D.C. food workers vow Trump officials won’t feel welcome when dining out in capital

food workers in washington d.c.promising to deny service and otherwise inconvenience members of the incoming Trump administration when they eat out for the next four years.

Industry veterans, bartenders and servers in the nation’s capital told The Washingtonian that resistance to Republican figures in the progressive city is inevitable and a matter of conscience.

“On a Sunday morning, after a few mimosas, one would think the crowd would ignore RFK’s meal at Le Diplomate,” said Zac Hoffman, a Washington, D.C., restaurant veteran who is now manager of the National Democratic Party. Didn’t you throw the drink in his face?

Bartenders and servers in the report pledged to avoid certain officials or engage in other small acts of resistance against these figures in order to take back their “power.”

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“Theoretically, this person has the right to take away your rights, but I have the right to make you wait 20 minutes for your entree,” said Nancy, a high-end bartender.

“As workers, we have so many opportunities to feel like we’re taking back our power without necessarily ruining someone’s life. Inflicting some subtle inconvenience on them feels like a win to us,” she continued .

Nancy said she would refuse service to certain Trump officials. If her employer tried to force her, she claimed she would quit “on the spot.”

“There’s power in letting people know you’re uncomfortable with a situation, and it doesn’t have to be a big drama,” she said. “It’s just little bits of resistance that add up, and others will see those little bits of resistance and hopefully feel empowered to hold on to those beliefs as well.”

Suzannah Van Rooy, a server and manager at Beuchert’s Saloon on Capitol Hill, has also vowed to refuse service to Trump officials she believes have moral views contrary to her own.

The Capitol Building is seen from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Friday, August 9, 2024. (Aaron Schwartz/Middle East Photos/AFP via Getty Images)

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“I personally would refuse service to anyone in office who I know is a sex trafficker or who is trying to deport millions of people,” she said.

“It’s not ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ The problem is this person has moral beliefs that are strongly contrary to mine, and I’m not willing to serve them,” Van Rooy added.

An anonymous host at a fancy restaurant said she plans to look up every figure in the Trump administration online so she can know who they are and give them a bad table if they come in.

“I would just give them a bad table, but otherwise I would guarantee decent and courteous service,” she continued. “I feel like the bad table they got was nothing compared to the damage they did.”

NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 12: President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after being named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for the second time on December 12, 2024 in New York Speech at the reception held. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)

However, not all liberal workers in the report plan to protest the incoming government at work.

One bartender named Joseph said that while he was disappointed with the election results, he was looking forward to getting higher tips with more Republicans in Washington.

“I think the average tip I get from Republicans – at least that I or my colleagues recognize – is closer to 30 percent. For Democrats, I would be surprised if it was over 20,” he said, adding that Republicans Maintenance fees for people tend to be lower and so do customers.

The comments were reminiscent of Trump’s first term in office, when Republicans were harassed while dining at Washington-area restaurants.

Then-White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her Family members were kicked out of their homes In 2018, Virginia restaurant owner and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was questioned and harassed at a Mexican restaurant in Washington, D.C.

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In 2018, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of a restaurant in Virginia where she was serving as Trump’s press secretary. (Getty Images)

Months later, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife were also kicked out of a Washington restaurant by left-wing protesters.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., encourage supporters After these two incidents, there was a push back against the Trump administration. She said at the time that current administration officials who defended Trump “know what they are doing is wrong” and said they would soon be unable to peacefully appear in public without being harassed. She later retracted those remarks.

Fox News’ Bradford Bates contributed to this report.