Racist Seattle Businesses with Receipts

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1	This document exists to track businesses whose owners have made unconscionable racist comments on their social media or other venue. Please send additional examples to donotshop2020@gmail.com or suggest an edit in the document. Suggestions will be vetted and added ASAP. Thank you!
2	As requested, I'm adding links to existing lists of POC-owned and BIPOC-owned restaurants as a second tab. Please show them some support if you are able to.
3	City	Business	Why			Updates
4	Seattle	Canterbury Ale House	Owner Ryan Lewis posted the following:	https://i.imgur.com/MAuP9L3.jpg
5	Seattle	Amber	Owner Ryan Lewis posted the following:	https://i.imgur.com/MAuP9L3.jpg
6	Renton	Quilting Zone	Owner Carrie Lee posted the following:	https://i.imgur.com/0B2sjUo.jpg
7	Seattle	A Burger Place	Abuse of a Black Postmate	https://imgur.com/3YEVros	https://imgur.com/5j70fzf
8	Des Moines	Wally's Chowder House	Owner's son, a former Wally's employee, is a Proud Boy and hosts white supremacist events at the restaurant	https://imgur.com/ptbNzRj
9	Seattle	Blue Moon Burgers	Owner participated in a chat where Black workers were called the n-word	https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/06/20/25227208/owner-of-blue-moon-burgers-admits-to-using-the-n-word-to-describe-employees?fbclid=IwAR0Awlc7DcIJ-wzYF8U-0j5JuKotyHjDwvy_AChdOH5C0K3CiMr5MTmxfFI		This incident is from 2014 and the owner has apologized.
10	Renton	Top Fade Barbershop	Owner Boun Choul posted the following:	https://i.imgur.com/Fwb5lZb.jpg
11	Seattle	Italian Family Pizza	Numerous incidents including the following:	https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3JCqlHUoAAIMxN?format=jpg&name=medium
12	Tacoma	Dorky's Arcade	Owner disrupted a Tacoma Stands Up/Black Lives Matter March	https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article30667254.html	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTm3-Nip2aw&feature=youtu.be	This incident is from 2015 and the owner has apologized. In 2020, the owner has voiced support for BLM.
13	Bellevue	Cafe Cesura	Owner painted this noose image on shop windows and encouraged violence against protestors:	https://imgur.com/zREqTwq		The owner claims the painting was not intended to be a noose.
14	Seattle	Jai Thai	Fired a server for having natural hair	https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBUIGdpLdC/?igshid=1vmpfrp7iodt0
15	Edmonds	Harvey's Lounge	Employee threatened Black children	https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/teens-say-they-were-targets-of-racial-slurs-threatened-with-bat-outside-edmonds-tavern/	https://myedmondsnews.com/2019/12/prosecuting-attorney-defends-decision-not-to-file-charges-in-harveys-lounge-case/
16	Seattle	Verve Bowls	Employees were fired after voicing safety concerns as POC	blob:https://imgur.com/16ccfcef-da16-4fe7-ba65-5fd34191b296
17	Edmonds	Edmonds Bakery	Sold heart shaped cookies with "build the wall" written in icing in 2019
18	Seattle	Bluwater Bistro	The owner harassed and kicked out a bachelorette party of primarily WOC	https://www.yelp.com/biz/bluwater-bistro-seattle-4?sort_by=rating_asc
19	Snohomish	Lather and Salt	Owner assaulted a peaceful protester	https://twitter.com/LollySusan/status/1267313394362626049?s=20
20	Seattle	Baranof	Posted an all lives matter graphic	https://i.imgur.com/HA95Wt6.png		Post was deleted several hours later.
21	Puyallup	Perry's Bar	Encouraged armed presence to "show up in force" at protests	https://imgur.com/kTnZQGc
22	Seattle	The Parlour Seattle	Business posted the following review:	https://imgur.com/yC5CxtQ
23	Seattle	The Joint	Owner's unrepentant blackface	https://imgur.com/a/Ec4VouJ
24	Ferndale	Glacierview Animal Hospital	Owner Peter Rule posted the following:	https://imgur.com/a/GmD3jDx
25	Bremerton	Jayne's Glitz N Glam	Owner posted the following:	https://imgur.com/fIZ5NxH
26	Seattle	The Purple Store	Wage theft, refusal to pay day workers, creating a hostile work environment	https://purplestore.seasol.net/

1

This document exists to track businesses whose owners have made unconscionable racist comments on their social media or other venue. Please send additional examples to donotshop2020@gmail.com or suggest an edit in the document. Suggestions will be vetted and added ASAP. Thank you!

2

As requested, I'm adding links to existing lists of POC-owned and BIPOC-owned restaurants as a second tab. Please show them some support if you are able to.

3

City

Business

Why

Updates

4

Seattle

Canterbury Ale House

Owner Ryan Lewis posted the following:

https://i.imgur.com/MAuP9L3.jpg

5

Seattle

Amber

Owner Ryan Lewis posted the following:

https://i.imgur.com/MAuP9L3.jpg

6

Renton

Quilting Zone

Owner Carrie Lee posted the following:

https://i.imgur.com/0B2sjUo.jpg

7

Seattle

A Burger Place

Abuse of a Black Postmate

https://imgur.com/3YEVros

https://imgur.com/5j70fzf

8

Des Moines

Wally's Chowder House

Owner's son, a former Wally's employee, is a Proud Boy and hosts white supremacist events at the restaurant

https://imgur.com/ptbNzRj

9

Seattle

Blue Moon Burgers

Owner participated in a chat where Black workers were called the n-word

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/06/20/25227208/owner-of-blue-moon-burgers-admits-to-using-the-n-word-to-describe-employees?fbclid=IwAR0Awlc7DcIJ-wzYF8U-0j5JuKotyHjDwvy_AChdOH5C0K3CiMr5MTmxfFI

This incident is from 2014 and the owner has apologized.

10

Renton

Top Fade Barbershop

Owner Boun Choul posted the following:

https://i.imgur.com/Fwb5lZb.jpg

11

Seattle

Italian Family Pizza

Numerous incidents including the following:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3JCqlHUoAAIMxN?format=jpg&name=medium

12

Tacoma

Dorky's Arcade

Owner disrupted a Tacoma Stands Up/Black Lives Matter March

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article30667254.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTm3-Nip2aw&feature=youtu.be

This incident is from 2015 and the owner has apologized. In 2020, the owner has voiced support for BLM.

13

Bellevue

Cafe Cesura

Owner painted this noose image on shop windows and encouraged violence against protestors:

https://imgur.com/zREqTwq

The owner claims the painting was not intended to be a noose.

14

Seattle

Jai Thai

Fired a server for having natural hair

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBUIGdpLdC/?igshid=1vmpfrp7iodt0

15

Edmonds

Harvey's Lounge

Employee threatened Black children

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/teens-say-they-were-targets-of-racial-slurs-threatened-with-bat-outside-edmonds-tavern/

https://myedmondsnews.com/2019/12/prosecuting-attorney-defends-decision-not-to-file-charges-in-harveys-lounge-case/

16

Seattle

Verve Bowls

Employees were fired after voicing safety concerns as POC

blob:https://imgur.com/16ccfcef-da16-4fe7-ba65-5fd34191b296

17

Edmonds

Edmonds Bakery

Sold heart shaped cookies with "build the wall" written in icing in 2019

18

Seattle

Bluwater Bistro

The owner harassed and kicked out a bachelorette party of primarily WOC

https://www.yelp.com/biz/bluwater-bistro-seattle-4?sort_by=rating_asc

19

Snohomish

Lather and Salt

Owner assaulted a peaceful protester

https://twitter.com/LollySusan/status/1267313394362626049?s=20

20

Seattle

Baranof

Posted an all lives matter graphic

https://i.imgur.com/HA95Wt6.png

Post was deleted several hours later.

21

Puyallup

Perry's Bar

Encouraged armed presence to "show up in force" at protests

https://imgur.com/kTnZQGc

22

Seattle

The Parlour Seattle

Business posted the following review:

https://imgur.com/yC5CxtQ

23

Seattle

The Joint

Owner's unrepentant blackface

https://imgur.com/a/Ec4VouJ

24

Ferndale

Glacierview Animal Hospital

Owner Peter Rule posted the following:

https://imgur.com/a/GmD3jDx

25

Bremerton

Jayne's Glitz N Glam

Owner posted the following:

https://imgur.com/fIZ5NxH

26

Seattle

The Purple Store

Wage theft, refusal to pay day workers, creating a hostile work environment

https://purplestore.seasol.net/

	A	B
1	Sortable list of POC-owned and Black-owned businesses	https://intentionalist.com/b/tag/minority-owned/
2	Blacked-owned businesses	https://ranktribe.com/seattle
3	Blacked-owned businesses	https://www.supportblackowned.com/states/wa
4	Black-owned restaurants	https://travelnoire.com/best-black-owned-restaurants-in-seattle
5	South Seattle and International District POC-owned restaurants	https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EBnf9ysBWKo9O0MbZvaKrEc_qmezYfJ2waDNzznNSbA/edit?fbclid=IwAR1bVsN0Judrw4Jm3D_AyylXw7ONJpChdsaKVCHFvCNQ8BT6exYeVm80Krs#gid=0
6	Seattle Black-owned businesses	https://www.instagram.com/p/B8eemCtArJQ/
7	Black owned business - Wellness & Health	https://lateefameyers.optavia.com/lateefameyers
8	Black-owned restaurants that are open for takeout	https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2020/06/these-black-owned-seattle-restaurants-are-open-for-takeout
9	Black-owned restaurants	EatOkra app
10	PNW Black artists to support on Bandcamp	http://artisthome.org/great-pnw-black-artists-you-can-support-today-on-bandcamp/
11	Black-owned restaurants (and places to donate)	https://www.theinfatuation.com/features/support-black-owned-restaurants-in-seattle