Good for them.
Boycott the NFL!
Wow! Good for WOW.
If I lived anywhere near them, I would be eating there right now. All the wings my family could eat, and then some to take home.
People are beginning to burn their NFL items. Let the NFL go the way of disco.
Now this is what is called a respectful protest.
Sarita’s Grill & Cantina in Denham Springs: No NFL games on our TVs ‘until further notice’
Advocate staff report Sep 25, 2017 - 6:27 pm (0)
Sarita’s Grill & Cantina Denham, 151 Bass Pro Blvd., Denham Springs
Another Louisiana eatery, this one in Denham Springs, has announced it will no longer televise NFL football after many players staged a protest during the national anthem on Sunday.
Sarita’s Grill & Cantina Denham posted Monday on its Facebook page that the ban on NFL games and the NFL network is “until further notice.”
“We respect everyone’s right to freedom of speech,” the post says. “However, we do not support anyone that disrespects our Flag, our Country, and the people who have fought and/or died for the freedoms that we have.”
Dozens of initial comments attached to the post as of Monday evening expressed support for the decision. But others posted later in the evening took issue with the eatery.
On Sunday afternoon, WOW Cafe & Wingery of St. Bernard in Chalmette announced on Facebook it wouldn’t televise the Saints vs. Panthers game after a group of Saints players participated in a protest during the national anthem.
That decision was made by Brooke Anastasiadis, the owner of the St. Bernard restaurant, said Lindsey Manasco, a 31-year-old manager, waitress and bartender.
Anastasiadis was motivated in part because she wanted to show solidarity with members of the military, police officers and firefighters, all of whom are given a 20 percent discount in the store when the dine in uniform.
Manasco added that the WOW restaurant in Chalmette would continue to boycott the game “any time the Saints kneel.”
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Wow Cafe in Chalmette takes ‘a risk’ with anti-NFL post, but it paid off
September 27, 2017 at 1:44 PM
By Chelsea Brasted
cbrasted@nola.com,
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Brook Songy Anastasiadis’ Facebook post was a short one, but it was to the point: Her restaurant, a franchise of Wow Cafe and Wingery in Chalmette, would not be showing the New Orleans Saints game. Why? Because some players had chosen to sit during the National Anthem.
Anastasiadis’ PR representative called the post “a risk,” but response to it was immediate and almost overwhelming.
In the days since the Facebook post went online Sunday (Sept. 24), the restaurant has received thousands of messages and posts, emails, phone calls and even flower deliveries sent by people as far away as Alaska, said Ray Sutherland, the PR representative. Several well-wishers have even offered to donate money to the restaurant and its staff, he said, but those offers have been declined.
Since some members of the Saints chose to sit during the anthem, a move that was part of a larger protest over the weekend after President Donald Trump chastised the NFL for not handling those who would sit or kneel during the anthem with a firmer hand, a debate has sprung up over one of the country’s greatest pastimes: Watching football.
But there was no debate for Anastasiadis, according to Sutherland, who said he’s worked with the Wow franchise owner’s family for about a decade. She was a Saints fan, but the athletes who sat out the national anthem in protest of racial injustices in this country crossed a line for her.
“She had been seeing other city’s teams (kneeling or sitting) for awhile, but it was just something about the team that you grew up loving with all your heart, and you see them do something that you’re steadfastly against — that was her reaction,” Sutherland said. “And when she did that last Sunday morning right before kickoff, I can assure you she did not have any clue what was about to happen.”
The reaction to the post, which has since been shared nearly 3,000 times and reacted to on Facebook about 5,500 times, even prompted some patrons to drive in from as far away as Hattiesburg, Miss., or Shreveport just so they could financially support Anastasiadis’ restaurant.