Racism Wire

by Hillary Dixler Canavan@hillarydixler Aug 27, 2013, 4:50am EDT

Hillary Dixler Canavan is Eater's restaurant editor and the author of the publication's debut book, Eater: 100 Essential Restaurant Recipes From the Authority on Where to Eat and Why It Matters (Abrams, September 2023). Her work focuses on dining trends and the people changing the industry — and scouting the next hot restaurant you need to try on Eater's annual Best New Restaurant list.

A North Charleston, SC restaurant Wild Wing Cafe reportedly refused to seat a group of black patrons because white customers complained of feeling "threatened." Apparently, the restaurant apologized and offered free meals to the group, some of them frequent customers. One such man, Michael Brown, posted about the incident on Facebook and says: "This is not a situation where you can just give us a free meal and everything is OK." [WCSC]

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