I WAS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED BY THEIR WHITE BOUNCER WHILE THE BLACK BOUNCERS STOOD AROUND AND DID NOTHING.
Would be a no star rating if I could have left one. DO NOT PATRONIZE THIS BUSINESS.
A group of friends and I went to this bar to enjoy the rest of our Saturday and as we pulled up to the establishment one of my friends was being berated by the WHITE security guard/ door man or whatever he is. This white man told my friend who was black that his outfit did not fit into the "image" they want to portray in Brooklyn. They didn't want him to wear his champion branded trendy gym shorts inside.
(Now we all know the image of Brooklyn is hipster, gentrified, distressed, rips, holes and tears in your clothes.)
So we already knew that was a micro aggression. But my friend decided he was going to go change and come back, assuming they were just following the establishments rules for a dress code. Then, as the rest of my friends walk in, we literally see a white man sitting in right in front of the bar in GYM SHORTS!
We proceed to ask the black bouncer why our friend had to go change since gym shorts are clearly allowed and he was rude and aggressive and would not answer our question. At that point we should have gone home, but we were already inside.
There was NO ONE in there, so there was no point in them doing the most, and yet that's what they did. Once we realized they were just being racist and discriminative, we decided to leave the establishment. On our way out, we once again tried to get the real reason why our friend was not allowed in. I pulled out my phone to record them because I can't believe that in Brooklyn NY, racism is still running rampant in 2019.
As I am recording the white bouncer trying to get some answers, he hits my phone out of my hand,
physically assaulting me and completely shattering my cell phone screen. I was so shocked. I could not believe he put his hands on me and my property.
Needless to say, I will not be supporting this business ever again, and I will spread the word in the black community about their racist antics.
Dope BBQ and any other black owned party series will also know about this. They don't need to get another black dollar. read more