 PM PDT by moovova
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To: conservative98

I wouldn’t want to eat at an establishment where the owner wears pu$$y hats anyway.


6 posted on 06/24/2018 12:00:44 PM PDT by I Drive Too Fast
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To: TomServo

This is classic.

I’m guessing all those other Red Hens ought to start disavowing and admonishing the one causing their troubles


7 posted on 06/24/2018 12:02:12 PM PDT by KittenClaws ( Normalcy Bias. Do you have it?)
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To: conservative98

The whole family wearing Pink-PussyHats? Husband included?
I see.


8 posted on 06/24/2018 12:02:22 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: conservative98

Government Employees are not Welcome at The Red Hen


9 posted on 06/24/2018 12:02:48 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: conservative98

Pics on Yelp.

10 posted on 06/24/2018 12:02:55 PM PDT by conservative98
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My question is, and nobody has answered this..

What was Sara doing in a restaurant with a communist chicken as a billboard ?


11 posted on 06/24/2018 12:03:25 PM PDT by Celerity
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To: conservative98

People should be smart enough to figure out which restaurant Sanders got kicked out of. Doubt anyone on FR made this mistake!


12 posted on 06/24/2018 12:04:24 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Celerity

photoshop


13 posted on 06/24/2018 12:04:33 PM PDT by conservative98
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If this ever happens to you, Don't leave. Remain composed and call the police.

When the police arrive, calmly give your side of the story; You were quietly eating dinner and you were targeted by the owner for no reason.

This will force the owner to go on record to the police why they're asking you to leave.

This can be used later in a court case for discrimination or targeted harassment.

It will also embarrass the restaurant.

Let the owner be shown as being unreasonable, angry, and irrational.

And of course, get video and audio.

14 posted on 06/24/2018 12:06:46 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: conservative98

“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.”

WRONG. The foul play began when a Red Hen waiter posted on facebook that his boss kick Sarah and her family out.


15 posted on 06/24/2018 12:07:53 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (A moral wrong cannot be a Civil Right.)
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To: lee martell

Husband I believe is a woman


16 posted on 06/24/2018 12:09:41 PM PDT by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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Sure looks like this Wilkinson lady put the Red in “Red Hen”.
17 posted on 06/24/2018 12:09:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: TomServo

Then what are you doing here?


18 posted on 06/24/2018 12:10:23 PM PDT by Guenevere (The wrath of God has come upon them at last.....)
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To: conservative98

Oh is it a chain? The. Let the chips fall where they may.


19 posted on 06/24/2018 12:10:44 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you)
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To: conservative98
Do you have a dress code?

No, we do not. We want you to feel comfortable in our restaurant, so please wear whatever you like.

https://redhenlex.com/faq/

Ok. How about?


20 posted on 06/24/2018 12:10:53 PM PDT by conservative98
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