点评:I’ve been a patron of Handlebar for over three years and I’m very disappointed to say I will never be returning.
The owner, Dakota, is ignorant and unapologetically homophobic.
My partner and I went to Handlebar last night to celebrate my birthday and the owner was there as a patron, drinking and watching football. He came up and started talking to us sitting at the bar and when I referred to my partner as “they,” Dakota started going off about how it was “confusing for his generation” (at his big age of 32). He then misgendered my partner multiple times and told them that if they want their pronouns respected, they should look less feminine.
My partner was very upset and went to the bathroom, and I tried to explain why saying that is hurtful and rude, and honestly got nowhere other than more ridiculous and ignorant responses, including that sometimes people think he’s a different ethnicity and that’s the same as being purposely misgendered(???).
I reluctantly still paid my tab before I left and the bartender profusely apologized for the behavior of the manager and gave us 20% off.
The drinks are good, but there are a million places in Mount Dora with good drinks plus respectful owners that don’t get drunk and make their customers uncomfortable at their own establishment.
翻译:我在 Handlebar 已经光顾了三年多,非常失望地说,我再也不会去了。
老板 Dakota 很无知,而且毫无掩饰地恐同。
我和伴侣昨晚去 Handlebar 庆祝我的生日,老板也在那里,一边喝酒一边看足球。他走过来和坐在吧台的我们聊天,当我用“他们”称呼我的伴侣时,Dakota 开始大发雷霆,说这“让他那一代人感到困惑”(他已经 32 岁了)。然后,他多次误认我伴侣的性别,并告诉他们,如果他们希望自己的代词得到尊重,就应该穿得不那么女性化。
我的伴侣非常生气,去了洗手间。我试图解释为什么这样说很伤人也很粗鲁,但说实话,除了更多荒谬无知的回应之外,我什么也没得到,包括有时人们会认为他是其他种族的人,这就等于故意误认性别(???)。
临走前,我还是勉强付了账,酒保也为经理的行为连连道歉,并给了我们八折优惠。
酒水不错,不过在芒特多拉,好酒的地方不胜枚举,而且老板也很有礼貌,不会喝醉,也不会让顾客在自己的店里感到不舒服。