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    'You cannot eat here': Hawaii café riles residents with ban on Trump voters

    Honolulu’s Café 8 ½ gets rave reviews on Yelp for its “Radiatore Verde” and “Italian stir fry,” among other popular dishes at the eclectic mom-and-pop restaurant – but the response to its new 'policy' barring pro-Trump patrons has been decidedly more mixed.

    A bright yellow, handmade sign posted on the restaurant's front glass door declares: “If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis.”

    A photo of the sign was shared with FoxNews.com. One also is proudly posted on the café’s Facebook page, and was “liked” by some 40 people.

    “…The next time you're in Honolulu, eat lunch here, not only are they on the right side of things, the food is delicious and reasonable,” one Facebook user wrote next to the photo.

    Others aren’t so charmed.

    Honolulu resident and Donald Trump voter Susan Roberts told FoxNews.com she found the sign in “extreme poor taste.”

    “It's childish and very unprofessional,” she said in an email. “… The restaurant owner doesn't have to worry ... I will not be stepping foot in that establishment.”

    Willes Lee, former chairman of the Hawaii Republican Party and now president of National Federation of Republican Assemblies, told FoxNews.com the sign is discriminatory, and harkens back to “racist and hate-filled” days before statehood.

    “Remember when Filipinos couldn't go in certain places, or Japanese wouldn't be allowed [in] many homes? And, it didn't matter who they voted for,” said Lee, who is of Japanese descent.

    “People should be able to get food without hearing a political message,” one apparent former customer wrote on Yelp. “I will never go back.”

    According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, the café was founded by Robert Warner, a former hair stylist for Vidal Sassoon in San Francisco and former restaurateur in Seattle, along with his wife Jali.

    Reached for comment Tuesday, Jali downplayed the sign's supposed ban. She told FoxNews.com the restaurant is not actually asking customers whether they voted for President-elect Trump, and said even if they see a customer with a Trump shirt, “we don’t put anything different [in] your food.”

    “Robert just wants to express how much he doesn’t like Trump,” Jali said. “If people take it personally or it hurts them, we cannot help. That’s why we say they have [a] choice if they want to come or not come. We don’t force them...”

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016...mp-voters.html

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    I would go in wearing a Trump mask

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    ...A bright yellow, handmade sign posted on the restaurant's front glass door declares: “If you voted for Trump you cannot eat here! No Nazis.”
    Liberals really are stupid. Was this intended to try to intimidate or shame Trump supporters? If only half their clientele were conservatives they'll be closed down for lack of business in 90 days.

    Here's their facebook page and the posts so far:

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/8-12-...044267?fref=ts

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    I'm waiting for the first lawsuit.

    I hope someone loses their business over it.

    bunch of babies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krystian View Post
    Liberals really are stupid. Was this intended to try to intimidate or shame Trump supporters? If only half their clientele were conservatives they'll be closed down for lack of business in 90 days.

    Here's their facebook page and the posts so far:

    https://www.facebook.com/pages/8-12-...044267?fref=ts
    Man, the comments! Folks are cray-cray for real!
    When your praise match your prayers, the answer will come.
    https://www.facebook.com/Valiant-Wom...1103844642026/

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    Yeah... their yelp reviews aren't so rave at the moment

    https://www.yelp.com/biz/caf%C3%A9-8-1-2-honolulu-3

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    Well, I don't wish anybody's business closing down, but if you're this stupid, you deserve whatever happens due to your stupid actions.

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    so they should totally get it if Christians don't make cakes for gays. right? but they don't. Hypocrites!
    When we stand before Jesus, he is not going to ask what everyone else told you to do....
    He is going to ask "what did I tell you to do?" Press on!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valiant Woman View Post
    Man, the comments! Folks are cray-cray for real!
    HA Ha HA HA HA
    When we stand before Jesus, he is not going to ask what everyone else told you to do....
    He is going to ask "what did I tell you to do?" Press on!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laura Grace View Post
    so they should totally get it if Christians don't make cakes for gays. right? but they don't. Hypocrites!
    Bingo.

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