A new restaurant in Northeast Portland opened up last week, and is already being marched on and protested by the professional protesters. Saffron Colonial specializes in British cuisine, touting their “globally inspired dishes from the height of the British Empire”, “English & colonial breakfasts”, and “English tea-time treats”.
Leave it to the wackjob Portlanders to protest this new establishment, saying it promotes racism, slavery, and gentrification.
We will NOT accept the glorification of colonialism in our community, particularly in a neighborhood that has a painful legacy of black & brown folks being displaced.
After Black PFLAG’s “Now What?” event I’ll be walking down to Saffron Colonial to deliver an open letter to the owner and I would like other people to join so she (and other community members) know we’re serious.
Please note, this starts outside In Other Words and ends at Saffron Colonial. If you’re unable or uninterested in walking with us, feel free to meet at Saffron around 2:30.
Jobless protesters with nothing better to do assemble in front of a locally owned restaurant to protest it. Because, social justice, and stuff, man.
Part of that open letter reads:
The fact is that the English language is not the only aspect of British colonialism that lingers today. Mentalities established during British colonialism (like white supremacy ) have led to the painful legacy of residential segregation and housing disinvestment which continues to affect community members in Boise today. Which is why the decision to launch your business on North Williams is especially egregious. It’s a slap in the face to people who have experience the harms of racist economic development policies (a legacy of colonialism), wherein land and resources were taken from black and brown people in order to make some white folks rich.
Saffron Colonial owner Sally Krantz looks on as moron protesters stage a sit-in out front of her restaurant. (Note the racist, corporate, white supremacist supporting OREO cookies)
When I stated that I was more than happy to have a dialogue and asked if Stephanie had a suggestion for a different name, I had hurls of abuse thrown at me for being lazy and getting her to do my job…very few people were willing to actually engage in a dialogue, but preferred to scream abuse at me.”
The protesters demands consist of:
1.) Change the name of the restaurant immediately, and remove references to plantations throughout the restaurant like the one below:
2.) Apologize for the pain you’ve caused black/brown communities and take the necessary steps to repair that relationship. It was suggested on the event page that you host or attend a listening session on gentrification and I think that’s a great idea.
3.) Require your chef to apologize for his ignorant remarks and require him to take sensitivity or unconscious bias training. (And make his continued employment dependent on these actions.)
Ristretto Roasters says it will no longer do business with the North Portland bakery, which advertises itself as a “British Colonial Cuisine” restaurant. The restaurant has faced a backlash from people concerned about a British Imperialism-themed restaurant with a drink called “Plantation Press” opening in an historically black and quickly gentrifying neighborhood.
Ristretto supplied Saffron Colonial with coffee and sold them pastries in their cafes. The relationship goes way back: Krantz had imported Ristretto coffee to the Saffron cafes she owned in Hong Kong.
“Since they released their colonial branding, we’ve been in the process of dealing with the repercussions of it,” Ryan Cross, Director of Wholesale for Ristretto told us over the phone.
Welcome to Portlandia. It’s a pity that these people don’t have jobs or lives.
11 thoughts on “Protesters Harass Restaurant Over “Colonial” Theme”
Portland, Seattle, rich boy’s play toys. I’m sure Bill Gates will lay down and demand that rights be restored! Not! “Here he comes to save the day!” Ooooops, nevermind!
JUST MORE COMMUNIST ASSHOLES………………..GOT BALL BAT?
“2.) Apologize for the pain you’ve caused black/brown communities and take the necessary steps to repair that relationship. It was suggested on the event page that you host or attend a listening session on gentrification and I think that’s a great idea”. FOR OPENING A FOOD JOINT?
“Gentrification”? What the hell is that? Commie-speak I think!
“Yup, we “bitch-slapped” our racist cook. Yup, he’s goin’ to “unconscious bias training” classes and will be cured of this dreaded affliction forthwith!”
What a bunch of F’N doo-doo! Goddammit! I can’t take this stupidity! Are people that F’N stupid? I guess so! British Imperialism and “snobbishness” in full splendor! “Unconscious Bias Training”? Give me a break! What a crock! (You are free to do as we tell you!) (Bill Hicks)
Spot on, #1. If you read her open letter to the restaurant, you can plainly see her mind has been heavily indoctrinated with myths of “the holocaust”. Dingbat broad references it several times, so it’s easy to see where the other “micro-aggression” joo-created psychobabble came from as well. Another university success story.
At least Portland is nearly 100 miles away, Martist. I really appreciate the common sense of small town (less than 10,000 here) rationality when I read stories like this one!
It’s about food! Who doesn’t need to eat? Can I see some hands raised who opposes eating? The politically/racial/gender etc. correct paid by jews crisis actors are people too? Where are the new black panther thugs when you need them? I would hope people would go to the restaurant in defiance of these idiots. This would demonstrate and invalidate the absurdness of these demonstrators. And prove their insignificant and preposterous behavior.
Hey! Look at that pussy holding the bag of Oreos. Why did he bring those particular cookies? Is he subconsciously making a racial statement, claiming that blacks are actually white on the inside, and denying them their unique identity and proud heritage? That’s highly offensive! I’m shocked and outraged! Where’s my teddy bear?!
Seriously, these totalitarian scum need to go kill themselves, pronto. Here we have the owner and employees of a restaurant with a historical theme, just trying to make a living in a tough economy, and these buttholes have nothing better to do than harass them. As if there weren’t real injustices in the world to be concerned about!
If I lived in that area, I’d be eating at that place regularly and provoking the hell out of those little turds after every meal. I’d give them something to REALLY be offended about.
There’s also been a recent news item about some precious little angels at Emory University whose fragile feelings were horribly violated when someone wrote “Trump 2016” in chalk on some steps and sidewalks. (For the record, I do NOT support Trump.) I had more maturity than that when I was in kindergarten (literally).
Oops! I just saw the caption under the photo where the joke about the Oreos was already made. So I get zero credit for originality, but the point remains valid. It’s ALWAYS possible to find something to be offended by if you’re neurotic enough.
“She (Krantz) maintains that the response to Saffron Colonial is unfair. She told The Daily Beast that she’s one of the “the most liberal people you can meet,” and, “If I was racist I wouldn’t live in the neighborhood.””
Hahahahahaha!!! I love it when the libtards eat their own. I wonder how Krantz likes being on the receiving end of their crazy vitrol.
While I believe people should be free to open whatever kind of restaurant they want and serve whom they want, I wouldn’t want to patronize a restaurant that flounts British Colonialism either. Perhaps the worst evil to exist on the planet, causing untold bloodshed (Ireland, The Colonies, and South Africa to name a few), and the foundation for the Council on Foreign Relations among others, British Colonialism is nothing to be admired. IF this owner had instead just opened a British eatery, with specials focusing on unique British cuisine of days past, it might have some merit.
The protestors on the other hand are however showing how both the pot and the kettle are of the same mettle. Just another reason to never visit Portland!
Portland, Seattle, rich boy’s play toys. I’m sure Bill Gates will lay down and demand that rights be restored! Not! “Here he comes to save the day!” Ooooops, nevermind!
JUST MORE COMMUNIST ASSHOLES………………..GOT BALL BAT?
“2.) Apologize for the pain you’ve caused black/brown communities and take the necessary steps to repair that relationship. It was suggested on the event page that you host or attend a listening session on gentrification and I think that’s a great idea”. FOR OPENING A FOOD JOINT?
“Gentrification”? What the hell is that? Commie-speak I think!
“Yup, we “bitch-slapped” our racist cook. Yup, he’s goin’ to “unconscious bias training” classes and will be cured of this dreaded affliction forthwith!”
What a bunch of F’N doo-doo! Goddammit! I can’t take this stupidity! Are people that F’N stupid? I guess so! British Imperialism and “snobbishness” in full splendor! “Unconscious Bias Training”? Give me a break! What a crock! (You are free to do as we tell you!) (Bill Hicks)
“Leave it to the wackjob Portlanders to protest this new establishment, saying it promotes racism, slavery, and gentrification.”
That would be the stinking jEWS, you freaking MORONS!!!
FEMA/.40 fodder.
The sooner, the better.
Spot on, #1. If you read her open letter to the restaurant, you can plainly see her mind has been heavily indoctrinated with myths of “the holocaust”. Dingbat broad references it several times, so it’s easy to see where the other “micro-aggression” joo-created psychobabble came from as well. Another university success story.
At least Portland is nearly 100 miles away, Martist. I really appreciate the common sense of small town (less than 10,000 here) rationality when I read stories like this one!
It’s about food! Who doesn’t need to eat? Can I see some hands raised who opposes eating? The politically/racial/gender etc. correct paid by jews crisis actors are people too? Where are the new black panther thugs when you need them? I would hope people would go to the restaurant in defiance of these idiots. This would demonstrate and invalidate the absurdness of these demonstrators. And prove their insignificant and preposterous behavior.
Hey! Look at that pussy holding the bag of Oreos. Why did he bring those particular cookies? Is he subconsciously making a racial statement, claiming that blacks are actually white on the inside, and denying them their unique identity and proud heritage? That’s highly offensive! I’m shocked and outraged! Where’s my teddy bear?!
Seriously, these totalitarian scum need to go kill themselves, pronto. Here we have the owner and employees of a restaurant with a historical theme, just trying to make a living in a tough economy, and these buttholes have nothing better to do than harass them. As if there weren’t real injustices in the world to be concerned about!
If I lived in that area, I’d be eating at that place regularly and provoking the hell out of those little turds after every meal. I’d give them something to REALLY be offended about.
There’s also been a recent news item about some precious little angels at Emory University whose fragile feelings were horribly violated when someone wrote “Trump 2016” in chalk on some steps and sidewalks. (For the record, I do NOT support Trump.) I had more maturity than that when I was in kindergarten (literally).
Oops! I just saw the caption under the photo where the joke about the Oreos was already made. So I get zero credit for originality, but the point remains valid. It’s ALWAYS possible to find something to be offended by if you’re neurotic enough.
“She (Krantz) maintains that the response to Saffron Colonial is unfair. She told The Daily Beast that she’s one of the “the most liberal people you can meet,” and, “If I was racist I wouldn’t live in the neighborhood.””
Hahahahahaha!!! I love it when the libtards eat their own. I wonder how Krantz likes being on the receiving end of their crazy vitrol.
While I believe people should be free to open whatever kind of restaurant they want and serve whom they want, I wouldn’t want to patronize a restaurant that flounts British Colonialism either. Perhaps the worst evil to exist on the planet, causing untold bloodshed (Ireland, The Colonies, and South Africa to name a few), and the foundation for the Council on Foreign Relations among others, British Colonialism is nothing to be admired. IF this owner had instead just opened a British eatery, with specials focusing on unique British cuisine of days past, it might have some merit.
The protestors on the other hand are however showing how both the pot and the kettle are of the same mettle. Just another reason to never visit Portland!