OK Cafe
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OK Cafe, founded in 1987, is a restaurant in Atlanta, GA, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. The popular restaurant is well known across the southern United States for its southern comfort food and has been featured in Forbes , Southern Living, and Ladies Home Journal.[1] In a review of OK Cafe, Atlanta Intown Magazine wrote "time stands still at the OK Cafe. It’s predictable, delivering all the comfort foods of Southern living that this restaurant has perfected over its very many years as an Atlanta landmark."[2]
Controversies
Flag Controversy
Until mid 2020, OK Cafe prominently displayed the former flag of Georgia in its dining room, which contains the confederate battle flag. Despite being perceived as a racist celebration of the confederacy, the restaurant kept the flag for years. After previously defending the presence of the flag, owner Susan DeRose took the flag down in June, 2020.[3][4]
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Protests
In response to a youth organized Black Lives Matter protest organized near the cafe in June 2020, the Cafe put on display a sign that read "lives that matter are made with positive purpose," an apparent attempt to counter-protest the student-led black lives matter protest. In addition, signs that read "law and order=peace" and "OK Cafe loves America" were also put on display. Cafe Owner Susan DeRose defended her counter protest, expressing that she was "offended" by the Black Lives Matter protest, whose organizers she referred to as "spoiled children." [5][6][7]
Fire
In December 2014, the restaurant was damaged in a fire and did not reopen until October of the following year. A firefighter suffered minor injuries from a fall suffered during cleanup of the restaurant following the fire.[8][9]
References
- ^ "OK Cafe". www.okcafe.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ "Tasting Intown: A review of OK Cafe". Atlanta Intown. 2015-12-07. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ Farmer, Justin. "Amid controversy, OK Café removes decades-old state flag from restaurant". WSBTV. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ McKibben, Beth (2020-06-08). "Buckhead Restaurant Continues Drawing Ire for Tone-Deaf Banner During Student-Led Protest March [Updated]". Eater Atlanta. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ McKibben, Beth (2020-06-08). "Buckhead Restaurant Continues Drawing Ire for Tone-Deaf Banner During Student-Led Protest March [Updated]". Eater Atlanta. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Spivak, Caleb J. "OK Cafe Owner: We're Under Police Protection, Being Monitored by Homeland Security | What Now Atlanta". whatnowatlanta. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hollis, Henri. "OK Cafe again mired in controversy after displaying racially charged sign". ajc. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ Jeffries, Fran; Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta. "Fire damages OK Cafe in Buckhead; firefighter injured". ajc. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
- ^ "OK Cafe reopens following fire". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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