Oklahoma restaurant won’t serve ‘freaks,’ ‘f*ggots,’ the disabled and welfare recipients

[DonViejo]

By Scott Kaufman
Friday, February 7, 2014 9:13 EST

A restaurant outside of Oklahoma City is facing criticism after its outspoken owner made a series of inflammatory comments after one of his former customers, who is disabled, complained that he’d been banned from the establishment.

Matt Gard claims that the owner of Gary’s Chicaros restaurant, Gary James, banned him from the restaurant because of his wheelchair. James, however, says otherwise: “He created an issue. You only have one time here. You create an issue, you’re out forever.”

Gard claims that’s just “a weak excuse,” and that James’s real problem with him is that he’s on disability.


James doesn’t deny that he thinks some people shouldn’t patronize his restaurant. “Well if you work, you own a business, pay your taxes, you’re more than welcome here,” he told KFOR. “If you’re on welfare, stay at home and spend my money, there. I don’t deal with these people walking down the street with no jobs on welfare.”

Gard also claims that James has routinely turned away customers for decades. “He doesn’t like certain people of race, color, ethnicity,” Gard said of James.

James told KFOR that he’s owned Gary’s Chicaros for 44 years, so he “think[s] I can spot a freak or a f*ggot.”

The restaurant’s official t-shirt makes it clear that a “f*ggot” isn’t welcome in James’s establishment. It features that word, the N-word, and threatens violence against Muslims, Democrats, and members of many minority groups.

James says he is “proud” to wear the shirt: “I really don’t want gays around. Any man that would compromise his own body would compromise anything.”

Watch the KFOR report on the incident below.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/07/oklahoma-restaurant-wont-serve-freaks-fggots-the-disabled-and-welfare-recipients/

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[Skittles]

1. sick asshole

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I hope his "welcomed" customers are proud

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. well, "sick" is too kind, but yeah,

you nailed it! I KNOW that asshole's fellow assholes are proud…..

[yeoman6987]

84. I can't imagine going to his business

He has been doing this for 44 years and we are only hearing this now. I guess he is ready to retire and wanted to let it be known what kind of jerk he has been and continues to be. I wonder if he feels the same way about a Veteran in a wheelchair. He probably would be that hypocritical. "Oh you were in war and ended up this way? Welcome!" or "Oh you were born and have to be in a wheelchair? Leave!" Yieks this guy is just awful.

[Ecumenist]

2. WHOA!!!! This ass is not only setting himself up for an ass whooping but just closed his

eatery...lol! Industrial strength ignoramus..WOW, JUST WOW!

[Wait Wut]

3. Well.

It looks like that place hasn't had a visit from the Health Dept. for some time, now. What a fucking pig.

[monmouth3]

57. He's quite smug and self-assured in his rightness. Time for a visit from the Health Dept...n/t

[uppityperson]

4. Check out the facebook posts.What an asshole James is.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Garys-Chicaros/136482116399150

This is THE best spot in Enid for men to find not some of the hottest, most fun, fabulous dudes in OK! If you are gay man looking for other gay men, Gary's Chicaros is for you. Protip: make sure you give the owner, Scruffy Papa Bear Gary James a big kiss.

[Lizzie Poppet]

5. Check out the other comments on there. Oh, God...my sides!

Damon Arial:
I'm afraid of getting murdered by the owner of this place, plus the food here gives me explosive diarrhea. Both, great reasons to never step through the front door.

[wryter2000]

17. Here's a good one

"Internet 1, lameass bigot 0"

[Suich]

29. What a hoot!

[Captain Stern]

41. Lol. Good stuff.

Sometimes the saying "any publicity is good publicity' isn't true.

[Historic NY]

42. It says suggest a photo...

[NYC Liberal]

47. Hehe..there's lots more

Just a FABULOUS time if you're looking to mingle with Oklahoma's Gay crowd. Top notch service. You know what they say "At Gary's, clothing is always optional."

I spent my baby daddy's child support and welfare check on my transgender lover, there last week. The owner is the hottest Butch in town. She's a little mouthy. But, she's a cunning linguist.

Great quickies in the bathroom! Thanks, Gary!

Gary serviced me up real well, yes he did, real well. cross dressers drink free on Thursday nights after the male strip show.

Not much in the food department, but I found what I was looking for in the men's room. Better than a Minnesota airport, by far. Thanks Gary, your spot is the hottest!

[Curmudgeoness]

65. "She's a cunning linguist".

OMG, some people are so clever!

[Cheap_Trick]

99. Here's the one I posted

Beware Gary's "Cornhole special". I thought maybe it was the inbred mouth breather's way of saying "Whole Corn". I mean, who wouldn't want some whole corn? Yum, yum! Well, it had less to do with corn and more to do with my bunghole. And Tobasco sauce on his incredibly small wiener. He said it's the way his daddy taught him. Then he offered me a musical instrument when he finished. Folks, let me tell you that a "rusty trombone" is NOT a poorly maintained musical instrument. At all. At the end of the day, I crapped on a plate and it was better than anything you might get at Gary's Cornhole Emporium.

[Ken Burch]

74. Did a copy of the top of the page...thought folks should see it(before he realizes what's been done)

Gary's Chicaros
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Gary's Chicaros


(648 ratings)


Gay Bar


Address
3030 N Grand Ave
Enid, Oklahoma 73701




Enid, Oklahoma


242 people like this


1,327 people have been here

[SummerSnow]

101. omg ...lol

[hrmjustin]

6. Creepy guy!

[Nuclear Unicorn]

7. Is "asshole" too strong a term?

On the plus side, it's nice to know who not to give your money to.

[KamaAina]

8. I ought to just walk in there

and then write in the tip space, "I have a hidden disability. Ha ha!"

[okaawhatever]

9. Any wonder why Democrats are rarely elected in that state? It's official the State of Hate nt

[shenmue]

10. What is this kind of ignorance doing to the human race?

I hate idiots. Eeeeew.

[Gothmog]

11. This idiot is asking to be sued

[spanone]

12. what year is this? there will always be bigoted, ignorant assholes.

[sheshe2]

13. What a pig! Sadly he's proud of it!

[niyad]

20. quit insulting the real pigs!!

[Jesus Malverde]

14. He's like a cartoon character...nt

[Jamaal510]

69. The real-life, adult version of Eric Cartman. nt

[JI7]

15. place has 1 star on yelp

yes, many of them are after this article was posted. but the 2 that were from before this date are also just 1 star.

[frylock]

37. oh my stars! the photo on the yelp page is NSFW!!!

[jberryhill]

45. OMFG! That's a hoot!

[loudsue]

91. what is NSFW??

I don't get half this stuff.

[MineralMan]

95. Yup. Folks have posted lots of photos on the Yelp page.

The owner probably doesn't even have a computer, and won't see them, though. Fair play, it seems to me.

[madokie]

16. Be interesting where he'll be in a few months

I suspect he won't be lasting much longer.

[PeoViejo]

18. I spent 10 years in OK, during the 70's

..and I always felt there were a lot more Liberals than Conservatives.

Don't let this assh0le color your opinion.

The reason Conservatives win is that they are better organized and network via their crazy churches to get out the Vote.

[madokie]

23. I've lived here 65 years

'cept for my time in the service and I agree with you about more liberals than conservatives. To me it seems the reason is they huddle together in those crazy churches. My take anyway

[Art_from_Ark]

73. Of course, the '70s were also the era of David Hall, David Boren,

and Fred Harris, and the ultimately successful campaign to stop Black Fox.

[eridani]

89. So why can't someone like Fred Harris get elected now?

Could things really have changed all that much?

[Art_from_Ark]

90. So many things have changed since the '70s

One thing is the emergence of influential TV preachers (for example, Tulsa's Billy James Hargis going on and on every Sunday about how Richard Nixon was the superior "moral" choice over George McGovern). And of course, there's also Oral Roberts, who started his own university in Tulsa back in 1963 and appeared to be quite influential in the '80s.

Oklahoma is also a major oil-producing state, and the industry has enormous influence in the state. And of course, there is the ubiquitous Fox, not to mention hate radio. For example, back in the '70s, I often listened to KRMG, an AM station out of Tulsa. It was very laid back then and not particularly political. However, the station's format has changed over the years into "news-talk", and it carries Rush Limbaugh's rantings, among other unpalatable programming.

[loudsue]

92. Makes you wonder about the voting machines. I know churches are the gang leaders

for this type of voting block, but it sounds like we need Howard Dean in there.

What has happened to Howard Dean, anyway? Did the conservative dems lock him in a dungeon or something? How 'bout General Wesley Clark? We don't hear much from a lot of our favorites anymore.

[madokie]

93. I've questioned our e vote counting machines for a while now

I remember when our state started using them and things politically started going down hill since.
Locally there isn't any republicons in elected office, most times our local elections will be decided at the preliminary stage.

[Laffy Kat]

30. I spent a week in Oklahoma one day.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[PeoViejo]

34. It's a start.....

10 Years was enough for me.

[riderinthestorm]

19. Lets help this restaurant go the way of the bakery that wouldn't make a cake for a gay couple

[niyad]

21. I did not realize that people who are unemployed or on welfare are required to wear signs stating

such. I wonder how this oh-so-observant, hate-filled, ignorant pos can tell.

[ck4829]

64. I'm sure he thinks he has a way of telling, they're most likely 'color coded' for his convenience

Wanna take a guess who all the welfare takers are according to him?

[n2doc]

22. I'll bet he is out of biz in 6 months n/t

[left is right]

49. I think it will take at least a year for his restaurant fails

but even Gordon Ramsey won’t be able to save it

[alcibiades_mystery]

24. No person of good conscience would patronize such a place: all the customers are horrible, too

If this place isn't out of business in 20 days, anybody who spends a dollar there is just as culpable as the nasty owner.

[awoke_in_2003]

25. I prefer my bigots in the open...

it makes it much easier to avoid giving them my money.

[tosh]

33. So true!

This working, business-owning, tax-paying "freak" will never set foot in that place.

[Turbineguy]

26. At least they'll still serve

assholes.

[RKP5637]

27. Sick asshole. I would be afraid to even eat the crap he probably serves. This guy

sounds on the edge, needs a close watch on him.

[Starry Messenger]

28. Jesus would be proud.

[Tree-Hugger]

31. And I bet

He goes to church every Sunday and calls himself a good christian.

Fucker.

[RKP5637]

32. This guy IMO is open for a lawsuit under the ADA. n/t

[SamKnause]

35. Restaurant

As a disabled person I had sympathy for the man in the wheelchair until I watched the news video clip of him.

He has been going to this restaurant for years.

He didn't have any trouble supporting this man's hateful stance against blacks, homosexuals, Muslims, and calling women bitches.

Now that he is barred he has a problem.

He is a bigoted racists ass just like the owner.

As a disabled person, Fuck you Gary !

[frylock]

39. word up!

[pipi_k]

94. Curious...

If he's been going there for years, what caused him to be barred?


Did the restaurant owner just suddenly decide to ban all disabled people overnight?


Or was the wheelchair guy able-bodied before, but now he's not?


As for the owner himself...was he always against certain people? And was he always so vocal about it? IOW, if he had always held those beliefs, but never mentioned them, how was anyone supposed to know?

[SamKnause]

98. Watch the video.

The owners Tshirt spells out who he is against.

He wears it proudly.

I am sure he is very vocal.

If the man in the wheelchair can read and hear, he knows what an ass the owner is.

[freshwest]

38. 44 years in business and old enough to know better. What does he do to people that get disabled in

his own family, take them behind the house, shoot them in the head and bury them?

My neighborhood has young paralyzed veterans who use breathing straws to control their electic wheelchairs along our accessible sidewalk streets and they're on disability.

They and others I've met who are disfigured from service injuries, also help with those born disabled as mentors.

Are the disabled supposed to be hidden away like they are something to be ashamed of?

Did this guy ever serve in the military? Or know any disabled kids of vets?

Being disabled is part of life. He's going to be disabled he gets older, so will his customers if they live that long.

Does he serve Soylent Green?

He's not going out of business. He's going to be a disgrace to humanity until he dies. And so will the rest of his DItthohead customer base. What a waste of oxygen, food, water and space.

Zombies...

[Ken Burch]

40. What the $^#! are "Chicaros", anyway? Do they serve 'em baked, fried, or raw with cocktail sauce?

Seriously, it sounds like this guy's still mad because Mommy and Daddy wouldn't buy him a puppy for Christmas when he was seven-and he had a great recipe all picked out for it.

[jmowreader]

71. Hard to tell

I tried running the word through seven translators. One said "chicar" means "to booze" so "chicaros" sounds like it means "drunkards." Another said "chicaros" means "peas" and that sounds like a strange thing to name your bar after. Apparently he thought he couldn't get away with calling the place "Pendejo Gary's."

[Ken Burch]

72. "Pendejo Gary's" sounds like a MUCH better fit for the joint.

(unfortunately, the scumbag would probably get rich off t-shirt sales if he went with THAT name).

[MFM008]

43. unless your crippled in a wheel chair

how in the name of hell are they gonna tell who they are serving......... who voluntarily lives in Oklahoma??

[bkanderson76]

44. Another Self-Serving Righteous Asshole Who

stands with one boot heel firmly on the jugular of our Constitution all the while teetering delicately with the other boot heel stuck in his ass. Fortunately, on his behalf, our Democracy enables him to do so.

[Warren DeMontague]

46. The restuaraunt is widely known for it's signature dish

The Flaming Asshole

[Jefferson23]

48. How does any one person hate this much? What an ugly man. n/t

[TheKentuckian]

50. Sad thing is the high probability that his place will be jammed packed with assholes and bigots

circling the wagons in solidarity.

[blkmusclmachine]

51. ID, KS, AZ, PA, OR, SD, and TN are rushing anti-anti-discrimination bills thru, legalizing outright

discrimination against GLBT individuals and organizations, and barring GLBT individuals and organizations from Court access. These bills all seek to provide legal cover to any person, business, organization, or government entity to actively deny public service and goods to GLBT individuals and organizations, under the claim of "sincerely held religious beliefs." Gay people would be denied lodging, food, health care, police protection, Court access, jobs, etc. Basically, these laws will seek to impose a kind of "Biblical law" as a trump card to secular/democratic law. It's the new Jim Crow. It's Stand Your Ground against tax-paying gay American citizens. Taxation without representation. And, denial of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Hate under the guise of religion.

[aroach]

52. This is flat out illegal

Since this is a public establishment he cannot discriminate against members of a protected class. Which includes, disability, race, and ethnicity.

http://civilrights.uslegal.com/discrimination-in-places-of-public-accommodation/

Someone needs to file a complaint.

[elleng]

53. PoS!

Guess he doesn't want me and other retired seniors, living on soc sec and Federal Government pensions, to patronize his place! OK with me!!!

[Swede Atlanta]

54. Well he will find himself and his business near closing....

He cannot discriminate against persons classified as disabled under the ADA. It is covered under the provision of "public accommodation".

I personally hope he pushes this so that his business is closed. At some point we must engage in a campaign of scorched earth. We cannot continue to molly-coddle these monsters.

As to his statement of compromising his own body would compromise anything I say, Fuck you. As a gay man I don't compromise anything when I engage in loving, mutual sex with another man. We are not compromising ourselves. We are in fact freeing ourselves from the man (top) and woman (bottom) dichotomy of the religious right.

[baldguy]

55. And people wonder why I believe with all my heart that libertarians are pure evil.

And why I get so upset when they're praised & honored on DU.

[Ken Burch]

56. You could repurpose the old Dick Gregory joke(from when he tried to eat in a segregated restaurant)

(the "Chicaros" version would be like this

Waitress: "We don't serve freaks or f*ggots in here"

Customer: "That's all right, I don't eat 'em. Bring me a chicken-fried steak".

[Arcanetrance]

58. So basically Hitler and Himmler are left as his only customers

[William769]

59. Thanks.

[NYC_SKP]

60. He's taking a well deserved beating in these Facebook reviews:

Scroll down a bit to read them.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Garys-Chicaros/136482116399150?rf=117888851560542

[Faygo Kid]

61. Time for him to join The Five on Fox News

He would fit right in. Or maybe even host his own show on Fox News.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

62. Quick! See it now before they become extinct!

[ck4829]

63. Wait, why does he have a problem with people on welfare coming to his restaurant?

Wouldn't they be putting money into his restaurant instead of somewhere else? They do have to eat, right?

But maybe it's for the best; if crazy psychopath right wingers can't do humor, can't do satire, can't do economics, can't do medicine, can't do research, can't do science, can't do chemistry unless it's making things to bomb Planned Parenthood clinics with, then does anyone really feel safe trying their cooking?

[muntrv]

66. Go on Yelp and promote his restaurant as gay pride central. All gay all the time.

[liberalmuse]

67. Sounds like a winner.

Food served with that much hate can't be good for you.

[ReRe]

68. I make a motion...

... that we institutionalize all insane asshole bigots.

[backscatter712]

70. His discrimination is very illegal.

I think it's time for a few lawsuits, demanding millions in damages for violating the rights of the disabled and various minorities in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

It shouldn't be that hard to drive this douchebag into bankruptcy.

[kevinbgoode1]

75. You know, it's too da*ned bad that they don't just circulate his picture to restaurants

all around the world with a sign that says: "We don't serve this man"

Maybe it is time for the bigots to get a taste of what they do to others.

[edbermac]

76. "Where The Great Whites Gather"

What a sweetheart.

[davidpdx]

77. The guy is so obvious there is just no question about his intent

I highly doubt the state will do anything about it either. There have been cases in other states where a complaint is filed against owners like this (Oregon comes to mind) and it is investigated.

[Herself]

78. When locals start taking pictures of patrons and publicizing them

for supporting this bigot's business I'm thinking it's going to tank.

I wish I was local, I'd gladly stand watch and take pic's to post!

[Warren DeMontague]

79. long haired freaky people

[pipi_k]

96. Oh, just...

tuck your hair up under your hat and go in to ask them why...

[Cha]

80. One Hundred and Eighty Degrees Opposite of this man in Michigan..

the whole story here.. me..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024456944

DV

[Hekate]

81. Let me see if I understand: Matt had no qualms about being a customer...

...continuously (apparently for decades) just as long as the owner was nice to him personally. Matt Gard was fine with the bigotry of Gary James and it never made him lose his appetite, as long as the nastiness was aimed at other people.

Do I have that right?

They deserve each other--I have no sympathy for either one of them.

[Hosnon]

87. First thing I noticed too. He clearly was OK with discrimination of other people. nt.

[regnaD kciN]

82. Why the fuck would anyone WANT to eat there???

Does anyone really think that a restaurant owned by someone so hatefully ignorant would concern themselves with evil socialist crap like food-safety laws?

P.S.: Here's a review from Yelp. I rest my case.

On my way to Norman, while visiting a college friend, I thought we'd head out for a quick bite. Yikes! This place was dirty, loud, and the wait was soooo much longer than it should have been. Clearly the staff here have little experience in food service. The waiter was rude and distracted, the food was lukewarm, and our cups remained empty far longer than is polite. Skip this awful hillbilly joint and grab McDonalds or Taco Bell.

[madrchsod]

83. here`s google`s street map picture

http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/?src=&size=650x366&quality=85

i`m not sure why anyone would eat there....

[Enthusiast]

85. What a sick fuck!

[Hosnon]

86. The guy in the wheelchair is a jackass.

"The restaurant’s official t-shirt makes it clear that a “f*ggot” isn’t welcome in James’s establishment. It features that word, the N-word, and threatens violence against Muslims, Democrats, and members of many minority groups."

He was OK with eating in a restaurant that openly hates gays, blacks, Muslims, and Democrats. The restaurant is, of course, the bigger jackass, but this guy doesn't exactly hold the moral high ground.

[jberryhill]

97. Noticed that too, eh?

Yeah, the customer seemed to know what he was getting into here.

[mstinamotorcity2]

88. Its no surprise.

funny most people can't believe that this type of behavior is still around. I always wanted to know when its going to stop!!!!

[ArnoldLayne]

100. Someone needs to let loose 5 or 6 Roaches in

The Restaurant.

[alp227]

102. NOT the first time. See this 2009 news article.

Enid Business Owner Catches Heat for Discrimination

"If I discriminate, it's against the people I dislike," owner Gary James said.

James is accused of discrimination and he doesn't deny it.

"If you come in here with all the in your face and a limp wrist, no I don't really want you in here and my customers damn sure don't want you in here," James said.

James, who is also running for a spot on the Enid City Council, is keeping out what he calls "trash" and "people on welfare."

[Vashta Nerada]

103. I love the comments on its. Facebook page.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

104. But, those wearing chic white sheets and carrying a bible are welcome.