D.C. Chef Matt Baker Under Fire for Retweeting Texts Supporting the Firing Federal Workers and Deporting Immigrants | Eater DC
"The French-influenced restaurant located in the lobby of a downtown hotel has been implicated in the same social-media controversy surrounding its chef, with the hotel's owners saying they are "deeply disappointed" by the nature of the content circulated by the chef on X and that it "does not align with" the hotel's values or principles. Public reaction has included an Instagram user, @lemonlimefluenced, declaring, "as a fired fed, no way will I support any of these restaurants," and supplier @clarkandhopkins posting that it "will NOT be engaging [Baker’s] places ever again." Food journalist @Matt_Lardie wrote, "Folks don’t get to profit off the same communities they choose to marginalize," and local figures including chef Rock Harper and sommelier Nadine Brown endorsed the exposé by Anela Malik of @Feedthemalik." - Tierney Plumb
