Food is good, but the service is preferential and you may get the short end of the stick if you look a certain way? 🤔I went in there, ordered a mixed combo (beef and a chicken shawarma about $20) and then a white police officer...
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Food is good, but the service is preferential and you may get the short end of the stick if you look a certain way? 🤔I went in there, ordered a mixed combo (beef and a chicken shawarma about $20) and then a white police officer behind me orders the same exact thing as me. When the food was ready after about 10 minutes, I was sidestepped as they told the officer that his food was ready and handed him his order while I was literally standing in their line of sight. Then I had to wait nearly an additional 7 more minutes. I couldn't tell if this was a racial situation because they are Syrian (light skinned) in a predominantly dark-skinned Arab hub, but the irony is that I'm not even Arab/Muslim. I'm a Hispanic that I suppose can pass as for being a brown Middle Easterner. And I'm aware that there are tensions amongst certain communities even within a cultural hub as I can confirm that some Hispanic groups dislike others yet own and run restaurants in the same neighborhoods.Regardless, my rational assessment is that there was some reason they blatantly and shamelessly decided to disrespect a patient paying customer in such a manner. It wasn't an accident or a misunderstanding. I read the room and noticed that their staff all had nonchalant unwelcoming attitude when I was giving my order, but they didn't keep the same energy when the police man placed his order.That experience left a poor taste in my mouth despite the food actually tasting good. I never desired to be collateral to whatever politics they may have.