Posted on 04/18/2024 6:34:40 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
KILLEEN, Texas — Anyone who decides to visit Ferrari-Pizza Pasta Subs in Killeen will have the chance to order some Italian cuisine with a side of vulgar decorations.
Ferrari owner Robert Ferrari told 6 News his restaurant opened in 1958.
"I'm from New York and most of my customers come from the North to get true Italian food from me here," Ferrari shared.
In his restaurant, Ferrari allows customers from all across Central Texas to bring in posters, signs and memorabilia for him to put up on his restaurant walls.
These posters, signs and memorabilia are spread all across the restaurant and range from harsh jokes about women to profanity to photos mocking former presidents.
Some deem the restaurant's display as offensive, disrespectful or inappropriate.
Leon Lattanzio visited Killeen from Germany to meet his family in late March and said he has never witnessed such hate in his life.
"Even in Europe you cannot show hate like that in a public place, so this was not normal for us," Lattanzio explained.
Lattanzio and his brother Luis decided to leave the restaurant after 10 minutes and did not order anything.
Ferrari said he has freedom of speech and is able to post whatever he wants in his establishment.
"God gave us freedom of speech and freedom of choice," Ferrari said. "You can read a sentence and take it how you want to take it and I can do the same."
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“”Even in Europe you cannot show hate like that in a public place, so this was not normal for us,” Lattanzio explained.”
Germans...hate in Europe...nope. Can’t think of any examples as serious as a few crass signs in an American pizzeria...
What a dope.
An Italian from Germany visiting America in an Irish town in Texas is bound to take offense at something.
You have freedom of speech yes, but you don’t have freedom from consequences.
These days, some people believe that philosophical disagreements are actual violence.
Eurocucks and Eurosimps wet themselves in dismay.
It was Mama Ferrari’s in 1973. As a PFC making almost $300 a month a Mama Ferrari pizza was a payday extravagance. Spicy and delicious! When my wife was preggers I’d hit the door with the pizza and she’d hit the bathroom with the technicolor yawn. Hated to eat the whole thing by myself but I wasn’t about to let it go to waste.
If that place wasn’t in such a crappy part of town, I’d go just to have a look
I am lucky to have such a place in a small Alaska town. The owner has been known to throw people out who don’t like her signs (the wall is plastered with them, and she wears clothes with “offensive” words on them). I love her and btw, great pizza and stromboli’s.
"Putting the F U in fun since 1985".
https://dickslastresort.com/
Did you mistype? Free Speech speaks for itself. I don't want to be put in jail for any word that comes out of my mouth and I don't want to have you put in jail for anything you say. We all learned as little little tikes:
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me.Alles klar, Herr Kommissar?
“Lighten up Francis”
LOLOL, Leon Lattanzio, doesn’t sound German to me...
I took a pay cut pumping gas to join at $288 a month. Can’t complain, wife and I retired at E14 (8+6). She got out at 13 during post Desert Storm drawdown and drew over 250k over 26 years. I’ve been retired for 32 years.
Made my day!
Had woman client in Florida that always wore (rude) clever sayings on tee shirts.
“Did i say something to hurt your feelings? I’m sorry but I thought you already knew you were stupid.”
“So, you believe in Retardation as a way of life?”
“Men are all idiots, and i married their king”
(Examples that are safe to post with GFY or GAF)
Looks pretty similar to Weinberger’s in Grapevine, although they don’t have all the customer-provided decor
“Germans aren’t into the freedom thing.”
Unless its about the Autobahn.
More details on the Killeen restaurant facing backlash over offensive signs
None of which I found offensive...unless I were a Democrat.
Perhaps nearby Ft.Hood, er, Ft. Cavazos should rent the place during his slowest day to run their new "Woke Warriors" through like they did us with a CS gas chamber. They'd come out crying, too - but for non-physical reasons.
288 a month! damn as a boot I was getting rich at 81 dollars a month, 2 years later I was “FABULOUSLY WEALTHY” at L/Cpl pay of 138.00 dollars a month.
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