Sidharth Shah Review of Cafe Wha?
Love the band. Great music. Would not recommend if...
Love the band. Great music. Would not recommend if you're brown.
I was a regular here until I felt racially profiled. I was joining some friends who were already seated and the moment I walked in, I was led to the table with other brown people. This was the first instance of racial profiling I'd experienced at Cafe wha. Then, after we'd ordered drinks, we were asked to leave because of an alleged "smell" that was coming from our table. The manager, Graham Astute, refused to give us any more detail than that except that they'd gotten complaints from numerous guests about it and the manager himself had ascertained it. Needless to say, we were very confused. The place was full but as we all got up to leave, I looked around and realized we were the only brown people in the room. They also had a group of 4 white individuals waiting as we left, who took our table. This might all be coincidence but it definitely "smells" of racism. It's just not something I expected from an establishment like this.
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