California restaurant owner says customers wearing MAGA hats won't be served, apologizes following outrage
J. Kenji López-Alt apologized to staff and partners in a lengthy post and said that what he did was reckless and that it was his personal point of view.
California restaurant owner and award-winning chef, J. Kenji López-Alt, has backed down and lifted a ban on customers wearing MAGA hats after comparing them to a swastika or white hood. Kenji started by apologizing to his staff and partners before saying that Wursthall Restaurant & Bierhaus will continue, as it always has, to serve all customers.
The tweet comparing the red hats to white hoods and swastikas was deleted by López-Alt, who is also a partner at the Wursthall Restaurant & Bierhaus restaurant in San Mateo, south of San Francisco.