La B.
Yelp
The axe throwing was fine. It was the businesses response to racial slurs that made me feel uncomfortable.
My sister and I went axe throwing here. We went downstairs into the basement and the guy taught us how to hold the axes. He said we would throw a bit to get the hang of it and then we'd get to play a couple of games. We started throwing and then decided to get some food.
We ordered the nachos, charcuterie plate, the lemonade with some kind of berries, and a mocktail. The food wasn't great but it wasn't terrible. The woman that took my order was great though. I have lots of no-this and that-on-the-side and she was very kind and helpful.
My sister and I were downstairs eating when we heard it. Some teens were in the room next to the room we were in. They had been playing the whole time, which was fine, but now we heard a kid yell out, "stupid n*gger!" We both looked at each other. Yep, we heard what we thought we heard. I looked at the axe helper guy, we all agreed that we heard what we thought we heard. I asked the axe helper if the kids were here with an adult. He said he didn't know.
I work with kids so I'm used to being around teens. I got up and went into the other room. I said, "Excuse me" and the kids froze, except one. He took off up the stairs. There were four kids. Three looked to be of European heritage. One looked Black.
I walked toward the stairs and again, the one kid hurried farther up the stairway. I turned to one of the kids and asked if the kid running away was the kid that said it, the kid shrugged.
I went back to the table with my sister. She said the vibe was ruined so we left. As we were heading out, we saw the kids again. This time they were in the arcade. I started to go in there but I thought, "Why bother?" My sister suggested we say something to the guy at the counter.
We told him what happened and he apologized to us. That's it. He said that if he had heard it, he would have said something to the kids. I don't know what I expected but it wasn't that. It made me feel alone. I wish I had thought to tell him that an employee heard it too ('cause why would be trust paying customers). The kid didn't say it to us but it created an environment where we didn't feel good. The staff not saying anything to the kids or really doing anything made me feel unwelcome.