Visiting town and decided to take a quick break from walking to sit on the outdoor patio. After 10 minutes, a staff member came out to inform us that the “patio was for wine tasting only.” He repeated this twice until we got up to leave (within a minute) It should be noted that there was not a single customer seated outside on the patio nor any we could visibly see indoors so its not like we were taking up a spot from a waiting customer.
Had he offered a tasting menu, we would have happily paid for a wine flight and possibly even a bottle to take home. However, it was apparent that he did not want us as a customer and his intent was to remove us off his establishment. We were a small group of 3 women of color and given the tone of the staff member, I can say with confidence that we would have been treated completely different if a member of our party was Caucasian.