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| - I visited this establishment with group of women of color (12 in total) at night. We had a nice time and the food was good. One thing to note is that we were told that they couldn't do separate bills and that an 18% gratuity would be charged. We accepted those terms.
Towards the end of the night we asked the waitress, Alana, to take a picture of us when we noticed that a white male sitting at the bar was taking pictures of us without our consent on his personal phobe. We felt really uncomfortable and one of the members of our group asked him why was he taking pictures of us. The waitress, Alana, said on his behalf, that he was taking pictures of her not of us. However, one of the members of our group asked him to show us the pictures. The man had taken 9 pictures of us, not the waitress, without our consent. Our friend deleted the pictures, while the man complained and made nasty comments to us. The staff did nothing about this.
This is a matter of safety for women. Photographing people without consent is not only illegal, but dangerous. Particularly if the establishment does not consider this type of harassment an issue. And if the staff "protects" these people.
I would recommend women to be very careful when going to this establishment, since you won't necessarily be safe and the staff will not do much to guarantee your safety.
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