Death Row Last Meal Themed Restaurant Surprised By HUGE Online Backlash! Surprised? Really??
A pop-up restaurant set to open up in a posh area of east London, Hoxton, is rethinking its next steps carefully after receiving huge online backlash.
The restaurant is called Death Row Dinners, and it was supposed to be all about "[eating] like it's your last meal on earth."
The restaurant said:
"And for a short time only in beautiful Hoxton you can enjoy the idea of the last meal, without the nasty execution bit."
While that sounds like just another gimmicky restaurant, people were really upset because they had photos of inmates with signs around their necks.
The signs didn't have their inmate number and name though, they were meals… it was the menu. It's like the restaurant was trivializing a really serious and sad topic.
The backlash got so bad, the restaurant took down the photos and put a statement up on their website. It read:
"We're shocked and saddened by the response to Death Row Dinners and are genuinely very sorry for any offense caused. The pop up is intended to explore the concept of last meals; anyone who has ever been to a dinner party has probably had this conversation – what would they love their last meal to be.
In light of the response to the idea we are considering our next steps and will update everyone with our decision."
Yeah, we feel like after reviews like this, and the food probably just tasting like normal food, this restaurant won't do too well.
Heck, they might not ever open their doors. And that might not be a bad thing.
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