Ananya Birla slams US restaurant for being ‘racist' - Times of India
The singer and artist took to Twitter to share her ordeal on Saturday, saying “this is not okay”.
“This restaurant @ScopaRestaurant literally threw my family and I, out of their premises. So racist. So sad. You really need to treat your customers right. Very racist. This is not okay,” she said in a tweet.
This restaurant @ScopaRestaurant literally threw my family and I, out of their premises. So racist. So sad. You rea… https://t.co/23txuivZkL
— Ananya Birla (@ananya_birla) 1603520194000
The Scopa Italian Roots restaurant is an Italian-American dining place by chef Antonia Lofaso in California.
“We waited for 3 hours to eat at your restaurant. @chefantonia Your waiter Joshua Silverman was extremely rude to my mother, bordering racist. This isn’t okay,” Ananya said in another tweet, in which she tagged Lofaso.
We waited for 3 hours to eat at your restaurant. @chefantonia Your waiter Joshua Silverman was extremely rude to my… https://t.co/ozOEUcyrHI
— Ananya Birla (@ananya_birla) 1603521468000
She is the daughter of Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla and educationist and mental health activist Neerja Birla.
In a tweet, Neerja also lashed out at the restaurant for ill-treating them.
“Very shocking… absolutely ridiculous behaviour by @ScopaRestaurant. You have no right to treat any of your customers like this,” she said.
Very shocking ..absolutely ridiculous behaviour by @ScopaRestaurant . You have no right to treat any of your custom… https://t.co/4iXfRmrxva
— Neerja Birla (@NeerjaBirla) 1603520695000
“I have never experienced anything of this sort. Racism exists and is real. Unbelievable. @ScopaRestaurant,” their son Aryaman Birla also tweeted.
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