![]() ![]() *LINK IN BIO*Seasoned and Blessed is back with a much needed facelift, and some major changes! I've updated the Black-Owned Restaurant and Small Business Directory and added a few special touches to make it a lot easier to navigate. He’s also added a donation page as he has plans to expand the site’s scope in the future. Oliver writes, via Instagram, that he’s updated the restaurant directory and made the site easier to surf. more people have shown interest in supporting Black-owned restaurants, and traffic on Oliver’s website increased. This year, as a byproduct of the Black Lives Matter rallies. Founder Aaron Oliver has been writing about the Black food scene for the last four years. Seasoned & Blessed, a database of Black-owned restaurants in Chicago, has revamped its website with a new look. Fulton Market is now closed seven days a week. Time Out Market Chicago food hall is also reaping the benefits, with expanded outdoor dining marked by barriers on Peoria and Sangamon. daily from Halsted to Peoria streets and Sangamon and Morgan streets. West Fulton Market is now closed to traffic from 11 a.m. The response to outdoor street dining in Fulton Market has been so positive, organizers have expanded the program to run during the week in addition to weekends, according to Block Club Chicago. ![]() This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Cops and the Culture War īy submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice.Ohio Taco Chain Employees Walked Out When Asked to Fill Mass Order for Law Enforcement.Starbucks Fires Barista After Police Receive Coffee Cup Labeled ‘Pig’.An investigation by the New York Police Department found no criminal wrongdoing by workers. In June, two police unions tweeted claims that Shake Shack employees mixed bleach into milkshakes to “intentionally poison” three New York City officers. Some allegations of food tampering by police, however, have not stood up to scrutiny: a Kansas police chief apologized after a former officer’s contention that he received a cup that read “fucking pig” at a McDonald’s drive-thru that went viral on social media turned out to be fabricated. A Starbucks employee in Oklahoma was fired in December 2019 after police received coffee cups with the label “pig,” and the company apologized to officers in Riverside, California that same month after two deputies say they were ignored by baristas for nearly five minutes. Though relationships between police and restaurants have frayed this year as protesters across the country rally against the police killings of Black men and women, the rapport was already starting to disintegrate. “We have zero tolerance for any behavior that doesn’t give our customers the full respect they deserve.” Ownership has also made efforts to personally apologize, offer a full refund, and furnish a gift card to the officer’s restaurant of choice. “We sincerely and humbly apologize - the action of one does not accurately reflect who we are as a company,” Happy Camper’s statement reads. Upon seeing the note, the officer supposedly threw away his $66 meal for fear of tampering. The post describes the officer as “in full uniform and riot ready” to pick up his food. ![]() A tip for what appears to be $7 (or 10.6 percent) is left below. “Quit your job” was handwritten in blue ink at the top the customer’s copy of the receipt, which goes on to list a 14-inch pepperoni pizza, a blackened chicken Caesar salad, jalapeno popper “homies,” and mozzarella breadsticks. The post also included included a photo of the receipt. The incident first came to light in a since-deleted Facebook post from a friend of the officer. Ownership at the Wrigleyville location of pizza bar Happy Camper on Monday fired an employee and apologized after a worker allegedly wrote “quit your job” on a Chicago police officer’s copy of a to-go receipt, according to a rep and statement posted to social media.
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