At a Wisconsin restaurant, social media outrage meets real life

Published October 18, 2019 3:38pm ET



Move over, Red Hen. The most controversial restaurant in America may be Fat Joe’s Bar and Grill, an unassuming establishment in the heart of Wisconsin.

Over the weekend, waitress Brittany Spencer was busy serving tables at the restaurant, known for serving cheesecake and playing Packers games on the television. Then a couple at a table Spencer was serving expressed “transphobic remarks” about a transgender woman sitting at the bar.

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