Workers at A Rake’s Progress Allege Spike Gjerde’s Restaurant Had a Toxic Culture - Eater DC
"A Rake’s Progress permanently closed in June, extinguishing its wood-fired hearth in the Line hotel because the novel coronavirus pandemic had depleted its business. Now former staff members at the expensive, locavore destination in Adams Morgan are alleging that it fostered a workplace described in a lengthy report by the Washington City Paper as “overwhelmingly hostile,” “toxic,” and “chaotic” for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) employees." - Gabe Hiatt
