My mom and I drove all through Hope, Arkansas looking for a place to eat on the way to Nashville that wasn't fast food. It seems that the pies featured on Google Maps misled us.
Tab's is not an American Cafe, it is a gas station that serves a little bit of food. The entire atmosphere is disgusting, with only a few cheap looking booths and a pitiful salad bar. DO NOT GO HERE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOOD. THERE IS NO WORTHWHILE FOOD HERE ESPECIALLY IF YOU DRIVE 16 MILES ROUND TRIP TO GET THERE. IT IS NOT A COZY DINER. ITS A GAS STATION.
However, the most disturbing part in my opinion were the horrific, tasteless amounts of sexist and backwards posters covering the walls, ceiling, and bathroom. Posters joking about everything from guns to the uselessness of women to the hatred of democrats, the restaurant made it very clear that only a certain kind of person was wanted at the shack of a "restaurant," and I was happy to leave.
If you think that isn't much, perhaps the picture of Hillary Clinton on the bathroom wall with the caption "This is what your doctor shows you when your erections won't go away." I completely understand that people dislike her, but Hope is the birthplace of her esteemed husband and 42nd President of the US, Bill Clinton. The blatant disrespect of the Clintons disgusted me.
However, the most horrifying aspect was the CONFEDERATE FLAG on the ceiling of the PUBLIC RESTAURANT. I don't have the time or energy to give a history lesson about TREASON, but clearly the people of Hope need one if they continue to keep up that flag in humor. And I'm from Texas, I know that this is a common thing in a South. Nevertheless it disgusted me and I was happy to leave. There is NEVER an excuse for a Confederate Flag.
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