Carmine's - Upper West Side

NYC Restaurant Hostess Allegedly Used Racial Slur and Initiated Violent Brawl, Customers Say | Eater NY

"I read that late last week various media outlets reported a trio of customers allegedly assaulted a hostess at Carmine’s on the Upper West Side after she asked to verify their vaccination status; the incident sparked a weekend of news coverage and social media outrage, but The New York Times later reported that the customers—three Black women visiting from Texas—did show documentation of their vaccination status according to their lawyers and Carmine’s. Video footage from a security camera appears to show three men trying to join the women in the restaurant but two weren’t able to prove vaccination, and at that point the women exited; one of the lawyers told the Times that the Carmine’s hostess then allegedly used a racial slur and assaulted the customers first, though the restaurant has denied the women’s account through its legal team. The women now have a court date for October 5." - Bao Ong